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5->''"I OPPOSE EVERYTHING"''
6-->--'''Protester's placard''' in ''Anime/DominionTankPolice''
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12->'''Alien 1:''' So this is he -- [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan The Reagan]]? [[PunyEarthlings A puny specimen]], even for a human. Just like [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters the defilers]] to worship such a one! Do you suppose [[HumansAreUgly ugliness is a virtue to them]]?\
13'''Alien 2:''' [[HumansAreMorons Or stupidity]]? Have you ever seen eyes so vacant?
14-->-- Aliens commenting on UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan, ''ComicBook/StrontiumDog''
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20->''"Love your neighbors. Oh, sure, love your neighbors. If they're real Americans."''
21-->--'''Rush Gingbaw''', ''Film/JackO''
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27->''"Do you wanna see the American Judicial System dragged through the muck? You wanna see our democratic institutions crumble at your feet? While the decadent East Coast liberal intelligencia score the biggest victory they've had since they stopped us from pushing the reds back" (draws his gun) "PAST THE 38th PARALLEL IN KOREA?!" (beat) "But I digress."''
28-->-- '''Inspector Bert Felch''', ''Series/NightCourt''
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34->''"I'll remind people that I have a great haircut, and under my stewardship Vice City has had, on average, [[DamnedByFaintPraise 15% better weather than before,]] while crime rates only go up if you don't turn the graph upside down. Turn it upside down, [[MetaphoricallyTrue and they have halved]]--''Halved!''--under me, Alex Shrub. Vote Shrub for president and you'll have a friendly face in the White House. A man you can trust. A local man who likes golf, and laughing, and photo opportunities at your store or place of business. Just send me a letter. I'll send you an automated, photocopied response."''
35-->--'''Congressman [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Alex Shrub]]''', ''Pressing Issues'' (Radio/GTARadio)
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41->''Hate a particular ideology? Make a strawman version of it and blow it way out of proportion. Genius! [[SarcasmMode I bet no one has thought of that before]].''
42-->-- '''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l1K6eT43DY DYSTOPIAS]] as it shows an image with the caption ''Welcome to the slave mines for people who voted independent.''
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48->'''[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Big Oil]]''' (thought bubble): If I let this guy stop the weather, people will stop dying. But oil is made of dead things. That means less oil.\
49'''[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Big Oil]]''' (aloud): beat it, hippie!
50-->-- ''Webcomic/ChainsawSuit'', "[[GlobalWarming Disastorm]]" the movie [[http://chainsawsuit.com/comic/2009/02/18/strip-164/ arc]].
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56->"He also served as the inspiration for a superhero, something few other pundits/convicted felons can claim. Unfortunately, that superhero, Edward "The Comedian" Blake from Alan Moore's ''{{ComicBook/Watchmen}}'', was a sociopathic murderer, but it probably looks good on a résumé anyway."
57-->--''Rational Wiki'' on G. Gordon Liddy
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59->''"In many ways, ''The Man With The Golden Gun'' begins the theme of eco-friendly science being evil. You’ll notice a theme developing over the course of the series: Scaramanga’s clean and efficient means of solar power? '''''Evil!''''' [[Film/{{Moonraker}} Hugo Drax’s]] interest in plant biology? '''''Evil!''''' [[Film/{{TheSpyWhoLovedMe}} Stromberg’s]] fascination with marine biology? '''''Evil!''''' [[Film/DieAnotherDay Colonel Moon’s]] solar-powered laser beam? '''''Evil!''''' [[Film/QuantumOfSolace Dominic Greene’s]] water conservation? '''''Evil!'''''"''
60-->--'''[[http://them0vieblog.com/2011/01/13/non-review-review-the-man-with-the-golden-gun/ Darren Mooney]]''' on ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun''
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62->'''Chris''': Their plan is to make the ''Daily Planet'' into a sensationalist tabloid that’ll bring in the money by [[StrawmanNewsMedia pushing the world closer to the brink of nuclear war]]. I’m not kidding: This is actually Warfield’s business model.\
63'''David:''' I’d love to be at the story conference where they named him. “Well, he sees, like, the world as a field for war, right? [[EurekaMoment War... field...]]”
64-->--''[=ComicsAlliance=]'' [[http://comicsalliance.com/comicsalliance-reviews-superman-iv-the-quest-for-peace-1987-2/ on]] ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace''
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66->''His master plan is to create a black hole that will suck up everything on earth and turn it into energy that will power the Negative Zone planet, on which he will then live, all alone. This seems [[StupidEvil extremely pointless]], unless you buy the Alex Jones conspiracies and somehow assume that that's what all environmentalists secretly want.''
67-->--'''[[http://www.toplessrobot.com/2015/08/x_ways_fantastic_four_is_just_as_bad_as_and_someti.php Luke Y. Thomspon]]''', ''Blog/ToplessRobot'' ("''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fantastic Four]]'' Is Just As Bad (And Sometime Worse) As You Feared")
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69->''"Asuka really plays up the 'Ugly foreigner' aspect of her existence. Whining about how her room's too small, moaning about this and that... while Misato just chimes in 'The Japanese way is about being considerate of others'. I always thought the Japanese way was 'Don't shame your ancestors by getting caught looking as tentacle sex during your [[{{Salaryman}} seven minute lunch break]]'."''
70-->--'''[[http://spoonyexperiment.com/neon-genesis-evangelion/ Christopher Kinsey]]''' on ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''
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72->''"I'm not even going to pick up particularly on Tat Wood's suggestion that Ettis is intended as an analogue for Arthur Scargill, then effectively the second in command in [[UsefulNotes/PostWarBritishPolitics the miners' union.]]...In any case, if Wood is correct about this equivalence, the decision to have Ettis go mad and try to blow everyone up has to be ranked as the crassest political moment in ''Series/DoctorWho'' since [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS6E1TheDominators}} the pacifists all had to wear dresses.]]"''
73-->--'''[[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/too-narrow-too-crippled-the-monster-of-peladon/ El Sandifer]]''' on [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E4TheMonsterOfPeladon "The Monster of Peladon"]]
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79->''"My God! You'd be less subtle if you spray-painted 'I hate Bush' on your chest and went in front of the White House naked!"''
80-->-- '''[[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]''' on ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack''
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82-> ''"I think Creator/MichaelMoore is stupid! I think [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush]] is the best president! He is the best president because he has a dog!"''
83-->-- '''LetsPlay/ChipCheezum''', mocking Micheal Weiss during his [[Website/{{Newgrounds}} Micheal Weiss Show]] {{MST}}[=/=][[WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} Retsuflash]]
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85->'''Orion:''' I will not stand for this kind of humiliation!\
86'''Thrackerzod:''' Nobody is humiliating you.\
87'''Apple Bloom:''' Yeah, you're not being humiliated, Orion.\
88'''Thrackerzod:''' It's true... now you sound like an idiot.\
89'''Orion:''' Well ''now'' I'm being humiliated, and I will not stand for ''this'' kind of humiliation!
90-->-- '''Rainbow Dash Presents: "Captain Hook The Biker Gorilla"''', ''WebVideo/MyLittlePonyTheMentallyAdvancedSeries''
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92->'''[[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Senator Armstrong]]:''' [[https://twitter.com/RepClayHiggins/status/1498015748492599297 You Millennial leftists]] who never lived ''one day'' under nuclear threat can now reflect upon your ''woke'' sky!\
93'''Raiden:''' ''(gruff tone)'' What are you trying to say? ''(normal voice)'' No, like genuinely. Like, what the fuck does that mea--?\
94'''Armstrong:''' You made quite a non-binary ''fuss'' to save the world from intercontinental ballistic ''tweets!''\
95'''Raiden:''' Do you know what "non-binary" means?\
96'''Armstrong:''' Ah, y'know, [[Memes/MetalGear nanomachines]]!\
97'''Raiden:''' Hold on, hold on, I-I'm checking Twitter real quick.\
98''(Raiden sees Dictionary.com's [[https://twitter.com/Dictionarycom/status/1498033493561032710 mocking response]])''\
99'''Raiden:''' ''(cracking up)'' You got ratio'd by the dictionary! How do you manage that, man? You're ''fifty!''\
100'''Armstrong:''' [[NeverMyFault Cancel culture strikes again!]]
101-->-- [[https://youtube.com/shorts/J2lXf9r5DSM?feature=shared "Millennial Leftists"]] by '''Creator/GianniMatragrano'''
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106->''"Oh my God! The dead have risen and they're voting Republican!"''
107-->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]]''', in "Sideshow Bob Roberts," on finding the tomb of a [[VoteEarlyVoteOften "registered voter" who died in 1909]]
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109->''"Tom, this is not just a women's issue. I'm a man, but if I got pregnant, would I put my life on hold for a child I didn't want? Yes, I would. [[HypocriticalHumor And I can say that with confidence because I will never have to make that decision, so I'm unbiased.]]"''
110-->-- '''Reginald Rangoon III''', ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'', [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E06BrrapBrrapPewPew "Brrap Brrap Pew Pew"]]
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116->''"Yes, the olden days Spanos were slave traders. Hoo boy. Jessie's white liberal guilt is something else, and she spends the episode literally begging Lisa to release “those centuries of repressed anger” on her by letting her buy Lisa's lunch, or carry her to the mall on her back like Master Blaster from ''[[Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome Mad Max III]]''."''
117-->-- '''Stuart Millard''' on ''Series/SavedByTheBell'', ''So Excited, So Scared''
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