As stupid as this sounds, it is deadly dangerous, being the next step toward the dystopias with which we are all familiar. This may seem trivial, but notice, this is precisely the same setup as is active in China, where dissidents post Winnie the Pooh as a stand-in for Xi Jinpeng. There is still some difference: in China, if the authorities discover the identity of the person who posts Pooh, that person is likely to disappear in the state-security apparatus for years; we're not there yet in the US. But it's the same path, make no mistake. Dissent is now viewed as "domestic terrorism", no matter what form that dissent takes.

What looks like a joke today long-term is very much not a laughing matter.