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<p>On <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/celebrities/taylor-swift-fourth-of-july-2016/">July 4th</a>, the National Public Radio (NPR) Twitter account continued their yearly tradition of tweeting the entire <em>Declaration of Independence</em> in a series of over 100 posts to their feed.</p><p>We won&#39;t post the entire thread, but here is a sample:</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="NPR Twitter" data-attribution-url="" height="678" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2017-07-05-at-81429-am-fTIMQL.png" width="700" /></div><div class="image-attribution">NPR Twitter</div></figure><p>The most retweeted segment of <em>The Declaration </em>was this line:</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">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.</p>&mdash; NPR (@NPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/NPR/status/882316829301116928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Hm. We wonder why.</p><p>Anyway, most would argue that the annual post is an undeniable act of patriotism, but this year NPR&#39;s account was under attack from <a href="https://www.someecards.com/topic/donald-trump/">Trump</a> supporters who accused the radio station of trying to start a coup:</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/Deplorable_JJ/status/882399283286335490</oembed><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So, NPR is calling for revolution.<br>Interesting way to condone the violence while trying to sound &quot;patriotic&quot;.<br>Your implications are clear.</p>&mdash; D.G.Davies (@JustEsrafel) <a href="https://twitter.com/JustEsrafel/status/882315204218019844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Coming from some who sells there Ti*s online!! Joke.. stay in canada..</p>&mdash; Eddie B ( E.B.) (@Truckereddieb) <a href="https://twitter.com/Truckereddieb/status/882508058529759232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/darren_mills/status/882320431302266882</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/darren_mills/status/882332109796384772</oembed><p>Not only did these people fail to recognize the <em>Declaration of Independence</em> in the first place, but they also misinterpreted the 241-year-old words and thought that NPR intended to start some sort of violent political revolution.</p><p>Sorry, but we can pretty much guarantee that if we were going to have some sort of coup, Ira Glass and Terry Gross probably wouldn&#39;t be the first ones to throw down.</p><p>Looks like <a href="https://www.someecards.com/topic/donald-trump/">Donald Trump</a> is not the only one who should have paid more attention in history class.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That fact that Conservatives assumed this was about Trump says a hell of a lot about Trump.</p>&mdash; Carl Hallowell (@CoralJCH) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoralJCH/status/882451857444134912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ppl who think The Declaration of Independence = an attack on Trump rather than King George, maybe they&#39;re not as patriotic as they think.</p>&mdash; Eirinn (@indigolantern) <a href="https://twitter.com/indigolantern/status/882459181063831556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It is SO telling that <a href="https://twitter.com/NPR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@npr</a> is tweeting our Declaration Independence… and Trump supporters think it&#39;s an anti-Trump tirade.</p>&mdash; Matthew Ebel (@matthewebel) <a href="https://twitter.com/matthewebel/status/882375540367384576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Hey, it&#39;s not their fault. The <em>Declaration of Independence</em> is just way too PC.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="giphy" data-attribution-url="" height="244" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/giphy-X2Xgma.gif" width="400" /></div><div class="image-attribution">giphy</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

NPR tweeting the Declaration of Independence confused a lot of Trump supporters. Like, A LOT.

On July 4th, the National Public Radio (NPR) Twitter account continued their yearly tradition of tweeting the entire Declaration of Independence in a series of over 100 posts to their feed.We won&#39;t post the entire thread, but here is a sample:NPR TwitterThe most retweeted segment of The Declaration was this line: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.&mdash; NPR (@NPR) July 4, 2017 Hm. We wonder why.Anyway, most would argue that the annual post is an undeniable act of patriotism, but this year NPR&#39;s account was under attack from Trump supporters who accused the radio station of trying to start a coup:https://twitter.com/Deplorable_JJ/status/882399283286335490So, NPR is calling for revolution.Interesting way to condone the violence while trying to sound &quot;patriotic&quot;.Your implications are clear.&mdash; D.G.Davies (@JustEsrafel) July 4, 2017 Coming from some who sells there Ti*s online!! Joke.. stay in canada..&mdash; Eddie B ( E.B.) (@Truckereddieb) July 5, 2017 https://twitter.com/darren_mills/status/882320431302266882https://twitter.com/darren_mills/status/882332109796384772Not only did these people fail to recognize the Declaration of Independence in the first place, but they also misinterpreted the 241-year-old words and thought that NPR intended to start some sort of violent political revolution.Sorry, but we can pretty much guarantee that if we were going to have some sort of coup, Ira Glass and Terry Gross probably wouldn&#39;t be the first ones to throw down.Looks like Donald Trump is not the only one who should have paid more attention in history class.That fact that Conservatives assumed this was about Trump says a hell of a lot about Trump.&mdash; Carl Hallowell (@CoralJCH) July 5, 2017 Ppl who think The Declaration of Independence = an attack on Trump rather than King George, maybe they&#39;re not as patriotic as they think.&mdash; Eirinn (@indigolantern) July 5, 2017 It is SO telling that @npr is tweeting our Declaration Independence… and Trump supporters think it&#39;s an anti-Trump tirade.&mdash; Matthew Ebel (@matthewebel) July 4, 2017 Hey, it&#39;s not their fault. The Declaration of Independence is just way too PC.giphy

On July 4th, the National Public Radio (NPR) Twitter account continued their yearly tradition of tweeting the entire Declaration of Independence in a series of over 100 posts to their feed.  We won&#39;t post the entire thread, but here is...