Laura Loomer's IRL Twitter protest has become ... a Twitter meme

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Laura Loomer's IRL Twitter protest has become ... a Twitter meme

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Far-right personality Laura Loomer, who was banned from Twitter last week for an Islamophobic tweet about Minnesota representative-elect Ilhan Omar, has handcuffed herself to a door at Twitter's NYC headquarters in protest.

This incredible Mad Lib came to pass Thursday afternoon, when Loomer, armed with flyers and a sign with her own tweet printed on it, staged a protest outside the office. (She only handcuffed herself to one door, ostensibly to avoid a fire hazard. Thoughtful!)

Since Loomer's protest began, she has lost her sign, gotten her sign back, lost her megaphone, yelled a lot, and claimed that she no longer has the key to her handcuffs.

Several users streamed the bizarre event on Periscope — including one affiliated with Loomer herself — although there were reportedly only a few people watching Loomer IRL. On Twitter, she got a bit more attention, i.e. a lot of people made fun of her.

You might think Laura Loomer is being overly dramatic, but I chained myself to the door of Sweet Green to protest the fact they don't allow you to mix in the dressing when ordering online, and GUESS WHAT - now they do. Peaceful protest works.

— Katie Notopoulos (@katienotopoulos) November 29, 2018

congratulations to the new CEO of Twitter, Laura Loomer

— ?⚰️? (@a_alesy) November 29, 2018

When I heard cuffing season was coming up, this isn't what I had in mind!! Lol. Have a good one guys

— grinch w/ joker makeup (@alexqarbuckle) November 29, 2018

by age 25 you should have:

- gotten a flat tire and think someone slashed it
- believe a wifi network named "fbi surveillance van" is actually the fbi spying on you
- been banned from twitter
- handcuffed yourself to the door at twitter's hq to protest being banned from twitter

— leon (@leyawn) November 29, 2018

Friends, there are two types of joy available online these days. One is big cow joy, and the other is Laura Loomer handcuffing herself to Twitter joy. We're not saying this is the healthier of the two, but boy, is it fun. Please enjoy.

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November 29, 2018 at 04:20PM