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 cartoonists, slain for drawing caricatures of a 7th Century religious figure.
(With apologies to Phil Ochs. And a hat-tip to Adam Barnett.)