Thomas Jefferson's 'tree of liberty' remark was long-ago co-opted by conservatives as justification for stuffing every conceivable nook and cranny of our nation with as many guns as humanly possible.
(I mean, you just never
know, do you?)
But Eric Zorn, in a
typically-thoughtful column in last Friday's Chicago Tribune,
responded to this misappropriation by putting a new wrinkle in
Jefferson's quote to better-reflect the sad ideal prized by firearm
advocates in even-sadder twenty-first century America.
Instead of finishing with
“...the blood of patriots and tyrants”, Zorn put it thusly:
The tree of liberty must
be refreshed from time to time with the blood of innocent school
children.
Which just about says it
all, doesn't it?
Good going, Mr. Zorn.
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