You Do Not, Under Any Circumstances, "Gotta Hand It To Them"

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Cranky Federalist @CrankyFed Reminder that you do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to Hitler Kansas Zoomer @Kansas_Zoomer 000 Replying to @Kansas_Zoomer The Third Reich, whatever your opinions on it, was more friendly towards Christianity than most modern western states are today. Nearly all Germans belonged to a Christian church, either protestant or Catholic. Catholicism and Protestantism were not threatened by The Reich 5:53 PM . Nov 14, 2020

diaper changer extraordinaire @gospel_sod issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding the genocidal dictator Hitler. you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to him" Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich - 23h we literally gave the most important job in the world to the worst possible person imaginable. I mean, even Hitler liked dogs, and could paint a little 446 3.3K 19.7K Warrior 4Democracy @Delios Jimmy - 23h . Hahahaha! And he was in the military and didn't lie about bone spurs. 2 17 6 216 Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich - 22h he also wrote his own book 11 2 12 Mollie Katzen @MollieKatzen Replying to @itsJeffTiedrich and @Delios Jimmy And was a vegetarian 4:34 PM. Sep 18, 2020 · Twitter Web App 275

christoph @Halalcoholism regarding the Taliban: you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to them" Il @musafirAD.39m I have my disagreements with the Taliban, but credit where it is due. They suspended female education until they had the resources to establish Islamic female schooling. They didn't want their women to be indoctrinated with the filthy soviet curriculum of the previous govts. Ruqaiya @ruqaiya_h.41m tfw when the taliban are more progressive than you 100 171 ↑

Jennifer Wright @JenAshleyWright You do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to COVID-19." Tomi Lahren → @TomiLahren I gotta hand it to COVID-19, you sure did expose the sheep among us. 5:27 PM 5/24/20 Twitter for iPhone . 8:36 PM · May 25, 2020 :

r SEMBLEE Tried kilgore trout, blue check free since 2003 @KT_So_It_Goes issuing correction to previous post of mine, you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to q anon" Jim Geraghty @jimgeraghtyJul 30, 2020 QAnon is cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. Of course, after Epstein, Weinstein, NXIVM, R. Kelly, etc., it is not exactly unthinkable that lots of people would choose to believe that the rich, famous and powerful figures they don't like are involved in evil sexual criminal rings. 4:14 PM Jul 30, 2020 :

gelbeer kilgore trout, blue check free since 2003 @KT_So_It_Goes issuing a correction to a previous post of mine Greg Price @greg_price11Jul 6, 2020 DeSean Jackson, posts a quote from Hitler, says he's not anti-Semitic and then highlights the particularly anti-Semitic part. As an Eagles fan, this is disgusting. Where is the response from the team and the NFL? Show this thread Hitler said, "because the white Jews H knows that the Negroes are the real Children of Israel and to keep Americas secret the Jews will blackmail America. The will extort America, their plan for world domination won't work if the Negroes know who they were. The white citizens of America will be terrified to know that all this time they've been mistreating and discriminating and lynching the Children of Israel. They will fear God will destroy them as e destroyed Egypt for doing the same ning. So the Elite, the Illuminati keeps this a secret at all cost. After I die I will one day cause World sec The will extort America, their plan for world domination won't work if the Negroes know who they were. THIS ΑΛΛΛΛ ANYONE WHO FEELS I HAVE HATE TOWARDS THE JEWISH COMMUNITY TOOU MY DOCT THE WRONG WAV I Tericas 14 wwir de and : as ...

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You Do Not, Under Any Circumstances, "Gotta Hand It To Them" is a catchphrase and phrasal template inspired by a 2017 Dril tweet. The original reads, "issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding the terror group ISIL. you do not, under any circumstances, 'gotta hand it to them.'" The snowclone is usually used as a joke to make fun of a poster who appears to have praised a villainous person or organization.

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On February 15th, 2017, Dril^[1] tweeted, "issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding the terror group ISIL. you do not, under any circumstances, 'gotta hand it to them,'" gaining over 14,000 retweets and 59,000 likes in six years (shown below). There was no "previous post" Dril was referring to.

wint @dril ... issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding the terror group ISIL. you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to them" 5:02 AM Feb 15, 2017

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Over the following years, the tweet became a common way to joke about poorly received apologies and posters that appear to praise villainous groups online. In particular, the usage of the tweet as a meme picked up after several examples of prominent figures praising groups and figures widely considered enemies went viral. For example, in October 2018, Russia Today reporter Sameera Khan posted an apology for posting an infographic that made gulags under Joseph Stalin sound pleasant^[4] (shown below, left), reminding many of the Dril tweet. In 2019, a pair of tweets from Donald Trump that claimed ISIS use the internet "better than anyone" but "there is nothing to admire about them"^[2] (shown below, right). In the eyes of many commenters, the tweets resembled Dril's "gotta hand it to em" tweet.^[3]

Sameera Khan @SameeraKhan I have just found out that the memes I shared re: Stalin's gulags were inaccurate. My apologies to all those who were offended. 10:50 AM - 8 Oct 2018 from Washington, DC 10 Retweets 28 Likes 38 10 16 28 Follow Sameera Khan @SameeraKhan - 13m I also in no way intended to make light of the tragic mass persecutions they took place under the Stalin regime and I again apologize for sharing this misleading and offensive information. 17 5 12 >

25 Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump Mar 22, 2019 ISIS uses the internet better than almost anyone, but for all of those susceptible to ISIS propaganda, they are now being beaten badly at every level.... 7,904 Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump 13.1K 82.4K ↑ ... ....There is nothing to admire about them, they will always try to show a glimmer of vicious hope, but they are losers and barely breathing. Think about that before you destroy your lives and the lives of your family! 12:15 PM Mar 22, 2019

The tweet continued to see consistent use through the early 2020s. On July 5th, 2020, Twitter user @planetsdyin^[5] posted the snowclone in response to a post praising Elon Musk's mother, gaining over 30 retweets and 1,300 likes in three years (shown below, left). On March 28th, 2023, Twitter user @RottenInDenmark^[6] referenced the Dril tweet talking about a chart that made it appear the Nazis were responsible for lessening the mortality rate of Norwegians during their occupation of the country in World War II, gaining over 40 retweets and 1,600 likes in two weeks (shown below, right).