About
He Protec but He Also Attac is an intentionally misspelled variation of the expression, “He protects, but he also attacks,” which is used online to caption various image macros featuring subjects preparing to defend against or engage an enemy.
Origin
On November 8th, 2016, the @fijichecks[4] Instagram posted photographs of a nude man wielding a light saber along with the caption “he protec / but he also attac” (shown below).
Spread
On February 5th, 2017, the b3pis Instagram[1] page posted a picture of a stuff cow toy wielding a knife with the caption “He protec. / but he also attac” (shown below). Within two months, the image received more than 2,800 likes. On February 13th, the sketchymemes Instagram page posted a similar image macro featuring screenshots from the film Cat in the Hat (shown below, right).
On March 15th, a 4chan user posted a Based Stickman variation of the image to a thread on /pol/ (shown below, left).[4] On March 30th, Redditor MrAdorDeplor submitted a post to /r/MemeEconomy[5] asking how “he protec” memes were doing “on the market,” along with a version of the image macro featuring comedian Lester Green (shown below, right).
