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If Learned Hand had spent time in the blogosphere

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A hysterical post from Orin Kerron The Volokh Conspiracy:

If Learned Hand were alive today and spent a lot of time reading blog comment threads, I think his famous address "The Spirit of Liberty" probably would have gone something like this:
What then is the spirit of liberty? Only a complete and utter moron would pretend they can't define it. The spirit of liberty is the spirit that recognizes I am obviously right. The spirit of liberty is the spirit that sees I know so much more than other men and women; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which recognizes that only people who agree with me are without bias; the spirit of liberty sees that a sparrow falls to earth because some idiot killed it. Duh.
For the original, see here.

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Full post as published by Freedom to Differ on April 11, 2008 (boomark / email).

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