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peterfeld: Here’s the visual. spiegelman: You do realize what this sign refers to, right? thomasjefferson: The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. … God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion; what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?  Let them take arms. So yeah, a dude with a gun calling for the blood of, I don’t know, someone recently compared by teabaggers to a fascist tyrant — that’s Secret Service worthy. This cannot be overstated.

peterfeld:

Here’s the visual.

spiegelman:

You do realize what this sign refers to, right?

thomasjefferson:

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. … God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion; what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?  Let them take arms.

So yeah, a dude with a gun calling for the blood of, I don’t know, someone recently compared by teabaggers to a fascist tyrant — that’s Secret Service worthy.

This cannot be overstated.

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