Most Annoying in Politics: Hyperbolic Reactions to SCOTUS Decision
Kymberly BaysPublished: 28 Jun, 2012
1 min read
Everyone. Take. A. Deep. Breath.
The world, with America in the chaotic midst of it, will not end until at least December 21st, 2012. Today's ruling by the Supreme Court is neither the apocalypse nor a jubilee.
Also, where was all this fuss for the Patriot Act?
The most unintentionally amusing and annoying reaction tweets comes courtesy of Breitbart.com's Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro. Congrats on sounding ridiculous:
This is the greatest destruction of individual liberty since Dred Scott. This is the end of America as we know it. No exaggeration.— benshapiro (@benshapiro) June 28, 2012
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