The Gadsden flag—the yellow one, featuring a coiled snake and the slogan “Don’t Tread on Me”—was a symbol used by the American colonial military during the revolutionary war. Today, however, it’s inextricably tangled up with the Tea Party and Second Amendment advocates. When two white supremacist shooters killed two Las Vegas police officers in 2014, they wrapped the bodies in a Gadsden flag.

In its way, the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag has become a meme, inspiring parodies that range from pointedly political to purely absurdist.

On Twitter, @Blueloid has collected some of the best. Many of them make fun of the flag-wavers’ spirit of childish contrarianism. Some mock their vocal whiteness. Still others goof on the design of the flag itself.

Truly, it’s an impressive menagerie of dumb snakes:

https://twitter.com/Blueloid/status/777721236432367620

https://twitter.com/Blueloid/status/777721527487692800

https://twitter.com/Blueloid/status/777722112513409024

https://twitter.com/Blueloid/status/777723268417458176

https://twitter.com/Blueloid/status/777725171230572544

https://twitter.com/Blueloid/status/777725439615700992

After @Blueloid’s collection started to go viral, others contributed their favorites. It’s insane how many of these exist online.

https://twitter.com/ErinKSaunders/status/777730324553830400

pic.twitter.com/bElO3IvcVI — the curse of sleepy cat peak (@ghostofdog) September 19, 2016

https://twitter.com/_80021170ffff_/status/777920748824334336

https://twitter.com/eric_perez_79/status/777978436669308928

No collection is complete without this version. @Blueloid pic.twitter.com/JbS5ThSHtr — Izzy Galvez ✨ (@iglvzx) September 19, 2016

https://twitter.com/captaintrash/status/777936731844648960

Treadn’t. Treadn’t indeed.

It’s worth noting that some of these are callbacks to another good meme, “Snek.” Snek’s combination of cute snakes and intentional misspellings mark a lineage shared with the once-great Shiba Inu dog meme, Doge.

Snek is precious. You certainly don’t want to tread upon Snek.

By infantilizing or otherwise mocking the Gadsden flag, its opponents aren’t just sticking it to those they disagree with politically—although that is one function of the meme. They’re also using humor to strip the snake of its fangs, refusing to legitimize the people who want to use it not only as a Second Amendment symbol, but as an icon for white nationalism or violent insurrection.

So, you know—watch your step.