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.
Currently #YallQaeda is engaged in an act of #YeeHawd in rural Oregon in defense of arsonists. If successfully they will get 72 strippers.
— Blake (@cbwhitson83) January 4, 2016
Every successful revolution starts with takeover of closed visitor center with gift shop. #OregonUnderAttack #YallQaeda
— Lars Petticord (@fatdownjacket) January 3, 2016The 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.
they called them angry dudes in oregon #YallQaeda waging #YeeHawd, and i almost died.
— atmosphere (@atmosphere) January 3, 2016The group says it's protesting the abuse of power by the federal government.
Some Twitter users, including this supporter of 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.
And people say white privilege doesn%27t exist. Smh #OregonUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/rvlwaMqmE3
— Bernie Sanders (@BernSanders2016) January 3, 2016Editor's note: An earlier version of this story erroneously indicated the Tweet above was from the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders.