You can't make this shit up.
Indiana state Sen. Chris Garten acknowledged the backlash and labeled his critics ‘snowflakes’
Republican senator Chris Garten posted AI images of himself beating up Santa on Christmas morning
You can't make this shit up.
Indiana state Sen. Chris Garten acknowledged the backlash and labeled his critics ‘snowflakes’
31 Comments
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 89 pts · 234d
Is this the fabled right-wing comedy I've been hearing so little about?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 35 pts · 234d
He attempted the mythical third conservative joke. He failed.
Steve@communick.news · 61 pts · 234d
I'm not offended or bothered by it.
It's just super werid, and I don't understand the message he's trying to make. Like is he against capitalist consumer culture? Is he fighting Santa because Christmas is for Jesus? Or is Santa socialized gifting, and he's for capitalism? Or does he just want to look like a superhero beating up someone, and didn't think through who he was beating up?
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 234d
Or when he's beating him up... Santa did his fucking job already the night before you stupid dumb fuck. Why are you beating him up the next fucking morning?
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 10 pts · 234d
Probably something to do with not getting what he wished for. Somehow I'm reminded of Eric Cartman now.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 234d
Because they believe in vengeance not justice
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 233d
So...yes on his watch, then.
mrbeano@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 234d
Yes, I just don't even get what he thought he was trying to do.
Look, we all know he's acting out some daddy issues, but as a politician your daddy issues should at least be used to make a coherent point. To someone.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 234d
The war on Christmas is getting brutal.
apftwb@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 234d
But... Why beat up Santa? Santa is unanimously considered the good guy. Who was this for?
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 24 pts · 234d
Regular evil just wasn't enough for the republican party, they had to go cartoonishly, comically evil
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 234d
So he’s against both Santa and snowflakes. Sounds like he just hates Christmas.
DrFistington@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 234d
Make a fake picture of me beating up someone that is viewed favorably by 90% of the country. That will help shore up my support. Then have someone inject me with my insulin and help me swallow my Viagra before my 1pm appointment at the child brothel
TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 21 pts · 234d
Calling the Coca Cola mascot adopted into tradition a "symbol of Christian generosity" is a bit of a stretch but its more bizarre to claim that beating up said mascot is symbolic of being politically opposed to bureaucratic overreach.
bytesonbike@discuss.online · 20 pts · 234d
FerretyFever0@fedia.io · 10 pts · 234d
That's weird, they're all white. Isn't that interesting?
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 233d
And this is the state that celebrates it being the first to desegregate schools. They're still racist as fuck. The mascot for their capitol's minor league baseball team is Robert E Lee's horse.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 234d
I don't know what's funnier, his bare arms (for some reason?) or this response to the backlash. He's not a bright bulb.
“Lots of intolerance, swearing, and outrage on display over a few AI pics I had a blast designing with my kids,” Garten said. “Some of you clowns are just insufferable. Hopefully your negativity stays in the comments and not directed at your families.”
“Merry Christmas, snowflakes!” he added.
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 234d
The war on Christmas is coming from inside the bicameral.
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 233d
So it turned out the War On Christmas was inside the right wingers the whole time...
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 234d
Imagine trying to explain this to your kid.
sramder@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 234d
He’s just missing the Chippendale’s cuffs.
compostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 234d
Just when you think Republicans can’t top themselves
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 4 pts · 234d
He was probably referencing Atlas Shrugged. You know, the bit that was originally a titan of industry monologuing about wanting to kill Jesus Christ because he represented the evil of altruism, until Rand’s editors made her change it.
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 234d
Wow that is... Very real looking.
ArachnidMania@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 234d
I'm thinking it's photoshop over some AI crowds, santas in mostly the same pose for the batch of photos, and the AI blurry weirdness only seems to show up in the crowds to me.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 234d
Same pose, different angles. I suppose the kids may have done it, but that looks like some finely done isolation and head swapping if they're pasted over the crowd. Plus, all that kicked up snow? I've never been like a Hollywood level photoshopper, but this seems pretty difficult. Maybe I'm out of touch though.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 233d
Not be that guy, but it's really not that hard for the snow. You layer with different opacity levels and 2 different paint brushes in white.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 233d
whitecollarcry@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 234d
Knightfox@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 232d
This just doesn't make any sense to me, like I could get it if he had Biden in a Santa outfit, but this is just Santa. Why would Santa bring bureacratic overreach? Why is this guy making Santa political, and if he is going to do so, why bring him as the opponent? He could have Santa delivering guns or he could have Santa tackling Biden, Hillary, or Obama. While the idea of corrupting Santa as being pro-conservative is horrible, I can't think of any reason to portray him as an enemy and attack him. What's next, beating Jesus to death with his own cross to fuck the libs? This is just stupid.
not_me@piefed.social · 2 pts · 233d
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -1 pts · 234d
I, for one, am extremely impressed by his manliness.
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 234d
This guy sucks and all, but I unironically fucking love this.