History Quotes / TheHorseshoeEffect

->''"In this case, [''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' is] pretty much admitting that even though there are valid things to critique within [[PoliticalCorrectnessIsEvil the woke movement]], all those people out there who spend all their time talking about how terrible woke culture is [[{{Hypocrite}} are doing pretty much the exact same thing]] as Creator/{{Disney}}. These people ripping on wokeness all the time are also creating incredibly lazy content, uploading the exact same video every day, making the exact same jokes that everyone else has already made, profiting by pandering to the anti-woke crowd. Instead of presenting any valid criticisms of woke culture, they all just talk about [[MediaScaremongering how wokeness is coming for everything you love]]. They'll spend [[AuthorFilibuster half the video]] reading an article about how they're making Tinker Bell black and at the end they'll talk about how it's just ridiculous. 'This is the woke liberal agenda, it's so hypocritical! Oh my god, [[FelonyMisdemeanor I have to pick my pronouns in a video game now]], what's next?' It's all just lazy pandering garbage that anyone could make. Anyone could buy a microphone and build a brand off of ripping into woke stuff all day."''

->''"In this case, [''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' is] pretty much admitting that even though there are valid things to critique within the woke movement, all those people out there who spend all their time talking about how terrible woke culture is are doing pretty much the exact same thing as Creator/{{Disney}}. These people ripping on wokeness all the time are also creating incredibly lazy content, uploading the exact same video every day, making the exact same jokes that everyone else has already made, profiting by pandering to the anti-woke crowd. Instead of presenting any valid criticisms of woke culture, they all just talk about how wokeness is coming for everything you love. They'll spend half the video reading an article about how they're making Tinker Bell black and at the end they'll talk about how it's just ridiculous. 'This is the woke liberal agenda, it's so hypocritical! Oh my god, I have to pick my pronouns in a video game now, what's next?' It's all just lazy pandering garbage that anyone could make. Anyone could buy a microphone and build a brand off of ripping into woke stuff all day."''

-> ''But as the animals outside gazed at the scene, it seemed to them that some strange thing was happening. What was it that had altered in the faces of the pigs? … Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question now what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.''

->''"I remember once being much amused at seeing two partially intoxicated men engage in a fight . . . which . . . after a long, and rather harmless contest, ended in each having fought himself out of his own coat, and into that of the other. If the two leading parties of this day are really identical with the two in the days of Jefferson and Adams, they have performed about the same feat as the two drunken men."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln''', as quoted in ''Literature/LincolnOnLeadership''

Mostly saying, "hooray for our side"''

->''"In this case, [''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' is] pretty much admitting that even though there are valid things to critique within the woke movement, all those people out there who spend all their time talking about how terrible woke culture is are doing pretty much the exact same thing as Disney. These people ripping on wokeness all the time are also creating incredibly lazy content, uploading the exact same video every day, making the exact same jokes that everyone else has already made, profiting by pandering to the anti-woke crowd. Instead of presenting any valid criticisms of woke culture, they all just talk about how wokeness is coming for everything you love. They'll spend half the video reading an article about how they're making Tinker Bell black and at the end they'll talk about how it's just ridiculous. 'This is the woke liberal agenda, it's so hypocritical! Oh my god, I have to pick my pronouns in a video game now, what's next?' It's all just lazy pandering garbage that anyone could make. Anyone could buy a microphone and build a brand off of ripping into woke stuff all day."''

->''...the Party rejects and vilifies every principle for which the Socialist movement originally stood, and it chooses to do this in the name of Socialism.''
-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeOrwell''', ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''

->''What a field day for the heat\\
A thousand people in the street\\
Singing songs and carrying signs\\
Mostly saying, "hooray for our side"''
-->-- "For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)", '''Music/BuffaloSpringfield'''

->''...sometimes Pussies can get so full of shit, they becomes Assholes themselves... because Pussies are only an inch and a half away from Assholes.''
-->-- '''Gary''', ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice''

->''"I remember once being much amused at seeing two partially intoxicated men engage in a fight . . . which . . . after a long, and rather harmless contest, ended in each having fought himself out of his own coat, and into that of the other. If the two leading parties of this day are really identical with the two in the days of Jefferson and Adams, they have performed about the same feat as the two drunken men."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln''', as quoted in ''Literature/LincolnOnLeadership''

->'''Thought Slime:''' [[SarcasmMode Indeed, good observation, Ryan]]. People who are racist and people who dislike racism both view things through the lens of race, and when you [[ExactWords phrase it like that,]] it sure sounds like they're the same thing! [[FridgeLogic Until you think about it even just the slightest bit]] and realize "Hey wait a minute, racists view things through the lens of race to oppress and subjugate minorities, while antiracists look at things through the lens of race to understand oppression and subjugation so they can fight it better." That's not the same thing Ryan, that's the opposite...[[BuffySpeak thing]]. (...) People who like Star Wars and people who hate Star Wars have strong feelings about Star Wars! ''[[SarcasmMode They're the same!]]''
-->-- '''Creator/ThoughtSlime''' [[DeconstructedTrope dissecting the above conversation (and by extension, this trope)]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0ZDHgD9084&feature=youtu.be Conservative comedy always sucks too]].

-->-- '''Creator/ThoughtSlime''' [[DeconstructedTrope dissecting the above conversation]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0ZDHgD9084&feature=youtu.be Conservative comedy always sucks too]].

-->'''Thought Slime:''' [[SarcasmMode Indeed, good observation, Ryan]]. People who are racist and people who dislike racism both view things through the lens of race, and when you [[ExactWords phrase it like that,]] it sure sounds like they're the same thing! [[FridgeLogic Until you think about it even just the slightest bit]] and realize "Hey wait a minute, racists view things through the lens of race to oppress and subjugate minorities, while antiracists look at things through the lens of race to understand oppression and subjugation so they can fight it better." That's not the same thing Ryan, that's the opposite...[[BuffySpeak thing]]. (...) People who like Star Wars and people who hate Star Wars have strong feelings about Star Wars! ''[[SarcasmMode They're the same!]]''

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-->-- '''Ryan Long''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev373c7wSRg When Wokes and Racists Actually Agree on Everything]]"

->''"...sometimes Pussies can get so full of shit, they becomes Assholes themselves... because Pussies are only an inch and a half away from Assholes."''

-> ''“But as the animals outside gazed at the scene, it seemed to them that some strange thing was happening. What was it that had altered in the faces of the pigs? … Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question now what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”''
-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeOrwell''', ''Literature/AnimalFarm'' (final words)

'''Chad:''' Jinx! Now ''you'' owe ''me'' a Coke!\\
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'''Chad:''' It's like he's a mind reader! I mean, I've been pushing for segregation forever and my man does ''what''?\\
'''Brad:''' I created an improv comedy show exclusively for ethnic people.\\
'''Chad:''' Guy ''segregates comedy''! On ''my'' birthday!\\
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'''Brad:''' White people need to stop wearing dreadlocks, and they need to stop appropriating black people's music!\\
'''Chad:''' Shaved heads and country music, the way God intended.

'''Chad:''' Shaved heads and country music, the way God intended.\\

-->-- Creator/GeorgeOrwell, ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''

-->-- Creator/GeorgeOrwell, ''Literature/AnimalFarm'' (final words)

-->-- ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''

-->-- "For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)", '''Buffalo Springfield'''

-->-- ''Literature/AnimalFarm'' (final words)

'''Both:''' Your racial identity is the most important thing! Everything should be looked at through the lens of race!\\

'''Both:''' --Roll back discrimination laws so we can hire based on race again!\\

'''Chad:''' Ask him about interracial dating!\\
'''Brad:''' All I said is that black men who date white women have internalized racism, and white men that date ethnic women are fetishizing them.\\
'''Chad:''' Guy's against interracial dating now! Like, am I being pranked?! Did Boomer put you up to this?!\\
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