Calling for a revolution!: Trump fans triggered after NPR tweets out the Declaration of Independ

[highplainsdem]

Source: Raw Story

For 29 years, National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” has celebrated the Fourth of July with a reading the Declaration of Independence by hosts, reporters, newscasters and commentators.

This historically uncontroversial testament to the nation’s founding document proved uncontroversial-no-more in the year 2017.

After NPR tweeted the Declaration line by line, Donald Trump backers–seemingly unaware of the source document–accused NPR of playing partisan politics.

“So, NPR is calling for a revolution,” Twitter user @JustEsrafel wrote.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/calling-for-a-revolution-trump-fans-triggered-after-npr-tweets-out-the-declaration-of-independence/

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1. mad king donnie

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. How low can they go?

Pretty damn low.

[SCantiGOP]

7. Melanie's motto:

When they go low, we go ten times lower.

[leftyladyfrommo]

25. That is about right.

Sleazy is the new goal.
And people cheer them on

[elleng]

3. CAN WE CONTINUE to exist with widespread ignorance?

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." - Thomas Jefferson

[BigmanPigman]

19. This country's motto should be "purposeful ignorance".

That's how we have gotten where we are now! Generations of ignorance breed future generations of more ignorarance.

[chowder66]

4. And there it is. wow. nt

[Plucketeer]

5. King Donald and his loyal subjects!

[Honeycombe8]

6. They really ARE stupid! nt

[RussBLib]

8. I think they should stress Civics classes in schools

but of course if the Fundies get their way, all the kids will get is the bible.

[Rural_Progressive]

14. Stress Civics classes in schools?

How about they just go back to requiring that you take and pass a Civics class in order to graduate from High School?

Back in the time when dinosaurs ruled the earth and I was in high school we were required to take a Civics class. We actually knew about how the branches of government were supposed to work, we knew how many senators and representatives were in congress, we even knew the names of our senators, representative, and all our state and local elected officials. That sort of unimportant information no longer seems to be taught to our young people.

[Mopar151]

18. Only way that will happen

In the era of teach to test, how about testing knowledge at the level of the citizenship exam? Introducing it as having to pass the exam to get a diploma should make for some spectacular fireworks and political gymnastics.

[politicat]

34. Arizona already has.

The problem being their state lege's definitions of "knowledge".

My sibling teaches history/social studies/poli sci at the high school level. Sib is pretty good about refining the state lege's bullshit back into useable knowledge, but it can be painful.

[CRK7376]

31. That's how I

teach high school civics today...plus US History....

[Rural_Progressive]

33. Please tell me that passing your course

is a requirement for graduation.

[duhneece]

35. No shit! My jaw dropped when I learned they take NO civics now nt

[Aristus]

9. I haven't seen this from any source other than Raw Story.

Don't get me wrong; if it's legit, then Trump supporters are even more stupid than we could possibly have thought of them.

But Raw Story isn't my go-to source for authentic news.

[Curtis]

17. It's definitely real

I read the Twitter thread myself earlier today.

However, and this is a BIG however, I do have to give that guy @JustEsrafel some credit. After the very first person pointed out his stupidity, the guy totally owned it and was very apologetic. Even though people told him to remove the Tweet to save himself the embarrassment, he said he was leaving it so hopefully others will learn that they should actually read something all the way through before jumping to a conclusion. It was a big Kumbaya moment for a thru and true Trump supporter who has a completely different view of the left now because he learned to dialog with people instead of being an idiot..

I wish Raw Story had included THAT in their article for @JustEsrafel's sake.

[TygrBright]

10. Broflake MAGAts are easily triggered, poor widdle fings. n/t

[Tactical Peek]

11. Ride to the smell of the evil pizza place!

And shoot the place up and free the chirrens!

[gordianot]

12. I can believe this is possible.

Recently I heard one Trump supporter encouraged by another claiming Democrats are still feeling heat from opponents to Obama care and that the Republican version is being met with wide spread support. He quoted a weekly hometown paper neither have internet or watch cable news.

[leftieNanner]

13. We have a celebration

For the fourth of July in our city and someone reads the declaration of Independence every year. If you haven't read it lately, you should. Pretty awesome and passionate words. Hard to believe that the deplorable don't know it though.

[dflprincess]

16. Not hard to believe the Trumpsters haven't read it

I'm just surptised he didn't tweet about NPR's "treason".

[First Speaker]

15. THis sort of ignorance isn't new...

...I remember back in the 60s, at the height of the polarization, people would go out and read from the Declaration, and all the usual idiots would scream at them and accuse them of treason and fomenting revolution. Surveys showed a healthy majority of the people couldn't recognize the Declaration when they heard it...

[Hekate]

22. I just flashed on the anti-vaxxer movement. We need herd immunity for vaccinations to really...

...protect the whole population -- a critical mass. Seems to me that civics and history education is rather like that. The culture can support only so many willfully ignorant people before democracy becomes unsustainable.

[blue-wave]

20. Just an astounding display

of ignorance. Totally expected from that crowd.

[Hekate]

21. Morons. Dangerous morons.

[Canoe52]

23. K & R this ones a must read!

[DeminPennswoods]

24. Lots of Americans don't recognize it

Years ago I recall seeing one of those "man in the street" scenarios where a reporter stopped random people, read passages from the less well-known parts of the Declaration and asked if they would be willing to sign it. The surprisingly often offered response was along the lines of "that's too radical", not "hey, that's the Declaration of Independence".

I graduated during the Bicentennial and I remember being able to sign your name a book under a copy of the Declaration of Independence.

[J_William_Ryan]

26. The stupidity of most conservatives

explains their support of Trump.

[AgadorSparticus]

27. My god. Their stupidity has no bounds! It just hurts to read the news anymore!

[Chemisse]

29. K & R

[Raine]

30. Education is undervalued here

and this what happens.

[question everything]

32. Morons. This is news?