MAGA Morons Revolt, Step on Their Own Collective Dicks

Army of Ignorance followed world’s greatest conman to their doom

Manny Otiko
4 min readJan 10, 2021
Capitol rioter Richard Barnett invaded Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office and posted the pictures on social media (VOA screencap/Manny Otiko)

While most of the world watched in horror as an angry horde of Americans attacked their own country on Wednesday, there was a funny side to the insurrection. American democracy bent, but it held. The country was also aided by the fact the coup plotters were so darn incompetent. I bet ISIS is looking at them and saying, “Amateurs! Is this the great America we’re supposed to fear?”

Weaponized stupidity

The common denominator running through this coup was ignorance and weaponized stupidity. How can anyone believe in the QAnon conspiracy, which is laughably insane? QAnon sounds like an Internet hoax that got out of control. Satanic elites who drink blood? Really? My nurse friend points out the human body can’t ingest blood. Plus, with all the diseases out there, these so-called elites would probably be riddled with HIV and Hepatitis unless they asked for the victims’ health records. But that’s applying too much logic to an insane idea.

Additionally, these numbskulls trusted Donald Trump, a gold-plated conman with 40 years of criminality under his belt. Trump’s told 20,000 lies since he’s been in office and CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale has given up trying to…

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Manny Otiko
Manny Otiko

Written by Manny Otiko

Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @mannyotiko.

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