‘This Is The Future That Liberals Want’ According To Twitter

https://twitter.com/polNewsNetwork1/status/837001201384374272

On Wednesday, a Twitter account named after 4Chan’s “politically incorrect” channel, /pol/, posted this Instagram photo with the caption, “This is the future that liberals want.” The photo shows an unidentified Muslim woman and drag queen Gilda Wabbit riding the subway, just living their lives and not hurting anyone. (How dare they?) The tweet backfired spectacularly, with people replying to the tweet sarcastically and providing alternate photos of a glorious future.

The image was originally posted on Subway Creatures to highlight New York City’s diversity, before it was co-opted by a Twitter account trying to frame diversity as some kind of threat. Gilda Wabbit told Buzzfeed, “the clapback against the negative attention from the far-right has been fabulous.”

At first, people stated the obvious. Why is anybody clutching their pearls about Muslims and drag queens just sitting there, existing?

https://twitter.com/that1mum/status/837152490789425152

https://twitter.com/irlchuggo/status/837265437352153089

And others sang the praises of peaceful coexistence and reliable public transportation:

https://twitter.com/sadydoyle/status/837140247125315584

https://twitter.com/BillionaireDad/status/837061896104652800

And other Twitter users pointed out that a variety of people already exist in the present and aren’t some kind of mythical creature that will pop into existence in the future through the sheer force of liberal wishes.

https://twitter.com/IjeomaOluo/status/837113878748127232

https://twitter.com/jesseberney/status/837318699841384448

https://twitter.com/huwlemmey/status/837207962653495296

https://twitter.com/BMinnery12/status/837099538703790080

But then the jokes really started, with sarcastic Twitter users providing photos to demonstrate, “This is the future that liberals want.”

https://twitter.com/darth/status/837343905129488384

https://twitter.com/dswingsbothways/status/837368491745357824

https://twitter.com/suraiasahar/status/837470523873452032

https://twitter.com/mikemillerSBN/status/837357870521987075

https://twitter.com/SFtheWolf/status/837158594659282944

https://twitter.com/Qubiste/status/837354427900125184

https://twitter.com/AbelUndercity/status/837356842531569664

But this is what everyone got instead:

(Hat tip to Buzzfeed, The Mary Sue, and Pajiba for finding some of these.)