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Dispatches from the Culture Wars: Bush Edits Out Jeffersons...

stevedtrm rated 13 months ago
From the page: "Jefferson made many such statements, of course. Clearly they are best edited out by those who advocate nothing if not monkish ignorance and superstition."
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stevedtrm rated 13 months agoamerican-history
From the page: "Jefferson made many such statements, of course. Clearly they are best edited out by those who advocate nothing if not monkish ignorance and superstition."
seasandcakes rated 13 months agohistory, news, politics, bush, american-history
That's a pretty good catch - Bush deliberately excludes the middle of a Jefferson quote, which sets up the entire quote's anti-religious meaning.
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