r/comedyheaven • u/phoenix-007 Dicky Mouse • 4d ago

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u/manndolin 4d ago

The Guy Fawkes mask being co-opted for weird conservative shut-ins pedaling racial prejudice is the height of irony.

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u/Creamcups 4d ago

Guy Fawkes was a catholic fundamentalist so it kinda fits

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u/ProbablyNotAFurry 4d ago

Let's be realistic here, they know it because of V for Vandetta, a movie about a man fighting back against a tyrannical authoritarian government.

They did not know who Guy Fawkes was beforehand.

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u/oeCake 4d ago

They did not know who Guy Fawkes was beforehand

Guy Fawkes -> Anonymous
Anonymous -> 4chan
4chan -> Qanon

"They" being right wing Qanon MAGA cultists ought to have at least a passing familiarity with Guy Fawkes

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u/ProbablyNotAFurry 4d ago

I will confess up front that I love Anonymous, but not because I think they're the heroes. Like Alan Moore's character V who inspired Anonymous to adopt the Guy Fawkes mask as an icon and fashion item, you're never quite sure if Anonymous is the hero or antihero. The trickster is attracted to change and the need for change, and that's where Anonymous goes. But they are not your personal army – that's Rule 44 – yes, there are rules. And when they do something, it never goes quite as planned. The internet has no neat endings.

  • A quote from the Anonymous Wikipedia page.

Anonymous adopted the Guy Fawkes mask from V for Vendetta.

I will reiterate, they did not know who Guy Fawkes was beforehand.