Quarantine protesters are no heroes of civil disobedience
by Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency
Apr 22, 2020
3 minutes
Our culture has a wonderful way of taking controversial or partisan figures and weaving them into the broader story of America.
When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, for example, his secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, purportedly said, "Now he belongs to the ages," which was a way of saying that the battles Lincoln fought and the leadership he provided would stay with us and shape the nation going forward.
This kind of recognition is common when it comes to
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