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                      Oregon Militiamen Mocked on Twitter

   by VOA News

   As a standoff between armed anti-government protesters and federal
   government officials continues to simmer in Oregon, social media was
   quick to mock the protesters.

   The first hashtag go viral was #YallQaeda, with users comparing the
   cowboy-hat wearing gunmen to Islamic terror organizations.

   Other hashtags like #VanillaISIS and #YeeHawd mocked the protesters in
   a similar vein.


   ''The group of self-styled militiamen occupied the Malheur National
   Wildlife Refuge headquarters in southern Oregon over the weekend to
   protest the jail sentences doled out to two men who were accused of
   burning federal land.

   ''The group says it's protesting the abuse of power by the federal
   government.

   Some Twitter users, including Democratic presidential candidate Bernie
   Sanders, compared the lack of action to remove the Oregon gunmen with
   the 2014 police killing of a 12-year-old boy who had a toy gun.

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