'Dumbest thing you'll see’: ThinkProgress editor suggests 21 replacements for 'old white Founding Fathers'

ThinkProgress has an #IndependenceDay hot take, so you might have an idea about what to expect.

Click-bait from one not worthy to be called an American==> (won't click on her link…the tweet is appalling enough) https://t.co/1Hb36Z2BCM

— Lady L. North (@LadyLNorth) July 4, 2015

Someone got paid to write this crap. Don't click it just shake your head and move on. 😉 https://t.co/xb0lk4Oc7h

— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) July 4, 2015

Great advice.

Brace yourself:

21 great Americans we could celebrate instead of those old white Founding Fathers: http://t.co/qJLqxozW47 pic.twitter.com/Ipyv3NaK66

— Kay Steiger (@kaysteiger) July 4, 2015

Be gone, Thomas Jefferson, because you’ve been replaced by … Nancy Pelosi?

Yeah, let's celebrate Nancy Pelosi, who called Assad (who uses barrel bombs and chemical weapons) a "reformer." https://t.co/axILm2VqN0

— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) July 4, 2015

https://twitter.com/JayCaruso/status/617323757997322240

To say the least.

Behold: The dumbest thing you'll see on the internet this year. https://t.co/hFukjbo1r7

— Kristi Hays (@KHays13) July 4, 2015

This year, or maybe this decade.

https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/617327427971325952
https://twitter.com/timeforgravy/status/617335169251414016

@kaysteiger MLK actually has his own holiday, in case you hadn't heard. It's in January.

— USD (@USDwraith) July 4, 2015

https://twitter.com/Je5ton/status/617338576850718720
https://twitter.com/_crookedcrosses/status/617328023340122112
https://twitter.com/Lubyanka13/status/617332832067653632
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/617326857713795076
https://twitter.com/dangainor/status/617322873158541313

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Because old white Founding Fathers didn't write the most important documents ever or anything. https://t.co/4sRFJvUPc0

— Erin (@deafhurricane) July 4, 2015

look at this one she wants is to celebrate communists & radicals instead of our founding fathers! https://t.co/4b36WnIwpJ

— Eddie Wynn ?? KAG2020 (@eddiewynn7) July 4, 2015

https://twitter.com/Thomasismyuncle/status/617331106224939008
https://twitter.com/Thomasismyuncle/status/617331362496966656

But ThinkProgress should never forget something:

Ignorance is Bliss.

Those old white Dudes set it up so you can say all the stupid shit you want! #1A https://t.co/xb0lk4Oc7h

— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) July 4, 2015

And they’re running with it!