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As a deplorable myself, I disagree with this decision and think it's ridiculous - but I do find the nature of it quite funny still.

Also remember that JD Vance himself has plenty of air time laughing at these memes, and they aren't considered threatening like calling out Biden's cognitive decline with memes making fun of it.

The overall response to memes of this nature are very different on either side. One side wants to censor the entire internet and penalize people for daring to share something politically incorrect, while the other caught an outsider who may harbor threatening sentiments about our nation, with the intent to harm - although I sincerely don't think that's the case here.

Part of the irony here is that you'll more likely find a right-winger with more JD Vance memes on their phone than this guy.

The mass-censorship has a much deeper weight to it than inconveniencing 1 tourist, and I think it's a little surprising this needs to be explained.



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