Until early this morning, it had been a while since Chechnya dominated the news cycle. But since we’ve learned that the Boston bombing suspects are Chechen brothers, things have changed. Sort of:
Sigh. RT @emzanotti: LOLWUT? RT : @dzuunmod NBC anchor: "…a lot of us are hearing the word 'Chechnya' for the first time…" really?
— Allie Gravitt (@alliegravitt) April 19, 2013
Oof. Well, if what the clearly very astute anchor says is true, that would certainly help explain why a distressingly large number of Twitterers are buzzing about terrorists from the Czech Republic.
Behold the derp:
https://twitter.com/Rank4HT/status/325207549471252480
https://twitter.com/DoktorAndy/status/325256648618819584
No and no.
https://twitter.com/llcooljaff/status/325217840347111424
No.
https://twitter.com/_SJJS/status/325284119896526849
https://twitter.com/Courtneyabb0tt9/status/325205591771451392
https://twitter.com/MaherWhaaat/status/325288404256444416
https://twitter.com/TheRealLyrican/status/325277228143349760
https://twitter.com/taylortamez/status/325264347238629376
https://twitter.com/DiegoVill/status/325202846511407105
https://twitter.com/OllieWilliams01/status/325308956824199169
So the guys that bombed Boston r from the Czech Republic?
— ASTONMARTINVROOMX3 (@Vroomx3_) April 19, 2013
No.
"Suspect is a dark skinned male" and they turn out to be Czech and pale as fuck lmao. The media is crazy, man.
— Mari (@marilemmie) April 19, 2013
https://twitter.com/xeneeah_/status/325253874225123330
https://twitter.com/JustColton/status/325235594798186496
Future diplomat right there, folks.
https://twitter.com/tawnymmm/status/325270912142286849
It’s also not fair to call them Czech.
A word of advice, guys: Next time, you’d better Czech yourselves before you wreck yourselves.
I love that this needs to be explained. RT @TerpWeather: Czech ≠ Chechnya.
— Brendan Darr (@BrendanDarr) April 19, 2013
I made an "infographic" to help my 'Murican friends distinguish between Chechnya and the Czech Republic. pic.twitter.com/v4BjdTJUun
— Kevin Kinkead (@Kevin_Kinkead) April 19, 2013
Fail: Chechnya is not Czech Republic. Public school education at its finest.
— Gabriella Hoffman (@Gabby_Hoffman) April 19, 2013
This is what happens when we don't invest in education: Americans can't tell Chechnya & The Czech Republic apart: pic.twitter.com/5EUO6BBapi
— EPHT22 (@EPHT22) April 19, 2013
https://twitter.com/GpCptMandrake/status/325284895599493121
are people really confusing Chechnya with the Czech republic? Did you not pay attention in school?
— Drew Edborg (@drewedborg12) April 19, 2013
https://twitter.com/lmcphillips/status/325304962630438913
Take it away, Homer:
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