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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Dec 2017

    Jeet Heer Retweeted The Washington Post

    Herman Melville wrote Moby Dick, but he wasn't a whale!https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/942605980625506304 …

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    The Washington PostVerified account @washingtonpost
    Jane Austen was the master of the marriage plot. But she remained single. http://wapo.st/2AZdtDr 
    11:01 AM - 18 Dec 2017
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      1. IPL YoungBoy‏ @uselesstinsel 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        jk rowling can't do magic. OR CAN SHE???

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      1. Grant's Thoughts‏ @GrantDotDotDot 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Likewise, Nathaniel Hawthorne was not an adultress.

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      1. Michael Tae Sweeney‏ @mtsw 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        not sure that's a great example. He went to sea on a whaling ship!

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      1. David Ballard‏ @dvdbllrd 18 Dec 2017
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        James Joyce wrote Ulysses, but he was Irish

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      1. Felix Blair‏ @TheFelixBlair 18 Dec 2017
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        That's exactly what the mainstream media wants you to believe.

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      1.  🍍Tommaso Sciortino 🥑‏ @TommSciortino 18 Dec 2017
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        What about lifting up whales so they can write their own stories? #ownvoices

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      1. Sequituriat‏ @davidgg1919 18 Dec 2017
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        I am tired of the double standards whales face in our society. 🐳

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      1. Stevan Early‏ @stevanearly 18 Dec 2017
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        And I have never found the character of the whale convincing.

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      1. deBeauxOs‏ @deBeauxOs1 18 Dec 2017
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        deBeauxOs Retweeted God

        Just as @TheTweetOfGod wrote _An Act Of God_ but he's not your god!https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/942101280423473153 …

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        This is my book. If you like My wit and wisdom, imagine how much you'll enjoy it after actually paying for it! http://amzn.to/2kBhOSr  pic.twitter.com/lulaAgYZev
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      2. John‏ @johnlk_80 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        He was, however, a whaler, which was s what the book is about, so this isn't a terrific riposte.

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      3. Christian Hendriks‏ @cerhendriks 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @johnlk_80 @HeerJeet

        I suspect that any woman in Regency England would have had a relationship to marriage much like a whaler's relationship to whales.

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