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If the conservative nitwits are terrified of anarchist icon Emma Goldman, does that mean we can finally dispense of the notion that conservatism has anything remotely whatsoever to do with libertarianism?

I think the words of another famous American domestic terrorist are apt:

“God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. … And what country can preserve its liberties, if it’s rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.”

– Thomas Jefferson

PS: And just look at all those other horrible people the NPJC is involved with! Recycling! Veterans for Peace! People who care about the homeless! People who care about the environment! People with the audacity to think immigrants and refugees are human beings with rights! Quakers! Four other church associations! What dastardly villains these people must be!

See also: Aunt B