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Twitter Reacts To Protests In Egypt

  First Posted: 01/28/11 03:19 AM ET   Updated: 05/25/11 07:30 PM ET

While Egypt had its Internet shut down amidst violent protests, the rest of the online world exploded with reactions. Twitter proved one particularly rich medium for discussing the situation. Take a look at some tidbits from the Twittersphere's conversation below, and be sure to send us any great tweets we may have missed.

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While Egypt had its Internet shut down amidst violent protests, the rest of the online world exploded with reactions. Twitter proved one particularly rich medium for discussing the situation. Take a l...
While Egypt had its Internet shut down amidst violent protests, the rest of the online world exploded with reactions. Twitter proved one particularly rich medium for discussing the situation. Take a l...
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Ylmaz Kaba
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05:28 PM on 01/29/2011
egypt is not a theocracy.
http://sxeyuklee.wordpress.com/
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karen1p
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06:42 PM on 01/28/2011
When is anyone going to put two and two together.....the Fed's monetizing of the debt is the one sure thing that has caused the commodity prices to rise substantially.

These Egyptians need to refocus and understand that we are to blame.....
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PathofTotality
Regret serves no purpose
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10:41 AM on 01/28/2011
Though not a user or fan of Twitter it might come in handy for this. On a side note and if it was real, the one from Wikileaks is irritating. All I see or hear is "coming soon" or "soon to be released".
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Trapped Wind
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09:48 AM on 01/28/2011
I hope somebody has the peace of mind to protect their antiquities. As we watched in Afghanistan radical muslims have little time for anything art related.
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09:39 AM on 01/28/2011
Twitter has a way getting around regular gov't repression online, esp. with mobile/cell phones. In these times of great turmoil it is more important than ever for us to be able to transmit information than ever before. ~Peter S. Lopez @Peta_de_Aztlan on Twitter.
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JustlikeMercury
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09:26 AM on 01/28/2011
Egypt's government feared their people and what they had to say, so they blocked it. That backfired horribly (a twisted kind of Streisand effect), and now the world is listening, and watching, through any means necessary. The people on the ground there are finding ways to communicate, and I (thought one person) am following this closely and will be calling my Representatives and any other media source I can get my hands on if the U.S. just sits on their hands. We invaded Iraq for democracy, why not help Egypt? Oooh, that whole Egypt-is-in-bed-with-Israel thing. Gotya. Hope too many civilians don't die at the hands of their corrupt police, U.S. Government.
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Manuel Castro
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08:19 AM on 01/28/2011
Donate your unised bandwith to demostrators in Egypt:
https://www.accessnow.org/proxy-cloud/
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f0rTyLeGz
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03:25 AM on 01/28/2011
Theocracies are having a hard time keeping the people ignorant in this new more social world. Democracy and freedom of speech may be an unintended consequence of the world wide web.
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Democrats: the REAL American patriots.
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05:19 AM on 01/28/2011
I would agree with you in general.

However, many pretty ignorant theocratic fundamentalistic groups are using the internet to surpress knowledge and to spread their ignorance and hate to others. The Tea Party, the Kay-Kay-Kay, Glenn B eck, Rush Limb augh, etc.
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08:50 AM on 01/28/2011
True. It is an idea soup, and we have to add enough to change the flavor.
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prettyliars
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10:47 AM on 01/28/2011
egypt is not a theocracy.
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