{"id":"counter-signal-memes","name":"Counter Signal Memes","summary":"Counter Signal Memes, often called \"Smuggies,\" are crude MS Paint comics that caricature people with left-wing views. They started on a Facebook page called \"Counter-signal Memes for Fashy Goys\" in August 2015 and spread through 4chan's /pol/ board and right-wing subreddits.","tags":["counter signal memes","smuggies","ms paint memes","fashy goys","pol memes","political comics","parodymemes"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":9,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/counter-signal-memes/counter-signal-memes-smug-eastern-cartoon-face.webp","caption":"The 'smug eastern cartoon face' — a stock character illustration frequently deployed in counter-signal memes to caricature self-satisfied online commentators.","width":649,"height":572,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/counter-signal-memes/counter-signal-memes-pass-me-the-comics-bro-parody.webp","caption":"A satirical 'Pass Me the Comics Bro' review lampooning a moralizing webcomic, exemplifying the counter-signal format's mockery of preachy political comics.","width":680,"height":680,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/counter-signal-memes/counter-signal-memes-i-am-silly-ranting-comic.webp","caption":"A deliberately unhinged counter-signal drawing mocking self-righteous online arguments through exaggerated scrawl and contradictory ranting.","width":680,"height":672,"nsfw":true},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/counter-signal-memes/counter-signal-memes-hurr-durr-amerikkan-trash-comic.webp","caption":"A counter-signal parody of the '/v/ Euro superiority' rant, exaggerating the smug tone of anti-American forum posts.","width":680,"height":748,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/counter-signal-memes/counter-signal-memes-political-balls-sharer-comic.webp","caption":"A counter-signal jab at Polandball-style political sharers who conflate reposting memes with intellectual sophistication.","width":680,"height":472,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/counter-signal-memes/counter-signal-memes-feminist-protest-parody-stick-figures.webp","caption":"A counter-signal parody caricaturing the strawman-feminist meme, exaggerating anti-feminist framing to absurdity.","width":680,"height":403,"nsfw":true},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/counter-signal-memes/counter-signal-memes-paris-islamophobia-apologist.webp","caption":"A counter-signal caricature of the 'apologist' response following the Paris attacks, mocking the tone of terror-downplaying commentary.","width":680,"height":448,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/counter-signal-memes/counter-signal-memes-smug-sjw-white-male-comic.webp","caption":"The 'smug SJW' counter-signal template, lampooning debate opponents who pivot to identity attacks when losing an argument.","width":640,"height":426,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/counter-signal-memes/counter-signal-memes-islam-apologist-stick-figure.webp","caption":"A counter-signal comic mocking the 'regressive apologist' framing that rationalizes extremist rhetoric as a reaction to Western foreign policy.","width":530,"height":407,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/counter-signal-memes/history.md","related":["based-stickman","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":1892,"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."}