Critics slammed the segment as a low point in "modern American political discourse" while some suggested that The Late Show might have inadvertently cast Biden in a villainous light.

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[–] JayTwo@hexbear.net 37 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Feel free to start slinging the shit towards me for my apparently hot take, but in the context of the monologue, Biden's campaign hiring a meme person, it made decent enough sense and the fact that it was painful to watch was actually a plus.

When memes aren't organic they're usually cringe. This is where Bernie, despite all his faults, excelled where Hillary "Pokemon go to the polls" Clinton failed. Because Bernie embraced the positive content his supporters independently created rather than have a staff member try to to craft viral moments that they thought the youths would like.

Biden has already tried to coopt "dark Brandon", ruining it, since the entire joke is that Biden is actually not radical nor a threat to anyone.

The more awful the skibidi Biden bit is the more it drives home the idea that a political campaign should not try to meme by giving us an idea of how much wrong could happen.