Dear AP, Snarky memes and trendy videos are NOT actually reliable indicators of violent extremism

Someone tell the AP hacks that “snarky memes and trendy videos” from people they disagree with aren’t the driving forces behind political unrest and violent extremism.

LMMMMAAAOOOOOO https://t.co/QF3s8ycc16 pic.twitter.com/I6WKUQdngQ

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) June 10, 2022

Take discomfort in knowing media has it all figured out, however inaccurately.

WE REVEL IN THE PROSPECT OF A WHITE BOY SUMMER, WE MUST BE STOPPED!!

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) June 10, 2022

DEMOCRACY ENDS WHERE SNARK BEGINS!

— Algorithmic Justice Warrior (@ScottyCurryOK) June 10, 2022

They have cracked the code, as soon as the political adversaries are identified and eliminated, world peace can begin!

Incredible pic.twitter.com/y1mEJUVSTa

— Branden Hankins (@tweetsofhank) June 10, 2022

Some Twitter users are treating the AP article with beguiling snark and mockery.

If the administration farted, the AP would report that it wasn't actually a fart, but white supremacy so potent that it caused a ripple in the space-time continuum that caused an airpocket to burst behind their supreme leader.

And the smell was just fake news. https://t.co/mEx7nNjXr3

— Ovaltinius Jenkinius (@OJenkinius) June 10, 2022

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Perhaps the snark of some is so good that it is difficult to discern between joking and genuine concern

The insurrection is ongoing https://t.co/jaUvhxz5zG

— Luke Zaleski (@ZaleskiLuke) June 10, 2022

They have to be joking, right? Nothing about an article that takes aim at one side of the partisan madness without mention of the other is genuinely believable.

Good thing a conservative Supreme Court justice wasn’t just the target of an attempted assassination 24 hours ago… Which was definitely not spurred on by Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, etc. riling up their base. https://t.co/ZNVVpoOPB5

— Reid Frick (@frick_reid) June 10, 2022

One way to rile people up is to tell them white nationalists are plotting their demise in secret code online.

You might even say such an effort could lead to violent extremism.