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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Feb 2019

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Senator John Cornyn

    The thing with twitter is that it's dangerous to use a quote ironically or slyly, as I think Cornyn is trying to do here. Opens yourself up to misinterpretation.https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn/status/1099704915956559872 …

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    Senator John CornynVerified account @JohnCornyn
    “We were the first to assert that the more complicated the forms assumed by civilization, the more restricted the freedom of the individual must become.” Benito Mussolini
    3:11 PM - 24 Feb 2019
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    • Mark Dunstan Lorraine Hirsch Cullen Martin carlos lópez de los ángeles Nik - who needs a C when you have a K? S W Comando Salamando Thomas Ludlow Dalt Old Salt
    20 replies 15 retweets 100 likes
      1. Joel Bernstein‏ @CastIrony 24 Feb 2019
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Welcome to Ambiguous Antifa, John Cornyn

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      1. #EndHumanRightsHypocrisy‏ @johnnybridge2 24 Feb 2019
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        i.e. literal interpretation

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      2. Jafpro 🔥‏ @Jafpro_16 24 Feb 2019
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        I think it was interpreted correctly the first time. He's backtracking now.

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      3. Right of Left‏ @RightOfLeft_TX 24 Feb 2019
        Replying to @Jafpro_16 @HeerJeet

        Yes. I'm sure John Cornyn accidentally revealed that he loves Mussolini. Great critical thinking skills there, Socrates.

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      1. Sean Ernst‏ @SeanErnst 24 Feb 2019
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        Clearly he is trying to say the complexity of US requires eminent domain to secure its borders.

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      2. Grudgie the Whale‏ @grudging1 24 Feb 2019
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        Especially when the guy who leads your party is Mussolini adjacent

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      3. Beauchard  🇺🇦‏ @mitchellhirsch 24 Feb 2019
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        Donito Trumpolini

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      2. Right of Left‏ @RightOfLeft_TX 24 Feb 2019
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        I don't understand how ANYONE could misinterpret that. Who puts on their critical thinking cap and thinks "I think the most likely explanation is that Republican Senator John Cornyn secretly admires fascism and Mussolini"? Any such persons opinion is not to be taken seriously.

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      3. Flag Waver‏ @Patriotic_Flame 24 Feb 2019
        Replying to @RightOfLeft_TX @HeerJeet

        Republicans have decided to make their lust for fascism a secret? Ain't a horse left in that barn, but feel free to bar the door, Hoss.

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      1. Berlinghoff Rasmussen‏ @TitaniasIII 24 Feb 2019
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        People of bad faith, such as cornyn, should not get the benefit of the doubt

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