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Bono's Hazy Tribute to Sargent Shriver Confounds Twitter

Ray Gustini 172 Views Jan 20, 2011

U2 frontman Bono has an op-ed in today's New York Times on the life and legacy of Sargent Shriver. As one one would expect, it is full of Bono-y proclamations about Shriver's "diamond intelligence" and recognition of "love as a brave act." For good measure, he also shares what he was thinking during the first moon landing ("Here is a nation that finds joy in the impossible") and quotes the first two verses of Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace in their entirety.

The endeavor failed to find much support on Twitter:

Bono has become a professional Irishman, a slave to identity. http://nyti.ms/hINKUvless than a minute ago via TweetDeckJack Shafer
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@jackshafer When will Bono share his precious memories of Lincoln?less than a minute ago via TweetDeckMrJM
misterjayem

@jackshafer He says "I remember . . . Jack's jutted jaw." He was 3 1/2 when JFK was killed.less than a minute ago via webNancy Franklin
nancysfranklin

RT @jackshafer: Bono has become a professional Irishman, a slave to identity. http://nyti.ms/hINKUv// So he'll be defaulting soon?less than a minute ago via TweetDeckRick Newman
rickjnewman

One advised leaders, founded institutions, went daft. Other was Shriver RT @jackshafer Was dying to hear fr Bono on passing of Sarge Shriverless than a minute ago via TwitterrificJames Sullivan
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Sources

What I Learned From Shriver, Bono, The New York Times

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