NPR tweeted the Declaration of Independence and some Trump supporters saw it as an attack ... on them
We hold these truths to be self evident: don't mess with NPR.
It's not like the company is above criticism. But there should be nothing less controversial than for the station to do what they did on Tuesday, and tweet out the Declaration of Independence for the Fourth of July.
Alas, some Trump supporters who were seemingly unfamiliar with the historic declaration, took offense on Twitter.
And thus, an internet controversy was born.
Blind partisanship and a deep-seated distrust of NPR appears to have made some supporters lash out at the station for tweeting out a document that was last controversial in, um, 1776.
They saw the tweets as being anti-Trump, not anti-tyrannical dead King.
Just take a look for yourself.
The Founding Fathers were not available for comment at this time.
Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.
