"Love me, love me, I'm a liberal"

Gary Trudeau

By Jacobinism by way of Harry's Place:

Well, I wept when they jailed Chelsea Manning,

A hero for our time.

And I cheered when Snowden ran to Russia,

Stealing government secrets is fine.

But Charlie Hebdo were bigots and racists,

They should have known that punching down is a crime.

So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal.

Dedicated to:

Teju Cole and the PEN boycotters

Glenn Greenwald

Will Self

Garry Trudeau

…and every other person with the perspicacity and moral courage to denigrate the cartoonists slain for drawing caricatures of a 7th Century religious figure.

(With apologies to Phil Ochs. And a hat-tip to Adam Barnett.)