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Rex Huppke
@RexHuppke
The mainstreaming of stupidity is a hell of a thing.
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Evan Smith
@evanasmith
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.@AnnieLinskey: @POTUS aides insert poor grammar and random capitalizations into tweets they draft for him b/c “debates over presidential typos fortify the belief within his base that he has the common touch” bostonglobe.com/news/nation/20
2:34 AM · May 22, 2018Twitter for iPhone
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MtPleasant
@JekyllnnHide
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yup. “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"- Isaac Asimov
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gary tanhauser
@garytcosta
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Just..Wow. Defining being "common" as lacking education is one hell of an insult to the American people. Our public education system was designed to be a great equalizer, however imperfect. This type of thinking runs counter to the concept of an informed and engaged body politic.
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