A report from the Democracy Policy Lab at UC Berkeley finds Americans are confused about the meaning and practices of democracy and deeply distrustful of public institutions — and each other. Strong “democracy policy” could help renew national bonds, the authors say.
If you’re a WWE fan, you’d understand how funny that is.
Several years back, a wrestler named Jack Swagger was running an anti-immigrant gimmick (How fitting…) as a bad guy. He was basically wrestling’s MAGA before MAGA was a thing. His taunt would be that he would forcefully slap his hand to his heart like someone pledging allegiance to the flag while screaming “WE THE PEOPLE”.
Then he was busted with marijuana in the real world. Suddenly, fans started taunting him with chants of “WEED THE PEOPLE.” at arenas and online. It was hilarious. It basically killed the gimmick because nobody took him seriously after that.
(Granted, not many people were taking the gimmick seriously anyway because Swagger wasn’t very good and the gimmick was a bad idea from day one. But the taunts put the final nail in the coffin.)
“Weed the people” should be the official slogan for federal cannabis legalization.
If you’re a WWE fan, you’d understand how funny that is.
Several years back, a wrestler named Jack Swagger was running an anti-immigrant gimmick (How fitting…) as a bad guy. He was basically wrestling’s MAGA before MAGA was a thing. His taunt would be that he would forcefully slap his hand to his heart like someone pledging allegiance to the flag while screaming “WE THE PEOPLE”.
Then he was busted with marijuana in the real world. Suddenly, fans started taunting him with chants of “WEED THE PEOPLE.” at arenas and online. It was hilarious. It basically killed the gimmick because nobody took him seriously after that.
(Granted, not many people were taking the gimmick seriously anyway because Swagger wasn’t very good and the gimmick was a bad idea from day one. But the taunts put the final nail in the coffin.)