Sarah Churchwell, American & Prof at University of London tweets for me

[bronxiteforever]

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Today the only independence I dream of is the one that rid us of that engorged spleenpig* in the White House and his gaggle of grifters, gulls and fanatics.

[kimbutgar]

1. Today I am no longer proud to be American

First 4th of July in my life I am disgusted with my country.

[lastlib]

2. Third for me--after last year and 2003...

post-Iraq invasion.

[elmac]

4. I really lost my love for this country during the Bush years

and it's lost forever I'm afraid. I no longer participate in anything ameriKan other than voting, giving the fascists hell, knowing that change will never happen under a capitalist system.

[Different Drummer]

3. "Engorged Spleenpig." I like it!

It might be my new nickname for you-know-who.

[dalton99a]

5. Perfect.

[NewJeffCT]

6. never heard the term "gull" before as applied to a person

but I like it

Gulls are not as smart as crows, but they’re not stupid, which presents a problem in explaining the use of “gull” since the 16th century as slang for “simpleton, dupe, sucker.”

or

There’s another possible source for “gull” meaning “fool,” and that is yet another “gull,” an old English dialect word meaning “throat” (related to “gullet”), in this case carrying the sense of “someone who will swallow anything.”

http://www.word-detective.com/2010/07/gull/

[trof]

7. Gull: To deceive, trick, or cheat.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/gulled
"They were gulled into voting against their own best interests."
Thus a gull would be one who gulls?
Maybe 'gullers' would be better.

[OldEurope]

8. Thank you for explaining!

I'm German and my English is sometimes (all to often) not sufficient. So I'm happy to learn something new on DU.

[kag]

11. Well...

I'm American, and my English is sometimes (all to often) not sufficient.

Believe me, this [insert expletive-laced insult here], defies description in any language.

[calimary]

9. Great quotes in this one.

I find little to celebrate this 4th of July. Except maybe the strength of Indivisible and the Resistance.

Btw - my husband and I were talking about that about an hour ago. And I realized something. I’ve now been to four protests in two different states: the Women’s March and the March for Science in L.A.; and the March for Our Lives and last weekend’s Families Belong Together event in Portland Oregon. I’ve seen and photographed probably hundreds of protest signs in all of that. And I realized something: not a SINGLE ONE of all those dozens and dozens and more dozens of protest signs that I saw had spelling errors on them. NOT ONE.

[Tipperary]

10. I really like "engorged spleenpig."

[Nitram]

12. Me, too. Do you know the significance of * after "spleen pig in the tweet?

[Scurrilous]

13. K&R

[Cha]

14. Exactly, Bronx! I love my country!

I hate the Fucking FECKLESS FASCISTS in charge now.