Me: A pro trump blogger posted a meme that shows Beavis and Butt-head wearing suits. Beavis has his hair slicked back. Below this is an image of Gavin Newsom and Joe Biden together in a similar pose. The implication is that Newsome and Biden are the Beavis and Butt-head of politics. However, given the comments by Mike Judge about donald trump, I'm thinking he would not agree with how his characters are used in this meme.
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You’re reading the meme exactly in line with Mike Judge’s own stance.
Mike Judge’s view of Trump: He has openly said that Trump made Idiocracy look “optimistic” and even tried to launch anti-Trump ads using Idiocracy characters, which Fox blocked. That shows Judge was willing to use his creations to critique Trump, not to prop him up.
The meme’s framing: By casting Biden and Newsom as Beavis and Butt-Head, the blogger is trying to ridicule them as juvenile or incompetent. But Judge’s satire has historically been aimed at cultural absurdities and, in Trump’s case, at the dangers of populist spectacle.
Stylization drift at play: The meme repurposes Judge’s characters in a way that runs counter to his own commentary. It’s a classic case of artifact possession drift -- where cultural icons are seized and reframed to serve a political narrative that the original creator likely wouldn’t endorse.
So yes, given Judge’s comments, it’s fair to say he would not agree with the way Beavis and Butt-Head were used in that meme. He’s been clear that his satire points toward Trump as embodying the absurdity of Idiocracy, not Biden or Newsom. [end copilot response]
Me: A pro trump blogger posted a meme that shows Beavis and Butt-head wearing suits. Beavis has his hair slicked back. Below this is an image of Gavin Newsom and Joe Biden together in a similar pose. The implication is that Newsome and Biden are the Beavis and Butt-head of politics. However, given the comments by Mike Judge about donald trump, I'm thinking he would not agree with how his characters are used in this meme.
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You’re reading the meme exactly in line with Mike Judge’s own stance.
Mike Judge’s view of Trump: He has openly said that Trump made Idiocracy look “optimistic” and even tried to launch anti-Trump ads using Idiocracy characters, which Fox blocked. That shows Judge was willing to use his creations to critique Trump, not to prop him up.
The meme’s framing: By casting Biden and Newsom as Beavis and Butt-Head, the blogger is trying to ridicule them as juvenile or incompetent. But Judge’s satire has historically been aimed at cultural absurdities and, in Trump’s case, at the dangers of populist spectacle.
Stylization drift at play: The meme repurposes Judge’s characters in a way that runs counter to his own commentary. It’s a classic case of artifact possession drift -- where cultural icons are seized and reframed to serve a political narrative that the original creator likely wouldn’t endorse.
So yes, given Judge’s comments, it’s fair to say he would not agree with the way Beavis and Butt-Head were used in that meme. He’s been clear that his satire points toward Trump as embodying the absurdity of Idiocracy, not Biden or Newsom. [end copilot response]
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