The Giant Breitbart Awakes
Earlier today, while observing wingnut reactions to the Supreme Court’s decision, I noticed a meme rapidly gaining strength in the right wing hivemind:
Right wing 101: respond to any political defeat by saying, “This will energize the base” and “They’ve awakened a sleeping giant.”
— Charles Johnson (@Lizardoid) June 28, 2012
The sleeping giant meme spread rapidly through the online wingnut communities, as they realized that the Supreme Court had just committed the unforgivable crime of giving them guaranteed health care. Hence, awakened giant.
“Sleeping giant” - lgf.bz/ME1nfc
— Charles Johnson (@Lizardoid) June 28, 2012
And tonight, the Sleeping Giant Meme is the top story at breitbart.com: OBAMACARE DECISION WAKES SLEEPING CONSERVATIVE GIANT!
And for extra butthurt schadenfreude goodness, don’t miss Ben Shapiro’s plaintive wail: NOW IT’S UP TO YOU.
The myth is finished. The Constitutional order was shredded long ago by a Congress that does not care about upholding it; an executive branch interested only in growing federal power; and a Supreme Court that sees itself as a super-Congress, unanswerable to the Constitution.
