“Show your enemy no mercy. Misgender him/them at every opportunity.—Sun Tzu, ‘The Art of War’” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer Sun Tzu is widely quoted from his book The Art of War, but he died in 496 BC—long before 21st-century jokes about gender. Having this historical figure say this about gender is part of the joke.
 
“‘Show your enemy no mercy. Misgender them at every opportunity.’ -Sun Tzu, The Art of War” was posted on iFunny on December 25, 2020. “Show your enemy no mercy. Misgender him at every opportunity. Sun Tzu The Art of War” was posted on iFunny on November 5, 2021. It’s not known who originated both memes.
 
     
Wikipedia: Sun Tzu
Sun Tzu (/suːn ˈdzuː, suːn ˈsuː/ soon DZOO, soon SOO; simplified Chinese: 孙子; traditional Chinese: 孫子; pinyin: Sūnzǐ) was a Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer who lived during the Eastern Zhou period. Sun Tzu is traditionally credited as the author of The Art of War, an influential work of military strategy that has affected both Western and East Asian philosophy and military thinking. It focuses much more on alternatives to battle and even to war than on war itself, such as stratagem, delay, the use of spies, the making and keeping of alliances, the uses of deceit, and a willingness to submit, at least temporarily, to more powerful foes. Sun Tzu is revered in Chinese and East Asian culture as a legendary historical and military figure.
       
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DeathCult
25 dec 2020
“Show your enemy no mercy. Misgender them at every opportunity.” -Sun Tzu, The Art of War
   
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Jerry Taylor
May 22, 2021 at 11:23 AM ·
“Show your enemy no mercy, misgender them at every opportunity” -Sun Tzu probably
 
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PapaBear777
14 aug 2021
“Show your enemy no mercy. Misgender them at every opportunity.” - Sun Tzu, The Art of War
 
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Superforecaster, but the worst one
@pdicaprioFP911
“show your enemy no mercy. Misgender them at every opportunity.” -Sun Tzu
10:02 AM · Aug 19, 2021
 
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Nah. 🐍💚🤍💜🟥 Green ‘Terfy’ Christmas Meep❤️
@WackyPidgeon
“Show your enemy no mercy, misgender them at every opportunity” - CIA, 2021.
4:12 PM · Nov 1, 2021
     
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LegendaryStudios
5 nov 2021
Show your enemy no mercy. Misgender him at every opportunity. Sun Tzu The Art of War
 
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BlueCollarDreg
20 nov 2021
“Show your enemy no mercy. Misgender them at every opportunity.” -Sun Tzu, The Art of War
       
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Harry Taint
January 6, 2022 at 10:29 AM ·
“Show your Enemy no mercy , misgender him at every opportunity “
- Sun Tzu
   
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Bob Kostic
@causticbob
Show your enemy no mercy. Misgender him at every opportunity.
Sun Tzu
The Art of War
6:42 PM · Jan 17, 2023
     
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Yazid
February 24, 2023 at 12:51 AM ·
Show your enemy no mercy.
Misgender HIM at every opportunity.
-Sun Tzu
The Art of War
 
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MikeSchuette
19 feb 2023
Show your enemy no mercy. Misgender him at every opportunity. Sun Tzu SS 3 The Art of War
 
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Anti Woke Memes
@AntiWokeMemes
This is the way
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
“Show your enemy no mercy.
Misgender them at every
opportunity.”
—Sun Tzu, The Art of War
12:41 PM · Feb 24, 2024