Picture this: It’s the first hump day of 2016, #BlackGirlMagic is in the air, and Rosa Parks is trending on Twitter, so you’re excited. You click on the hashtag and you see:
We are doing the same thing as Rosa Parks did. We are standing up against bad laws which dehumanize us and destroy our freedom.
— Ammon Bundy (@Ammon_Bundy) January 6, 2016
Obviously the comparison is ridiculous, and as it turns out a joke,* but the last laugh is still with Twitter.
I was so excited to see Rosa Parks trending. Then, cruel disappointment.
— gwen ifill (@gwenifill) January 6, 2016
A RICH WHITE MAN LIKE YOU @Ammon_Bundy isn’t worthy to lick the shoes of Rosa Parks or any black woman fighting for our civil & human rights
— liza sabater (@blogdiva) January 6, 2016
White people, we need to finally all agree that there is no context in the universe where we can compare ourselves to Rosa Parks. Just stop.
— Andrew, 2016 Edition (@Truly_Defective) January 6, 2016
These people here wilding. Don’t utter Rosa Parks in the same sentence with armed terrorists that probably could care less about Rosa Parks.
— PantheR (@____PantheR) January 6, 2016
@Ammon_Bundy Rosa Parks was armed with courage. And when she was arrested, she complied with law enforcement. You sir, are NO Rosa Parks.
— Afriend InHR (@AfriendInHR) January 6, 2016
Nice try. Rosa Parks didn’t hijack a bus with an assault rifle because she didn’t want to pay the bus fare. @Ammon_Bundy
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) January 6, 2016
You are not doing the same thing Rosa Parks did! Rather you are the reason she had to do it! https://t.co/QFDaVSRyCa
— Yukio Strachan (@boldandworthy) January 6, 2016
@Ammon_Bundy I wasn’t aware that Rosa Parks was a privileged white male, that she carried guns, invaded a place & asked for snacks #Oregon
— TheMarthaChaves (@TheMarthaChaves) January 6, 2016
@Ammon_Bundy Sorry, you’re wrong. Rosa Parks wasn’t a TERRORIST like you. She was peaceful. I think you need to read a history book.
— Texasartchick (@Texasartchick) January 6, 2016
Ah Rosa Parks, who famously hijacked a public bus while heavily armed. “This is mine now,” she cackled. “FREEDOM!” https://t.co/h1lqoTUhsB
— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) January 6, 2016
Newly discovered photo of the #RosaParks bus-jacking of 1955… #OregonUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/zlgKuluHye
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) January 6, 2016
Clearly if he said it, Bundy and his crew would have had all the seats in the back and front of the bus.
*Update: The tweet about the Rosa Parks comparison is from a fake account, Bundy does not have a Twitter account. We’ve updated the story to reflect this.
