Trumplings triggered by NPR's July 4 tweets of the Declaration of Independence

Cory Doctorow 6:39 am Wed Jul 5, 2017

NPR celebrated July 4 by tweeting the Declaration of Independence, one line at a time: when they got to "A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people," America's fragile right-wing broflakes went berserk, unhinged by reality's well-known liberal bias.

At least one of the responding accounts is either run by a broad satirist or a complete loony (Poe's Law!), but many of the others are clearly just common-or-garden trumpist ignoramuses.

When you're triggered by the Declaration of Independence bc you want so badly to submit to King Donald the Doll-Handed…. pic.twitter.com/aEyLEu24Qc

— Alexandra ? (@AlexandraAimee) July 4, 2017

NPR’s Declaration of Independence tweetstorm angered some Trump supporters
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