[UPDATE: The Twitter account mentioned below is possibly a parody account in the style of conservative commentator Stephen Colbert]
On the Fourth of July, NPR traditionally reads the entire Declaration of Independence on-air. This year they also tweeted the entire Declaration of Independence, one 140 character burst at a time. Conservative Darren Mills, who claims in his profile to be a “blackballed media journalist thanks to left wing/feminist job lynch mob,” began howling about the “trash” NPR was tweeting.
The backlash and mockery were both swift and hilarious. Mills was was soon in retreat:
And then something hilarious happened: people began donating to NPR and other charities, in the name of Darren Mills.
And he is NOT happy about the donations. He’s going to contact his lawyer to see what can be done!
Another user donated using Mills’ name and a famous address, something this so-called conservative reporter seemed oblivious to:
A donation to the League of Women Voters:
The ACLU!
Whatever you do, do NOT donate to NPR or another charity of your choice and tag Darren Mills on Twitter @darren_mills! Don’t do it!
In the spirit of the holiday, Mills’ effort went about as well as these gifs:
Wednesday, Jul 5, 2017 · 6:30:49 PM +00:00 · Jen Hayden
Is @Darren_Mills a parody account? The endless stream of too-dumb to-be-believable tweets continue and there is this post at Medium.com, which simply has to be parody.
Friends, you’ll remember that I recently reported on my first-hand encounter with @dasharez0ne’s army and how I was terrorized in my own home over the course of a day. His seemingly endless forces of ne’er do wells essentially rendered all modern technology in my household completely useless. No mobile, no phone, no e-mail. My thermostat even stopped working. But it didn’t stop there. His minions pored over my personal life and contacted my employers and clients methodically. Vox was the first to pull the plug on my contributing authorship. Then came ars technica. Finally, as painful for me as it was, nyt dropped me as well. Alone I stood.
As a former martial arts student I prepared mentally and collected myself. I knew from my extensive Jujutsu training that oppressors are generally dumb and can be easily manipulated in the hands of resourceful, intelligent, calm human beings. So I launched my highly successful self-publishing career the same day, though I mourned the loss of my work with the mainstream media. All through this @dasharez0ne’s minions watched, mostly in silence, but occasionally poking my fresh wounds. By the end of the whole ordeal I estimate that over one third of America has read of my public crucifixion. That’s 60 times the number that watched the Superbowl.