The Department of Defense caused a stir with this tweet on Martin Luther King Jr. Day:
"The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important." MLK Jr. #MartinLutherKing
— Department of Defense ?? (@DeptofDefense) January 20, 2014
You can almost hear the heads exploding already.
The negative reaction from DoD critics was swift:
Coming from the @DeptofDefense this is a truly inappropriate tweet https://t.co/UwuplojBit
— Alice Marshall (@PrestoVivace) January 20, 2014
.@DeptofDefense "The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today is my own government." – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 4/4/1967
— zach s-w (@nerdosyndical) January 20, 2014
Oh no you didn't RT @DeptofDefense: "The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important." MLK Jr. #MartinLutherKing
— general strike preparer (@samrozin) January 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/Ghostpickles/status/425318947114590208
https://twitter.com/DavidKenner/status/425393454722875392
Really??? RT @DeptofDefense: "The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important." MLK Jr. #MartinLutherKing
— msummer (@msummer) January 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/croberts5/status/425389357260746752
https://twitter.com/El_Chazcon/status/425388772914495489
Woah! Had to verify this wasn't parody. RT “@DeptofDefense: "The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important." MLK Jr.”
— Abe Greenspoon (@worldofabe) January 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/LailaLalami/status/425387742948642816
Good advice if you're living in drone country MT @deptofdefense "The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important." MLK Jr
— Jeremy ??? (@jeremy6d) January 20, 2014
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What was MLK’s stance on gratuitous profanity?
https://twitter.com/LoriAdorable/status/425382639520858112
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