{"id":"based-stickman","name":"Based Stickman","summary":"Based Stickman is the nickname 4chan gave to Kyle Chapman, a California man filmed hitting an Antifa counter-protester with a wooden stick at a March 4th, 2017 pro-Trump rally in Berkeley. The clip spread from /pol/ to right-wing blogs, YouTube remixes, and a $63,700 WeSearchr legal defense fund within 48 hours.","tags":["based stickman","kyle chapman","alt-knight","berkeley 2017","pol meme","pro-trump rally","antifa berkeley"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":3,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/based-stickman/based-stickman-based-stickman-berkeley-charge.webp","caption":"Kyle Chapman, dubbed 'Based Stickman', charges into the crowd at the March 4 Berkeley pro-Trump rally in 2017, the incident that made him a viral internet figure.","width":451,"height":422,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/based-stickman/based-stickman-berkeley-elderly-man-tweet.webp","caption":"A viral tweet from the March 4, 2017 Berkeley rally showing an elderly Trump supporter being treated after a pepper spray attack — the type of incident that prompted Kyle Chapman's intervention.","width":577,"height":794,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/based-stickman/based-stickman-stickman-free-speech-quote.webp","caption":"A quote-image meme circulated online featuring Kyle Chapman alongside his infamous remark about breaking sticks over 'antifa, communist skulls'.","width":680,"height":760,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/based-stickman/history.md","related":["counter-signal-memes","groyper","happy-merchant","ku-klux-klan","nazism","stonetoss","we-wuz-kings","agartha","ai-translated-hitler-speeches","anarcho-capitalism","brigitte-macron-is-transgender-conspiracy-theory","deus-vult"],"popularityRank":1962,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}