The Horseshoe Theory of Twitter Avatars

The Horseshoe Theory of Twitter Avatars "I cannot tell the difference between the extreme left and extreme right". A very boring selfie Actually good selfie Rainbow filter Pictures of guys wearing suits and/or sunglasses Very uncute cartoon character Artsy pictures Cute animals Something queer moderate left right White person with a creepy smile Portrait of some long dead philosopher American flag radical left radical right Che Guevara portrait Hammer and sickle Anarchist flag The ancap face Pepe the Frog "Kekistan" flag extreme left extreme right The Anarchist Trans symbol Just pure evil Anime

A diagram titled “The Horseshoe Theory of Twitter Avatars” arranges recognizable social-media profile pictures along a horseshoe-shaped political spectrum, from moderate through the radical and extreme left and right. The joke is that extreme ideologies supposedly resemble each other, while increasingly absurd avatar stereotypes are presented as political positions. It is shared as a satirical reaction to online politics and the difficulty of distinguishing far-left and far-right internet users.