'You see what you want to see bro': Twitter belittles GOP state senate candidate for melting down over a gift card
Jarrin Jackson, a Republican candidate for the Oklahoma State Senate, released a video this week accusing Disney of employing "pedophiles" because of a dress that Minnie Mouse wore on the front face of a gift card.
The illustration depicts Mickey hugging his companion Minnie, who is sporting a blue dress with her arm around Mickey's shoulder. Jackson, however, saw something completely different.
"Disney has for the longest time been a 'children,' entertainment institution. This is a gift card taken last week at a Target store. What do you see? What do you see? What do you see in that image? Do you see Minnie in a dress or do you see Mickey holding a penis?" Jackson ruminated. "The people at Disney are pedophiles. The people at Disney are pushing a Satanic, godless, child-predatory perspective."
Watch below via Right Wing Watch:
"Do you see Minnie (Mouse) in a dress?" asks Oklahoma GOP state senate candidate Jarrin Jackson. "Or do you see Mickey holding a penis?": "The people at Disney are pedophiles."pic.twitter.com/QTNhVnr4xD— Right Wing Watch (@Right Wing Watch) 1649169308
There is a long-standing urban legend that Disney animators incorporate dirty drawings in their cartoons and cover art.
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/g19587585/disney-movies-sex-references/\u00a0\u2026— Special Agent Spooky (@Special Agent Spooky) 1649172359
But for Twitter users, the real question is why Jackson's mind immediately went into the gutter.
I found it.pic.twitter.com/wyJftZ1a10— Dan Pembic (@Dan Pembic) 1649170790
I mean, you see what you want to see bro...— juando82 (@juando82) 1649169376
Interesting Rorschach test. I never saw pen!s here & it's usually on my mind. So maybe you need a psych eval lmfaoooo— Sheila (@Sheila) 1649169872
Everything's a penis if you wish hard enough.— Fred (@Fred) 1649169463
Now I can't unsee it.— Jeff-a-nator, Joe Biden's Secretary of Snark (@Jeff-a-nator, Joe Biden's Secretary of Snark) 1649181269
Mickey and Minnie is the new Rorschach test.— Edgar Fire DeJoy Poe \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf3b (@Edgar Fire DeJoy Poe \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf3b) 1649171028
Dear lord the projection with these peoplepic.twitter.com/TdIsiCcgGX— Victoria\u2019sNotSoSecret (@Victoria\u2019sNotSoSecret) 1649169548
Again, it's the joke where the guy takes a Rorschach test and scolds the doctor for "showing me all those dirty pictures."— Jennifer Bourne (@Jennifer Bourne) 1649172042
I see Minnie turning toward Mickey in a dress with a poofy shoulder.\n\nI also see that this poor piece of corporate art was created 7 years ago.https://www.retailhellunderground.com/my_weblog/2015/08/disney-gift-card-fail.html\u00a0\u2026— Raymond J. Mollica (@Raymond J. Mollica) 1649175626
Projection is their stock and trade.— TimToad1961 (@TimToad1961) 1649173833
Huge if true.....— Kim N\u00e6st' Aar Jensen (@Kim N\u00e6st' Aar Jensen) 1649169385
"I see erect penises everywhere"— fruney (@fruney) 1649173091
Jarrin Jackson? \n\nMore like \u201cJarrin I-can\u2019t-stop-seeing-penises-son\u201dpic.twitter.com/7nQdrDFN5F— tim dewey (@tim dewey) 1649177395
People also sarcastically accused Jackson of making them corrupt their internet search histories.
Now I have "disney gift card penis" in my search history. Thanks a lot. \n\nI did learn that this is from 2015, and they are still going on about it though.— Annette Locke (@Annette Locke) 1649171825
I googled this image, and now Disney ads are popping up on Twitter . Good job Oklahoma GOP state senate candidate . I\u2019m sure Disney appreciates the added search traffic.— Invisible Me \ud83c\udf3b\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9b (@Invisible Me \ud83c\udf3b\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9b) 1649172915
I saw a dress, but now I can\u2019t un-see the penis.— JM (@JM) 1649169496
Jarrin is not the only right-winger to have launched a crusade against Disney. On Monday, QAnon United States Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) threatened Disney with political retaliation over its opposition to Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law. She was hounded on social media for confusing copyrights with trademarks and for misspelling Mickey.
