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Max Boot's tweet on how Saudi Arabia is 'more progressive than America' backfired so bad it got deleted

The Washington Post’s Max Boot had a tweet earlier that caught quite a bit of attention. Here’s what it said:

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That tweet backfired on Boot rather quickly:

At that point, Boot thought “delete, backpedal slightly and explain” was the best course of action:

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Calling Saudi Arabia more progressive than the U.S. led to “too much silly trolling”? Then maybe an authoritarian regime shouldn’t have been referred to as a progressive government — or maybe it is:

Oh, and don’t forget that Boot’s a “conservative” (pause for laughter).

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