Why I Disagree With My Dad

Submission 9,191

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About

"Why I Disagree With My Dad" is a quote from a US Weekly magazine cover, featuring a picture and quote from First Daught Ivanka Trump on her father President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. The cover, specifically, the line "Why I Disagree With My Dad," became the subject of image macros where people posted pictures of famous fictional children who had issues with their fathers.

Origin

On June 7th, 2017, US Weekly released the cover (shown below) for the June 19th issue, featuring a profile of Ivanka Trump and her reaction to President Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. The cover's headline reads "IVANKA TAKES A STAND WHY I DISAGREE WITH MY DAD."^[1]

Spread

That morning, Twitter user @bobbyfinger^[2] posted a picture of the cover with the caption "Wow this is nutty," garnering more than 60 retweets and 300 likes. Shortly after, CNN anchor Brian Stetler^[3] tweeted the cover again with the caption "'WHY I DISAGREE WITH MY DAD' is the cover of this week's @USWeekly," receiving more than 190 retweets and 420 likes.

That morning, Twitter user @eliotnelson^[4] posted a picture of Tyrion Lannister from the HBO television series
Game of Thrones, who murders his father on the show, and the caption "WHY I DISAGREE WITH MY DAD." The post (shown below, left) received more than 40 retweets and 100 likes within 24 hours.

Shortly after, @eliotnelson^[5] replied to his tweet with a screenshot of a Google search result for Oedipus, a mythical Greek king who murdered his father to marry his mother. The post (shown below, right) received more than 275 retweets and 1,000 likes.

Following these tweets, other Twitter users began posting pictures of fictional children who had disputes with their fathers under the caption "Why I Disagree With My Dad" (examples below).

Several news outlets covered the "Why I Disagree With My Dad" meme, including Buzzfeed,^[6] Mashable,^[7] Fortune^[8] and more. Additionally, Twitter^[9] published a Moments page to document the meme.