Inside MAGA's Fake Gay Motorcycle War

[Nevilledog]

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-maga-fake-gay-motorcycle-war-harley-davidson-freakout-indian

THE CONSERVATIVE INFLUENCERS have spoken: Harley-Davidson—whose motorcycles helped create the paradigm of American masculinity—is in fact woke and gay.

The past week has seen wave after wave of MAGA personalities and meme accounts decide, seemingly out of nowhere, that Harley-Davidson was company non grata. MAGA influencer Priya Patel declared the manufacturer “fundamentally anti-American,” while Hercules actor-turned-tweeter Kevin Sorbo said his friends were abandoning Harley-Davidson en masse.

Conservative meme account “Prison Mitch” told his more than 100,000 followers that Harley-Davidson is “woke and gay” then posted a picture of a man in a biker’s vest having gay sex (jarring but basically SFW), quipping that Harley-Davidson riders rode a very different kind of “hog.”

Right-wing attacks on supposedly liberal corporations aren’t new. But, beyond the confrontational imagery, this campaign against the motorcycle giant stands out for the fact that Harley-Davidson doesn’t appear to have done anything terribly “woke.”

Instead, the effort seems designed squarely just to benefit Indian Motorcycle, a Harley rival. How can you tell? Because basically every influencer throwing a grenade at Harley is also simultaneously boosting its competitor. Prison Mitch, for example, posted a Marco Rubio meme with the secretary of state in an Indian biker’s vest.

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[ret5hd]

1. hey! yell the f----t word at a...

1%’er.

just let me know where/when so i can watch.

[JoseBalow]

5. I saw that South Park episode

[MustLoveBeagles]

2. Harley Davidson is woke?

Now I've heard everything!

[Humboldt Sage]

3. Dems ride HD's too

Love my 06 Road Glide.
On the back of left saddle bag is 86, and the right is 47 (under a raised fist with "stop it, Black Lives Matter).
I get alot of smiles and thumbs up, and it's a big hit with the ladies.
Cheers,
Humboldt Sage

[AZJonnie]

4. I like the cut of your jib, Humboldt!

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