Thomas, the third President of the United States. Not George, the African-American entrepreneur of The Jeffersons. [1]

Thomas Jefferson is a hero of the American Right because of his idea of a Republic of free and self-sufficient individuals.

In 1803, Jefferson bought Louisiana from France, doubled the extension of the United States and distributed 50 acres of land along the Frontier to anybody who asked for them.

But the American Right seldom mentions that Jefferson owned 5,000 acres. And not along the rugged Frontier, but in Virginia, where almost 200 slaves worked on his property. [2]

When computer enthusiasts started talking about cyberspace as the new Frontier, they loved to say that the Internet would allow everybody freedom of expression.

Everybody can open their farm – I mean, their blog or their Twitter account – along the Frontier. Being read and heard, however, is often a very different matter.

Or perhaps it's not a Frontier anymore: Take a look at the list of people who have the most followers on Twitter. They are all famous in the "real" world. [3]