what's the significance of a cloud with lightning bolts car decal?

October 3, 2021 6:34 PM

Was driving today behind an SUV with a Trump sticker, a Q-Anon rabbit decal, one of those distorted skulls that represent right-wing LEO/military shit, and a large decal of clouds with lightning bolts coming down out of them. (Couldn't get a picture safely.) It was cartoony and icon-ish, like if it weren't with all those other decals I would have assumed it was an SUV belonging to a meteorologist. But given the context, I have to assume that it's some kind of right-wing nonsense. Anyone know details or more info around this?
posted by mccxxiii to Grab Bag (8 answers total)

The storm that Q kept predicting?
posted by betweenthebars at 6:38 PM on October 3, 2021 [9 favorites]

The SS made lightning bolts popular for white supremacists.
posted by Snijglau at 6:59 PM on October 3, 2021 [1 favorite]

An oblique reference to Stormfront perhaps.
posted by meinvt at 7:03 PM on October 3, 2021 [4 favorites]

I think betweenthebars has the right idea. Q’s long-predicted “storm”.
posted by Thorzdad at 8:05 PM on October 3, 2021 [3 favorites]

This is totally "the storm."
(Source: Me, I've been a Q-nerd since times of pizzagate.)
posted by Jack Karaoke at 8:42 PM on October 3, 2021 [3 favorites]

distorted skulls that represent right-wing LEO/military shit

No doubt a Punisher logo (originally from a Marvel character).
posted by Rash at 9:01 PM on October 3, 2021 [3 favorites]

Response by poster: Rash: THANK YOU! Yes, that's exactly the skull thing I was talking about and it's a BONUS that you cleared that up because I've always wondered about that one too ...
posted by mccxxiii at 6:35 PM on October 4, 2021

You might be interested in these past MetaFilter threads about the Punisher logo and its political uses: here, here, and here.
posted by mbrubeck at 9:17 AM on October 5, 2021