Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 18, 2011
Transcript:
Rat: Aren't you tired of a government that is owned and controlled by big interests and a Supreme Court that says it's okay? Goat: I sure am. We really need to organize and - Rat: OVERTHROW IT!!! Goat: I was gonna suggest town hall meetings. Rat: Good idea. We can hand out the pitchforks there.
Put out that torch, Rat; you know there’s no smoking in the diner.
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Serious comment: The reason we have a Constitution is to avoid mindless mobs with pitchforks and torches, and I hope that’s the point SP is trying to make here.