The Jefferson Antidote: Anti-Bigotry Quote Tシャツ

Thomas Jefferson owned over 600 human beings. He also wrote that bigotry is a disease of "morbid minds." The historical paradox is thick enough to choke an elephant in your living room. But here we are. We took the words of a man terrified of his own historical shadow and printed them on a perfectly rational, preshrunk jersey knit. April 1816. Jefferson writes this to John Adams, probably while nursing a terrible toothache at a mahogany desk and ignoring the screaming hypocrisy outside his window at Monticello. Now it’s your turn to wear his epiphany to the grocery store. "Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education & free discussion are the antidotes of both." Buy the shirt. Not because it actually cures the disease. A shirt is not an apothecary. A shirt is just a tube of dyed fabric with three holes in it. You put your head in the top hole. You put your arms in the side holes. Suddenly, you are an advocate for the Enlightenment. People will read your torso. They will stand on the subway, swaying slightly, reading the word "morbid" across your chest cavity. Will it spark the free discussion Jefferson promised? Perhaps. Or perhaps they will just stare. The fabric is very soft. The seams are double-stitched to prevent the sudden collapse of meaning. SEO demands I inform you this is the perfect gift for history buffs, teachers, and philosophers. SEO is a tyrant. We must obey. Get the right size. If it's too small, the words stretch. Ignorance becomes i g n o r a n c e.