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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVanilla ISIS or Y'all Quaida?
Huffpost has a great piece on social media mockery of the wildlife center rebels:
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/8907404
Mockery is the best weapon.
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Vanilla ISIS or Y'all Quaida? (Original Post)
roscoeroscoe
Jan 2016
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GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)1. Definitely Y'all Quaida. But I don't do HuffPost. I can't spare an afternoon waiting for it to load.
Laurian
(2,593 posts)2. I also liked "Shabubba".
The Velveteen Ocelot
(129,730 posts)3. And al-Shabubba. Some excellent Twitter comments:
"You know you're a badass Tea Party patriot when your militia takes over an unprotected bird sanctuary."
"Every successful revolution starts with takeover of closed visitor center with gift shop."
"The emergence of #VanillaISIS in Oregon sparks fears of radicalizing disaffected hipsters in Portland."
Gregorian
(23,867 posts)4. Mickey Mujahideen Club
Jethro jihad. I really should get back to work.
Vanilla ISIS is total genius.
Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)5. My personal favorite from Twitter is "Yokel Haram"
Orsino
(37,428 posts)6. Vanilla ISIS is a much cooler name...
...but I still have some respect for the real Ice. Impasse.
