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Fans Share Tweets – Hollywood Life

by · January 9, 2021

Fans Share Tweets – Hollywood Life

It appears as soon as once more the writers at ‘The Simpsons’ have been in a position to view the long run years prematurely. A 1996 episode predicted rioting on Capitol Hill, just like what truly simply occurred on Jan. 6, 2021.

Score one other completely absurd however shockingly correct prediction into the long run for The Simpsons. The FOX animated present has had a protracted monitor file of constructing enjoyable of issues that may probably by no means happen, however finally did. The most well-known one featured future president Lisa Simpson complaining in 1999 episode about inheriting “quite a budget crunch from President Trump,” who truly grew to become POTUS in 2016. Now they’ve completed it once more, by predicting the riots Trump incited on Jan. 6, 2021, the place he inspired followers to go to the U.S. Capitol and “fight” Congress certifying Joe Biden‘s Nov. 3, 2020 presidential win through the Electoral College.

In a 1996 episode “The Day the Violence Died,” The Itchy and Scratchy Show had been changed by a model of Schoolhouse Rock‘s “I’m Just A Bill” phase, the place the white rolled up parchment who talks about how it’s now “legal for policemen to beat…those liberal freaks” whereas atop the steps of the U.S. Capitol. The anthropomorphic modification tells a gaggle of gun-firing and bomb exploding amendments, “Doors open, boys,” because the amendments howl and run up the steps about to trigger violence.

Capitol Riot
A mob of Trump supporters breach the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, happening to loot, vandalize and try an insurgency towards Congress. Photo credit score: AP Images.

Twitter person Francis Creaven posted the scene and wrote, “Simpsons predicted it many years ago #CapitolHill #WashingtonDC.” After Trump supporters looted, vandalized and terrorized the Capitol constructing and workers on Jan. 6 whereas making an attempt an revolt, one other more moderen Simpsons episode was introduced up that appeared to foretell the violence and mayhem.  

That one aired on Nov. 1, 2020, two days previous to the presidential election. Homer Simpson fell asleep dreaming of voting within the presidential election and missed the precise act of doing so. As a end result, he was proven sitting atop a constructing in downtown Springfield on inauguration day, holding a shotgun whereas town was aflame and in ruins as “January 20, 2021” was proven on the backside of the display screen. Several Twitter customers discovered screen-grabs of that second within the episode in the course of the Capitol rioting and posted them.

On Jan. 8, 2021 when Trump was lastly completely banned from Twitter for violating coverage means too many instances amid the corporate’s fears he would proceed to make use of the platform to incite extra violence, The Simpsons was again once more. A screengrab of Donald Trump in mattress furiously attempting to tweet was posted by a variety of customers.

Late within the afternoon of Jan. 8, Twitter Safety’s account posted “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence. In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of action.”

The message continued, “Our public interest framework exists to enable the public to hear from elected officials and world leaders directly. It is built on a principle that the people have a right to hold power to account in the open. However, we made it clear going back years that these accounts are not above our rules and cannot use Twitter to incite violence. We will continue to be transparent around our policies and their enforcement.”

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