Thread by @doctorow

In case you'd forgotten just how subversive and angry the Declaration of Independence actually is, in case the words have turned into hollow platitudes due to repetition and archaic language, feast your senses upon "A New American Manifesto."

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Absurdist Words has updated the Declaration into contemporary, informal language, updating the references for eerie correspondences to our current political fights:

Here are the Receipts:

1. He is lawless. He has no respect whatsoever for the rules of this country

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2. He has interfered with state Governors’ abilities to take care of their states in times of crisis, constantly breaking promises and being unreliable, just to wear them down so that they will do whatever he wants and then neglects them even when they do it

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3. He has abused the powers of the Presidency, leveraging people’s rights for business purposes.

4. He turns public events into personal campaign stunts, wearing all the rational people down with his antics and erratic behavior...

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....We tried to be empathetic to those who support Trump and his nationalism. We tried to give them the heads up that they had made a terrible choice. We tried to remind them that many of them were immigrants and that they should think twice about how we deny others entry.

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...We tried to appeal to their sense of honor. To their sense of civics. To their sense of duty. We tried to appeal to the fact that we’re all in this together and that we are all one nation. We tried to explain that backing authoritarianism would be terrible for everyone.

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...But they wouldn’t listen. We tried. We wanted to fight Trump together. But they mock justice and shun the idea of unity. So nothing personal, but they picked a side.

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