Are we surprised this happened? Are we really? Okay, yes we are. It's human nature to hope for good things in a new year and you know, the vaccines seemed like a good start. Yet here we are, barely halfway through the first month of 2021 and days to Trump impeachment, when, akin to a Black Mirror episode, the US Capitol Building was stormed by a mob.
Gemma Nerrick from Netflix's Death to 2020 said it right. The show that is America is truly one twist after another. Famously starring Jake Angeli aka Jacob Chansley aka QAnon Shaman aka Horned DC protestor, who has since been arrested, charged and allegedly refusing to eat detention food unless it's organic. The silver lining though, is that Trump's twitter account was finally permanently banned "due to the risk of further incitement of violence".
The social media platform has reportedly went on to purge over 70,000 accounts affiliated with the pro-Trump, far-right conspiracy theory QAnon, sparking—needless to say—big reactions from both sides. It's a divisive move to counter inciting misinformation while preserving the freedom of speech. Good thing we have memes, which is a bit of both.
EVERYONE WAS ON THE GUESTLIST
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EVERY HISTORICAL MOMENT NEEDS ITS FASHION ICON
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WHERE'S THE DIFFERENCE
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IT'S A MESS
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KINDA
The world watching everything going on in the US right now#civilwar2021 pic.twitter.com/JpJLbBZfrB
— Moustafa Raouf (@MoustafaRaouf2) January 7, 2021
YEP
Capitol during Capitol
BLM protests today pic.twitter.com/5NAcaIUsCq— Ricky Rocksteady (@RocksteadyRicky) January 6, 2021
THE ACCURACY HURTS
How the police inside the capital building decided if they could shoot or not. #civilwar2021 pic.twitter.com/Lxf9SdbjE5
— Ryliez? (@Ryliez1) January 6, 2021
THOSE WERE SOME MEMORIES
Starting to think we could have stormed Area 51 and lived. pic.twitter.com/Yaps5MtaSD
— Vibbs (@thejeffvibbert) January 6, 2021
CAN'T DO WITHOUT SOME FACEBOOK SHADE FROM MR MUSK
This is called the domino effect pic.twitter.com/qpbEW54RvM
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2021
NOT SAYING IT'S WHAT IT IS, JUST SAYING WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
Twitter after banning Trump 1,449 days into his presidency pic.twitter.com/W5bRvkskcs
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 8, 2021
Meanwhile, back in the White House… #TrumpBanned #TrumpBan pic.twitter.com/qWXX5NhkQG
— Ryan James Dee (@RyanJamesDee) January 9, 2021
Donald tried to get on Melania’s Twitter but she told him the password was Barron’s middle name plus his birthday.
— Joe Faina (@faination) January 9, 2021
Trump trying to tweet is the hardest he's worked in four years
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) January 9, 2021
THANKS FOR THE SHOUTOUT
society now that Trumps Twitter account is permanently suspended #TrumpBanned
pic.twitter.com/Rg0KOWdDoS— Prosper (@Prosper458) January 8, 2021
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