I Hate Liberals So Much It's Unreal

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About

I Hate Liberals So Much It's Unreal is an exploitable webcomic meme format in which one character explains that they hate a subject, often a group of people, followed by an undesirable character running toward them and supporting their statement with twisted logic, ending in the first character punching or crushing the second, causing them to explode in a bloody fashion. The original comic, which is used to describe how certain statements might attract an unintended crowd, was posted to Reddit in March 2021 and inspired several variations over the following years. The comic may be inspired by the viral "I hate women so much it's unreal" comment, which first appeared in 2019 as part of the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Ruined a Whole Generation of Women meme, although this is unconfirmed.

Origin

On March 21st, 2021, a now-deleted Redditor posted a comic to /r/COMPLETEANARCHY,^[1] titling the post, "Same reaction every time," in which one character says, "I hate liberals so much it's unreal," followed by a character in a red MAGA-style hat running in yelling, "KEK!! Right On!" followed by the first character punching or crushing them to death, garnering over 800 likes in three years (shown below).

Spread

The comic gained viral spread and inspired edits over the following years. On March 21st, 2021, Redditor u/IronCrouton reposted it to /r/196,^[2] garnering over 5,500 upvotes in three years. On May 12th, Tumblr^[3] user guerrillatech posted an edit about the Isreali government that gained over 9,000 notes in the same span of time (shown below, left). On August 26th, u/Adept_of_Blue posted a new version to /r/PoliticalCompassMemes^[4] that gained over 8,000 upvotes in three years (shown below, right).

On July 30th, 2023, Tumblr^[5] user myfriendwade posted a version of the meme about homelessness that garnered ovewr 15,000 notes in seven months (shown below).

On November 11th, X^[6] user @genzalternative posted a version of the meme that gained over 68,000 likes in two months (shown below, left). On December 25th, a now-deleted Redditor posted a version to /r/NonCredibleDefense^[7] that gained over 5,100 upvotes in two months (shown below, right). On February 15th, 2024, X^[8] user @GoingPPostal reposted the version of the meme by @genzalternative, garnering over 65,000 likes in a day.