Before it was a joke, #WarOnWhites was a meme for racists

On Monday, Republican Representative Mo Brooks went on Laura Ingraham's radio show and said that Democrats' immigration politics are part of a "war on whites." Naturally, Twitter's been snarking it up a bunch with a #waronwhites hashtag.

What's interesting, though, is that if you go back to before Brooks' statement and the ironic meme you'll find that it was a non-ironic sentiment used by racists of all stripes. For example, you've got your anti-semitic racists:

.@Diana236 #Israel exists as a sanctuary state for Jewish criminals and Jewish supremacists. End #JewishSupremacism Stop their #WarOnWhites

— Rocco (@alcaseltza) July 31, 2014

But you also have your pro-Israel racists:

The Democrats are waging war on white people #waronwhites with illegal alien invasion and obamcare

— Sarge (@SGTROCKUSMC82) July 15, 2014

You've got your "what about white history month" racists:

Will Obama Help Men Who are Eggshell White Find Jobs? - Todd Starnes - http://t.co/uYNiBxyeTQ #MyBrothersKeeper #WaronWhites #Racist #NOBAMA

— MJ Feldstein (@MignonFeldstein) February 18, 2014

You've got your "heritage" racists:

U.S. Army mulls wiping out memory of Robert E. Lee, 'Stonewall' Jackson http://t.co/cRvaYcOLgS Attack on #JustineSacco part of #WaronWhites

— Mark Tenney (@MathFaithWorks) December 23, 2013

And you've even got your straight-up racist racists:

Evil Black Terrorist Nelson Mandela Finally Dead http://t.co/IJ1TaVf1fK #WhiteGenocide #WarOnWhites

— Ethnofascist #WR (@Ethnofascist) December 9, 2013

What a country!

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