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It’s literally impossible to find a brand or big company that doesn’t have a social media team in 2021. It’s the grind brands have gotta take now, indulging in pop culture and appealing to individuals on the internet to prove that beyond the moneymaking or work part of their business, they’re actually human beings. One such company that tried that recently was none other than the CIA, although, it didn’t exactly go according to plan.
First posting a playful Twitter post with the caption “Can you decipher this code?” the Central Intelligence Agency revealed it to be none other than a Valentines Day ‘Roses are red’ poem, with a follow up post reading “Roses are red, violets are blue, happy Valentine’s Day, from the CIA to you!”
— CIA (@CIA) February 14, 2021
However, a lot of people didnt take too kindly to the poem, with the CIA being accused of, ahem, every human rights violation and shitty thing under the sun. Thus, Twitter went off, and it was absolutely glorious, with one person writing “The CIA just wished me a happy Valentine’s Day and I’m pretty sure that means I’m about to be kidnapped” while another wrote “We live in hell.”
However, the most common response was to post a “Roses are red poem” in response specifically outlining all the shitty stuff the CIA has done over the years. Even CNN broadcaster Jake Tapper got in on it, writing “Roses are red, Habits are hard to break, The world is still being punished, From your coup of Mo Mosaddegh” while another hilariously replied “Roses are red, State violence is blue, If you’ve got oil, The CIA will overthrow you.”
Pretty ingenious, check out the full list of tweets trolling one of the biggest US entities below.
The CIA just wished me a happy Valentine's Day and I'm pretty sure that means I'm about to be kidnapped.
— Steve Hofstetter (@SteveHofstetter) February 14, 2021
Roses are red
State violence is blue
If you’ve got oil
The CIA will overthrow you https://t.co/rMbT3Do0Wy— Brook Hines💀$2000 = $2000 = math🖕 (@nashville_brook) February 14, 2021
I denounce this coup of Valentine’s Day. https://t.co/cipEfuiDTr
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) February 14, 2021
Daffodils are yellow
Hellebores are black, https://t.co/kUAysqd8df pic.twitter.com/Y54z74HMmp— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) February 14, 2021
Tombstones are gray,
The Cold War was trendy,
You installed Pinochet,
And murdered Allende. https://t.co/bPLc0lHTH8— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) February 14, 2021
Roses are red
Habits are hard to break
The world is still being punished
From your coup of Mo Mosaddegh https://t.co/zY2HHfJsXv— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 14, 2021
Roses are red
Violets are blue
These are the governments that the CIA overthrew:Syria 1949
Iran 1953
Guatemala 1954
Congo 1961
Iraq 1963
Brazil 1964
Chile 1973
Argentina 1976
Grenada 1983
Panama 1989
Venezuela 2002
Haiti 2004
Honduras 2009
Libya 2011
Paraguay 2012
Bolivia 2019 https://t.co/uGyl8UC0bp— Sarah Abdallah (@sahouraxo) February 14, 2021
Roses are red
violets are blue
please be advised that this poem never happened https://t.co/wTYxDLreqM— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 14, 2021
me after tweeting “ur gay” at the cia: this one’s for mossadegh bitch
— Mohammad (@MargBarAmerica) February 14, 2021
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
Abolish the CIA
Or they’ll coup you too https://t.co/7m6VBUL7m1— Fiorella Isabel (@Fiorella_im) February 14, 2021
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