The War Between Breitbart and Kellogg's Has Spawned #BreitbartCereals

The "culture war" that came to a head on the fateful night of November 8, 2016 has found a strange new front.

Earlier this week, Kellogg's (along with Allstate, Warby Parker, and EarthLink) announced that they would be pulling all advertisements from Breitbart News Network, the popular "alt-right" news website which brings in more than 19 million unique visitors from the US each month.

But yesterday, the conservative site—formerly headed by Steve Bannon, now the chief strategist to tweeter-in-chief and president-elect Donald Trump—hit back. Breitbart promptly asked its readers to boycott Kellogg's cereals, calling their withdrawal of ad money "as un-American as it gets" and a "war on conservatism."

Obviously, with the political climate being what it currently is in America, it wasn't long before someone else retaliated against Breitbart. That someone was the internet—or at least a large segment of it.

The hashtag #BreitbartCereals quickly picked up steam on Twitter, leading to a wild assortment of puns and Photoshopped images referencing racism, the Constitution, and president-elect Trump. Heck, even some conservative commentators got in on the fun, though mostly to make fun of "progs" and display their masculinity with firearms.

#BreitbartCereals Silly progs, cereals are for kids #DumpKelloggs #MAGA pic.twitter.com/eZ5vBNMtHK

— The People's Cube (@ThePeoplesCube) December 1, 2016

#BreitbartCereals

Best served with liberal tears. pic.twitter.com/nExAu8SKIq — ¡Elizabeth! (@MissLizzyNJ) December 1, 2016

But for the most part, it was people taking shots at Trump, his hair, his children, and his proposed policies.

Honey Comb-Over #BreitbartCereals pic.twitter.com/3BdhUMdoyy

— Shanelle Moore (@Sha_Moore) December 1, 2016

Cereals bring crime. They bring drugs, they're rapists, they're murders. And some, I suppose, taste delicious.#BreitbartCereals

— Adam Reeder (@TheAdamReeder) December 1, 2016

Race Krispies #breitbartcereals

— Jesse Berney (@jesseberney) December 1, 2016

Children of the Corn Flakes#BreitbartCereals pic.twitter.com/i1RYbOOvBB

— Christian Greco (@Jolly_Esquire) December 1, 2016

L'eggo my pussy #BreitbartCereals

— Teresa Manocchio (@TManocchio) December 1, 2016

Donald's favorite: Grope Nuts #BreitbartCereals https://t.co/r4KgQKvAtM pic.twitter.com/Llh6F6f67E

— Antone Johnson (@antonejohnson) December 1, 2016

And, of course, there are plenty of insanely polarising images of Nazi and KKK imagery, because America's political discourse is not polarised enough, it seems.

Hatey Nut Weirdos Fortified with Violence and Criminals#BreitbartCereals#ResistTrump pic.twitter.com/KmM2qrbcF3

— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) December 1, 2016

Special KKK: Start Your Day Alt-Right #BreitbartCereals pic.twitter.com/1ItBv4ibCu

— Joshua Zitser (@mrjoshz) December 1, 2016

Honey Nut GestapOoos! So good, the Nazis will kick your door down for them pic.twitter.com/0918g8A7Wo

— Nathan Ralph (@thenateralph) December 1, 2016

So, to recap, we now officially live in a time where social media is used to hold truth to power using breakfast puns, after a media company and a cereal company get into a very public tiff about ad money.

What a time to be alive.