Are we ready to laugh about the incompetent terrorists who tried to occupy the Capitol Building the other day? Let’s see.
Yesterday, while Congress was debating whether to certify Joe Biden’s win as president of the United States, a mob of pro-Trump insurrectionists stormed the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. after being whipped into a frenzy by a speech from the president, who has been spreading baseless conspiracy theories about the election results for months. Security at the capitol was surprisingly low considering the number of people outside and the level of anger. Overall, it sucked a lot.
Honestly, it may be too soon to try and laugh about this, but consider this a test case: “Chewbacca” is trending on Twitter at the moment, not because of anything related to Star Wars, but because one of the ding-dongs in the mob was dressed in some kind of Davy Crockett-meets-Krampus cosplay. Writer Yousef Munayyer dubbed him “the guy in the chewbacca bikini,” and it caught on in a big way:
We spend $750 billion annually on "defense" and the center of American government fell in two hours to the duck dynasty and the guy in the chewbacca bikini pic.twitter.com/ZMR76cbN2c
— Yousef Munayyer (@YousefMunayyer) January 7, 2021
Suddenly, everyone had something to say about the Chewbacca guy, and about Chewbacca himself:
As a Jedi, I can say with 100% certainty that this guy does not deserve to be called Chewbacca. Don't give him that honor pic.twitter.com/D6uTvKFLCF
— Jedidiah Weller 👑 (@jedihacks) January 7, 2021
The worst part of all this is that the Chewbacca bikini will absolutely be the best selling Halloween costume for 2021. https://t.co/haZOdCRN68
— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) January 7, 2021
Well, it can't be chewbacca viking, that look is spoken for. pic.twitter.com/akIh5AxCQj
— Patricia Ramirez (@pramirez77) January 7, 2021
Is it working? Is it funny yet? Or do we need more time to process the fact that a bunch of conspiracy theorists in dumb outfits were able to storm the center of American government and delay the certification of a presidential election?
Probably more time. While we wait, we’ll see if the Chewbacca discourse changes:
Chewbacca is trending right now for all the wrong reasons...let's fix that.
— Chris Chappell (@CmunkyBizzness) January 7, 2021
RT with a RAAAAWWWWRRRR and your favorite Chewie pic #StarWars pic.twitter.com/R1Osm8HAe2
Raawwrr.
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