Trump supporters saw Declaration of Independence tweets as an attack

[Commodus]

Yeah, yeah, it's BuzzFeed, but it's still priceless.

And to be fair, some of these people deleted their tweets after realizing what they were objecting to. But it's telling (and a bit hilarious) that they thought reciting the Declaration of Independence was an attack on Trump. If you're seriously lashing out at this, you might want to rethink your political values... you're either super-sensitive to Trump's deeply negative public image (and are validating it, in a roundabout way) or are genuinely cheering on an attack against democracy.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

And the most retweeted reply...

A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be ruler of a free people.

 

[interchange]

Although it would be incredibly stupid to actually attack anyone for doing this, I imagine this tweeting is in fact response to Trump's presidency.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Although it would be incredibly stupid to actually attack anyone for doing this, I imagine this tweeting is in fact response to Trump's presidency.

Well, yes, and it's incredibly relevant. There's a good reason why it comes to mind when watching our current administration do its thing.

 

[emperus]

Priceless Indeed

 

[MomentsofSanity]

When the act of tweeting the Declaration of Independence can be viewed as an attack against your administration, you're doing something horribly wrong.

 

[theeedude]

I reread the declaration yesterday, and I thought, hmm, these guys could have been talking about Trump if they wrote it today

 

[Younigue]

Well, this certainly lends credence to anyone who has suggested/stated outright that Trumpublicans (meaning specifically Trump worshippers) by and large are uneducated simpletons.

 

[Younigue]

Although it would be incredibly stupid to actually attack anyone for doing this, I imagine this tweeting is in fact response to Trump's presidency.

And at any other time, Patriotic. Trumpers gotta wake up.

 

[zinfamous]

NPR does this every. single. year. on the 4th. They read it out, line by line, in different voices.

But I guess Snowflakes will only ever assume they are the center of (negative) attention.

 

[Jaskalas]

Well THAT makes for one awkward moment on the internet.

Props to our Declaration, and I'd respect its application today. Though we are stronger together, I respect people's rights to lose their minds. To shrink back from each other as they feel is necessary. A country still holding the true American spirit would leave an open hand to help them to come back in from the cold.

Divisions can still be handled through respect, and honor. It should be our struggle to strive towards and maintain a common decency.

 

[Moonbeam]

We have the second amendment now to protect us from dictatorship from within, right? Oops

 

[Pens1566]

Can't make this shit up. Too funny.

 

[1sikbITCH]

This has to be fake. Nobody is that stupid.

 

[HomerJS]

This has to be fake. Nobody is that stupid.

Yes they are

 

[MomentsofSanity]

This has to be fake. Nobody is that stupid.

Many people have deleted their entire Twitter accounts as a result of this. It's quite amusing.

 

[1sikbITCH]

Explains a lot that's for sure.

 

[sdifox]

may be NPR should be doing this every week.

 

[zzyzxroad]

This has to be fake. Nobody is that stupid.

You miss the Trump supporter part?

In their defense I'm sure their schools taught history from the bible. I'd bet these same people think Jesus was a founding father.

 

[sdifox]

You miss the Trump supporter part?

In their defense I'm sure their schools taught history from the bible. I'd bet these same people think Jesus was a founding father.

and signed the declaration on the back of a T-Rex He rode in.

 

[Pens1566]

This has to be fake. Nobody is that stupid.

Nope. Appears to be real.

 

[Caesar]

This has to be fake. Nobody is that stupid.

Have you seen who got elected by the people to the WH? Is there anything surprising anymore?

 

[Azuma Hazuki]

Sounds like a bunch of people have guilty consciences, if'n'ya ask me...

 

[Younigue]

Sounds like a bunch of people have guilty consciences, if'n'ya ask me...

Or finally feeling as embarrassed as we've been telling them should all along? OR maybe they convinced themselves of how ignorant they are (where progressives failed to) and concluded maybe they should no longer talk about things they don't understand? *fingers crossed to a painful degree... could be my arthritis speaking but it's probably the intensity of my wishful thinking*

 

[xthetenth]

Sounds like a bunch of people have guilty consciences, if'n'ya ask me...

It's probably just that the America they proclaim allegiance to is actually fundamentally incompatible with what America actually has aspired to be.