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NPR tweeted out the Declaration of Independence on July 4th ... Trump supporters have a meltdown (Original Post) Snake Plissken Jul 2020 OP
NPR always reads the DOI every year on the 4th...what are the trumpers.. samnsara Jul 2020 #1
It confuses Trump's rubes ... just like everything elses confuses them Snake Plissken Jul 2020 #2
It was 3 years ago. Look at wnylib Jul 2020 #18
July 4 2017 nt Adelante Jul 2020 #3
and now Trump supporters are two years dumber Snake Plissken Jul 2020 #5
3 years nt Celerity Jul 2020 #7
Yes, three years. Snake Plissken Jul 2020 #8
+1 Celerity Jul 2020 #6
Words fail. sop Jul 2020 #4
Well they were right in a way. Only a tyrant thinks Article II trumps Article I. Marcuse Jul 2020 #9
Only tRumpers think the 2nd Amendment trumps the 1st Amendment. KS Toronado Jul 2020 #10
Yup! Hstch05 Jul 2020 #14
Yep, you have to have safeinOhio Jul 2020 #16
Putin's puppets never rest. GeorgeGist Jul 2020 #11
Just think how upset they would be ogsball Jul 2020 #12
That's assuming Hstch05 Jul 2020 #15
Supporters of tRump believe in freedumb. warmfeet Jul 2020 #13
In my city, in the mid-19th century abolitionists had difficulty finding a place to read it. femmedem Jul 2020 #17
I remember efforts trying to get people to sign the Bill of Rights set up like a petition ... marble falls Jul 2020 #19
3 year old article but likely still true whistler162 Jul 2020 #20
Question The Jungle 1 Jul 2020 #21
NPR no longer gets any direct federal funding, which is a travesty Snake Plissken Jul 2020 #22
wow The Jungle 1 Jul 2020 #25
If they heard the Bill of Rights kairos12 Jul 2020 #23
It's been done before, with the same reactions from our abysmally ignorant native born citizens... Hekate Jul 2020 #24

wnylib

(21,146 posts)
18. It was 3 years ago. Look at
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 09:54 AM
Jul 2020

the dates on the tweets.

Not sure why it's being posted here this year.

Hstch05

(218 posts)
14. Yup!
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 09:13 AM
Jul 2020

One of their latest talking points is that "You can't have the 1st without the 2nd". Cowards. Small, frightened little cowards.

Hstch05

(218 posts)
15. That's assuming
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 09:16 AM
Jul 2020

they even recognize it at this point.
I picture them like the pre-humans at the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey ; bones in their hands, MAGA caps on their fuzzy little heads, screaming and howling at the Constitution because they don't recognize it or understand what it is.

femmedem

(8,187 posts)
17. In my city, in the mid-19th century abolitionists had difficulty finding a place to read it.
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 09:40 AM
Jul 2020

Abolitionists wanted to read the Declaration of Independence on July 4 where I live in Connecticut, and many venues turned them down.

marble falls

(56,358 posts)
19. I remember efforts trying to get people to sign the Bill of Rights set up like a petition ...
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 10:21 AM
Jul 2020

We are a Mediocracy.

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
22. NPR no longer gets any direct federal funding, which is a travesty
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 02:48 PM
Jul 2020

It hurts listeners in rural areas where NPR can no longer afford to broadcast, who need it the most in the event of an national emergency or a local weather emergency.

All NPR now gets from the federal government are a few grants for educational programming which has been slashed to almost nothing.

Hekate

(90,189 posts)
24. It's been done before, with the same reactions from our abysmally ignorant native born citizens...
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 04:10 PM
Jul 2020

A generation or two ago respondents to a survey were certain the Declaration of Independence was a Commie plot to overthrow the US. The Bill of Rights was totally Communist.

Hey, but we don’t need any of that boring old Civics education in our public schools.

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