Abbie Hoffman

Source: For the Hell of It: The Life and Times of Abbie Hoffman by Jonah Raskin

I want to be tried not because I support the National Liberation Front - which I do - but because I have long hair. Not because I support the Black Liberation Movement, but because I smoke dope. Not because I am against a capitalist system, but because I think property eats shit. Not because I believe in student power, but that the schools should be destroyed. Not because I'm against corporate liberalism, but because I think people should do whatever the fuck they want, and not because I am trying to organize the working class, but because I think kids should kill parents. Finally, I want to be tried for having a good time and not being serious.

On This Day in Snigglery	May 1, 2004: The Daily Mirror prints front-page photos of British troops abusing Iraqi prisoners. The photos are fakes — “a calculated and malicious hoax” — and the Mirror’s editor resigns two weeks later. (See News Trolls for more info)