It's one of the traditions Reagan started so I'm opposed to it on principlehttps://twitter.com/marysuewriter/status/1331321936127913987 …
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Oh my God the existence of this tradition only makes sense now that you’ve said Reagan started it. I mean it’s fucking weird but of course Reagan was like “har har isn’t it cute that we kill people like livestock”
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Replying to @PinkRangerLyra @arthur_affect
Washington post had a story about the history of the “ceremony”:https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/11/20/presidents-didnt-always-pardon-turkeys-some-became-dinner/ …
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Yeah see just like everyone forgot the turkey gift was a meat industry lobbying thing, everyone has now forgotten the "pardon" was Reagan being an asshole about Iran-Contra, as part of forgetting about Iran-Contra generally
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