Okay, on birdsite NPR tweeted (in fun-sized segments) the Declaration of Independence.
Alt-righters FLIPPED THEIR SHIT.
It is the FUNNIEST GODDAMN THING. https://mastodon.social/media/xqS81fow6n28C-VaqTg https://mastodon.social/media/k1vEaoISCxrtVEyf0rE
@noelle i think this is particularly hilarious to me because i remember having a lot of trouble memorizing this shit in school and no one else seemed to have any trouble afaict
and, ahahahahah *sob*
@noelle I wanna find more but birdsite is hella difficult to dig through to find actual things https://meow.social/media/ysURnz6F5VZvYEMsQKE
@noelle oh re my own "i wanna see more"
buzzfeed has a thing on it with more examples
cw link is buzzfeed
https://www.buzzfeed.com/juliareinstein/we-hold-these-alternative-truths-to-be-self-evident
That's such a beautiful "I wasn't saying anything about that, YOU musta been the one thinkin it..." type of moments.
@noelle I wanna see how they react if they read the communist manifesto (ofc without stating that it is that)
@noelle OMG. This terrifies me actually, when the Declaration of Independence becomes "propaganda"
@noelle same people just a year ago: "Depose King Obama! Water the tree of liberty with his blood!"
@noelle Apparently NPR has been doing this for years, on the 4th they have been broadcasting readings of the declaration for 29 years, I heard.
@noelle I agree that the ones flipping out politically are hilarious and also a little scary tbh, but…
You didn't post them 😊, but there are also several screenies circulating of people who could have easily just not liked the format.
One saying "Please stop. This is not the right place" could be talking about the format. Another is complaining specifically about having NPR alerts on and getting *a ton* with this.
I think it's good if we check and think criticially before sharing and shaming.
@noelle Muahahahahaha, that is rich :D
@noelle Warms the heart.
@noelle They should collab with CNN to tweet out the GNU Public License in a couple weeks.
@noelle i was just reading through some of these, rofl