The next American presidential election will take place on November 5. Between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, many do not hesitate to express themselves on social networks, including fan accounts. One of them dedicated to Snoopy showed his support for the Republican candidate, which sparked a storm in the Snoopy community.
Is Snoopy more of a Republican or more of a Democrat? This is the question that is tearing the community apart around the little dog imagined by Charles M. Schulz in the 1950s. An account dedicated to the most famous beagle showed its support for Donald Trump, before receiving backlash from the Snoopy community, which does exist. Especially since he is helped by Elon Musk, who helps Trump on X.
Using Snoopy’s image to support Donald Trump: that doesn’t go over well with the community
On social networks, there are official accounts dedicated to Snoopy, but also a myriad of fan accounts, on which they publish news about the character and boards from the comic. On Instagram and TikTok, some accounts even post video clips of the little dog to soft music, in edits (the video has been modified with video and audio effects). With this, views, likeswidely disseminated messages, in short: influence. Which can be very tempting to send messages, particularly political ones.
A temptation to which the @snoopyweekly account on X succumbed last week. Its anonymous owner has announced that he supports Donald Trump for the next American presidential election, which will take place on November 5.
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He asserted that a second term for the Republican would offer Americans ” a secure border and a government that prioritizes the prosperity of its tax-paying citizens over illegal immigrants. » The magazine Rolling Stone reports that the publication was accompanied by “ an image of Snoopy shaking hands with a Trump character Peanuts-style [la série originelle qui raconte les aventures de Snoopy et son maître Charlie Brown] “. After collecting 19,000 likesit was deleted by the account owner. An account which was also deactivated by its owner subsequently.
To defend itself from supporting Kamala Harris, Donald Trump’s great competitor and current vice-president of the United States, the @snoopyweekly account declared that it came from a middle-class family: ” we created this profile last year to distract ourselves from economic hardship, in hopes of bringing happiness to others going through the same times. We want the best for our family and our great country. Let’s Make America Great Again. »
If we don’t know who Snoopy would vote for, we know who his fans will vote for.
On this same social network, many alerted the official account of their favorite beagle to point out a copyright violation because of the published image. Others disparaged the account, saying Snoopy would hate it if it actually existed. Fans and community accounts overwhelmingly spoke out against Donald Trump and the approach of @snoopyweekly, denouncing an act “ fascist ».
For example, the accounts Daily Snoopy and @girg1genius, with respectively more than 130,000 and 120,000 subscribers on -President of the United States.
The ambivalent position of Charles Schulz, creator of Snoopy, in his time
Accounts https://twitter.com/DailySnoopys/status/1842784460850274403 died in 2000, Charles Schulz, written in 1970 in response to a fan of the character: “ I think it is more difficult today than ever to define what makes a good citizen. All each of us can do is follow our own conscience and keep faith in our democracy. Sometimes, it is the very people who shout the loudest in favor of a return to what they call ‘American virtues’ who lack faith in our country. I believe our greatest strength always lies in protecting our smallest minorities. »
Asked by Intelligencerthe historian and author of Charlie Brown’s America : The Popular Politics of Peanuts Blake Scott Ball, Charles Schulz « did not shy away from controversial issues like population control, civil rights or the Vietnam War. He introduced these questions, but more to start the conversation. » In fact, the boards of Peanuts were published within a few pages of articles on politics, international affairs and society. From his time on, Snoopy was read by a media-consuming public. For Blake Scott Ball, this explains why it is mainly on X that the small dog community fights.
On the other hand, Charles Schulz said to himself “ liberal » for a very long time, and was close to the Republican Party, notably Ronald Reagan. However, he had a certain admiration for Bill Cliton and Jimmy Carter, two Democrats. However, the designer died on February 12, 2000: it is impossible to really know who would support Schulz today. Let’s hope this controversy doesn’t reach the Moomins.
