I wish this was surprising:
NPR tweeted the entire Declaration of Independence in 140-character chunks yesterday to celebrate Independence Day. But more than a few people thought that the tweets were a political stance against Donald Trump. Seriously.
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And in fairness, the Declaration of Independence is a pretty anti-authoritarian document. So it makes sense that people might believe that it’s a statement against all tyrants.
But you’d think that people who want to “make America great again” might recognize the words of the Declaration of Independence. I guess not.
Maybe they need to carry a pocket-sized copy of the Declaration of Independence along side of their pocket-sized copy of the Constitution. Not that it would matter since they wouldn’t read either one.
Here are some of the tweets to the words of the Declaration of Independence:
DEFUND #NPR let the Hollywood Elites pay for your biased propaganda
The Declaration is propaganda?
NPRVerified account @NPR 19 hours ago
it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,
So, NPR is calling for revolution. Interesting way to condone the violence while trying to sound “patriotic”. Your implications are clear.
Calling for a revolution? Oh, the irony!
this is why you’re going to get defunded
Seriously, this is the dumbest idea I have ever seen on twitter. Literally no one is going to read 5000 tweets about this trash.
Trash????
I’ll leave you with this gem:
Well, the original DID, actually start a revolution.
And it was a treasonous document as well considering they were English subjects.
Fast forward to the 21st century and now we have all of these wingnuts getting all #RedcoatsLivesMatter on us.
Comes as no surprise, conservatives love to hold forth on the constitution and they usually have no idea what’s in that document either.