Twitter Mocks Tiki Torch-Bearing White Nationalists: Fed Up ‘With the Tyranny of Bug Bites’
Last night, hundreds of white nationalists, alt-righters, and white supremacists gathered at the University of Virginia to for a torch-lit march ahead of today’s “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The rally today is expected to attract thousands at Emancipation Park, where a statue of Robert E. Lee is scheduled to be removed by the city. The Southern Poverty Law Center is describing the rally as the “largest hate-gathering of its kind in decades in the United States.”
During the march last night, protesters were heard chanting “white lives matter” and “blood and soil,” among other things. And, by the end of the rally, the white nationalists had gotten into brawls with counter-protesters, leading to police to break the whole thing up.
Massive brawl breaks out, tiki torches thrown as #UniteTheRight reaches Jefferson monument in #Charlottesville. Chemicals dispersed pic.twitter.com/NsepwZC0Te
— Alex Rubinstein (@RealAlexRubi) August 12, 2017
And while there was quite a bit understandable outrage and anger expressed online about the message that was being delivered by the racist bros, many decided to take to Twitter to viciously ridicule the rally goers. One of the main targets for mockery was the marchers’ decision to use tiki torches:
These are legit scary assholes, but they'd be scarier if they didn't use citronella tiki torches they bought from Lowes. https://t.co/QL3p6ecCFA
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) August 12, 2017
That a bunch of bros with tiki torches think they're genetically superior to me is just the best
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) August 12, 2017
Y'all, we can't get dates on Friday night (again) so we're fixin' to pick up some tiki torches at Walmart & have a klan rally. Who's in? pic.twitter.com/2AUambrslN
— Lisa Guerrero ?? (@4lisaguerrero) August 12, 2017
Judging by the cloud of citronella off those tiki torches, they've "had it up to here" with the tyranny of bug bites. #Charlottesville pic.twitter.com/olBtpmlBZ7
— shauna (@goldengateblond) August 12, 2017
Trump is about to speak to the press and say he's thankful for the white supremacists March because we have too many tiki torches as it is
— Mдтт Иegяiи ? (@MattNegrin) August 12, 2017
"Just make sure Nazis NEVER march with tiki torches. I'm trying to save Germany, not Gilligan's Island." — Hitler's last words
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) August 12, 2017
100 sexless men walk into a Wal-Mart: "We'll take all the polos and tiki torches that you've got." pic.twitter.com/l2ICWelrpx
— Robert Mays (@robertmays) August 12, 2017
It's true. Jews will not replace them. We don't carry tiki torches. Too tacky. https://t.co/SnMl64KQF2
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) August 12, 2017
[sees crowd of tiki torches]
Seems there was some sort of anti-mosquito rally last night. pic.twitter.com/J0TK9ACuww— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) August 12, 2017
We shouldn't ignore the sheer power of Nazis in khakis carrying discount tiki torches they bought at Walmart. #Charlottesville pic.twitter.com/ecoeBN94sP
— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) August 12, 2017
I don't understand white men. They have the good jobs, the government, disposable income to waste on tiki torches. What's their problem?
— kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) August 12, 2017
It's the tiki torches that I find most intimidating. https://t.co/6fniRaTq6T
— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) August 12, 2017
Our own Jon Levine got in on the action:
Jon Levine is calling for a complete and total shutdown of Pier One Imports until we can figure out what the hell is going on pic.twitter.com/JFQSkuI15L
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) August 12, 2017
And Teen Vogue’s Lauren Duca gave a perfect summary of the the imagery depicted:
They're nazis & fucking idiots. The tiki torches make it look like they're protesting Karen's decision to include cilantro in the guacamole. pic.twitter.com/UYSpk8PF15
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) August 12, 2017
And Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) both mocked the marchers and condemned their message:
Their tiki torches may be fueled by citronella but their ideas are fueled by hate, & have no place in civil society. https://t.co/himqTMBQnH
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) August 12, 2017
[image via screengrab]
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