My ancestors didn't fight in the Enlightenment for nothing!

"My ancestors didn't fight in the Enlightenment for nothing"

"My ancestors didn’t fight in the Enlightenment for nothing!" is a joke by Karl Jones.

History

Jones states:

I probably said it in a blog post, likely Boing Boing, sometime in the 2010 - 2015 range. I liked it right away, stored it in near-short-term memory for ready quipping.

Variations

Jones has used alternate forms of the phrase, typically "My ancestors didn't fight in the Enlightenment" followed by a clause improvised for the occasion.

In the News

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  Your anti-religious crusade is harming the Enlightenment.

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• Your anti-religious crusade is harming the Enlightenment -

Nonfiction cross-reference

• French Revolution (nonfiction)

External links

• Gnomon Chronicles @ Facebook
• Gnomon Chronicles @ Twitter