Mermaids at Mar-a-lago. You can't make this 💩 up.

[Tanuki]

Just imagine the reaction if this was at Joe Biden's house on Delaware.

Link to tweet

[FSogol]

1. WOOT! Hey RNC, thanks for all the money $$$$$$$$! LOL, you $uckers.

[PlutosHeart]

2. Probably not planned consciously by them

is the tie between Mermaid and Merman images and slavery. Just saying.

[DavidDvorkin]

5. Could you say more?

I'm not aware of that link. Thanks.

[PlutosHeart]

9. Spent some time about 3 years ago

researching "mermaids" and symbolism, history, mythology. Mostly in regards to a PBS production that spoke a lot about slavery. Was surprised what I found really. And yes, that is one of my XHandles.
Here is just a small smattering to start your journey:

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[DavidDvorkin]

12. All I'm seeing is that mermaids were used in Sanditon

To make points about slavery. That's a work of fiction, though.

[PlutosHeart]

14. I should have just dropped

some of the early references in mythology, the freak show info and elaborated.
Bad choice on my part to drop the thread with the basic references.
Merpeople are a work of fiction but have a darker, more sinister side to them and exploited and used as symbolism during the time of slavery as well as to appeal to the general public. Just look at the dark illustrations of the Fee-Gee. Then of course there is the "monkey" referance.
I find it actually pretty interesting that conservatives made a stink when Disney cast a woman of color as one.
You would have to do some research and reading to see how there is a connection.

[SarahD]

3. A Florida Thang.

Weekee Wachee Springs has a bid mermaid show for tourists. A more wholesome version on Playboy Bunnies. The website has individual mermaid profiles.

[Wonder Why]

7. All lily white, too. No minorities need apply to this State Park?

[LeftInTX]

10. My mom was a "Southern Belle" at Cypress Gardens when she was in HS.

[brewens]

4. Merman? Kinda like a drag performer, isn't it? n/t

[Blue Owl]

6. And check out that beached whale in a pile of its own shit -- oh wait, that's just tRump...

[Takket]

8. drumpf is someone his supporters describe as an "ordinary guy just like me"

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swish that around in your mouth and tell me how it tastes

[bdamomma]

11. I wonder

what his White Christian Nationalists think about that????

[Drum]

13. They're ogling HYBRIDS!

Can anything dissuade folks from T World?