Period.
Nonsense.
Thomas Jefferson would probably be somewhat sympathetic to this grassroots rebellion against a travesty.
Were it nonsense, then the following statement would be true:
"Americans support the burning of US embassies."
Thank you for reducing your own argument to an absurdity.
Thomas Jefferson would probably be somewhat sympathetic to this grassroots rebellion against a travesty.
Pretty much every anti-American traitor has invoked Thomas Jefferson to justify lawlessness at some point or other.
In reality, Thomas Jefferson openly negotiated with the Pasha of Tripoli despite his violent provocations on the open sea - until the Pasha's subjects vandalized the US consulate in Tripoli and the Pasha refused to apologize or punish those responsible.
At that point, Jefferson went to war.