NPR tweeted the Declaration of Independence & some trumpies reacted negatively

NPR Tweeted Declaration Of Independence, And Trump Supporters Flipped Out
They didn’t recognize the words and thought NPR was calling for revolution.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/npr-declaration-of-independence_us_595c6525e4b0da2c7325bd50?ncid=APPLENEWS00001

National Public Radio tweeted out the Declaration of Independence on Tuesday to mark the July Fourth holiday, but not everyone understood what it was doing.

Some supporters of President Donald Trump didn’t recognize one of the nation’s founding documents and accused the broadcaster of inciting violence and even revolution.

Many of those comments have since been deleted and at least one user deleted an entire Twitter account.

But the tweets live on, some still posted online while others have been preserved in screen captures.

Here are some of those tweets and the reactions to them:

LadyJJ @Deplorable_JJ
@NPR Are you drunk? Your silly tweets make your state of mind questionable.

Terry @xebec78
@NPR Horsechit

Parker Molloy ? @ParkerMolloy
???????????????

Darren Mills ???? @darren_mills
@NPR Seriously, this is the dumbest idea I have ever seen on twitter. Literally no one is going to read 5000 tweets about this trash.

Goth Ms. Frizzle @spookperson
there’s nothing more american than getting pissed because you think the declaration of independence is shitting on the president

Josh Billinson ? @jbillinson
I can’t get enough of people getting mad online because @NPR tweeted the Declaration of Independence

At least some of those who reacted to the tweets issued mea culpas afterward.

“I took NPR out of context and had a stupid moment,” wrote D.G. Davies, who had accused the network of condoning violence. “Never underestimate one’s capacity to learn. Sometimes it’s painful. But it’s valuable above pride.”