Viral social media group \u2018Birds Aren\u2019t Real\u2019 incites fake protest in LA Image courtesy: Tyler SandersViral social media group \u2018Birds Aren\u2019t Real\u2019 has been preaching the theory that birds are \u201cgovernment surveillance drones\u201d over the past few years, and have now conducted a fake protest in Los Angeles, California. Social media hoax group Birds Aren\u2019t Real has amassed over 800,000 followers on TikTok with an added 390,000 fans on Instagram, jokingly spreading the idea that birds are spies for the government. According to the organization\u2019s founder Peter McIndoe, 23, \u201cBirds Aren\u2019t Real\u201d first started as a prank in Memphis, Tennessee. McIndoe had the idea to join a small assembly of protesters and counter-protesters with an unrelated and ridiculous sign, planting the seed for his parody movement. The movement has since traveled across the United States cashing in on merchandise and setting up live rallies. Now, it\u2019s reached LA with its latest \u201cprotest.\u201d \u2018Birds Aren\u2019t Real\u2019 fake protest in LA On March 20, 2022, \u201cBirds Aren\u2019t Real\u201d organized a fake protest in Los Angeles, California, at the CNN offices in Hollywood, attracting over 150 of the organization\u2019s followers. \u201cI know the truth, do you know the truth?\u201d McIndoe asked his followers, \u201cWe have been censored by the media for as long as I can remember,\u201d the 23-year-old proclaimed. Followers of the parody movement dawned signs reading \u201clearned the truth and got rid of my pet bird,\u201d \u201cIf it has a beak don\u2019t let it speak,\u201d along with many other well-witted slogans. The protest became rowdier as fans began to impede traffic and overpopulate sidewalks, with multiple individuals nearly getting run over and honked at by passing traffic. At 5:50 pm PST the crowd began to march around CNN\u2019s Los Angeles bureau, chanting that birds weren\u2019t real \u2013 satirically blaming the media for not \u201ctelling us the truth\u201d about birds. That\u2019s what you get for working with the bad guys. https:\/\/t.co\/RaLhbWh5Jk \u2014 Cam (@cameron_kasky) March 21, 2022 After almost 30-minutes of protesting and chanting slogans like \u201cif it flies it spies,\u201d McIndoe thanked everyone for coming out, and told his followers that the movement was becoming stronger than ever. Do fans really think birds are real? Julia Roberts, 19, was a protester at the rally along with her friends, and told Dexerto, \u201cWe are just here to have fun, of course, we don\u2019t think birds are real, it\u2019s just like a fun way for the community to get together and do something fun, you know?\u201d TikTok star Daniel Mac, who currently has over 12-million TikTok followers, was approached by a fan asking \u201cWhat do you do for a living?\u201d to which the star responded with \u201cI\u2019m a bird trooper.\u201d View this post on Instagram While it isn\u2019t quite clear how much longer McIndoe will be able to \u201cconvince\u201d his fans that \u201cBirds Aren\u2019t Real,\u201d he is clearly riding out this joke as long as he can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Viral social media group \u2018Birds Aren\u2019t Real\u2019 incites fake protest in LA Image courtesy: Tyler SandersViral social media group \u2018Birds Aren\u2019t Real\u2019 has been preaching the theory that birds are \u201cgovernment surveillance drones\u201d over the past few years, and have now conducted a fake protest in Los Angeles, California. Social media hoax group Birds Aren\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}