As a philosophy major, there are words and phrases that I immediately associate with dead men. Ubermensch. Monad. Conatus. Objet Petit a. Daddy issues.
But on rare occasions, entire sentences and phrases can trigger the same response. Like when Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves said this:
“I’m often asked by some of my friends on the other side of the aisle about COVID … and why does it seem like folks in Mississippi and maybe in the Mid-South are a little less scared”…
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He continues:
“When you believe in eternal life — when you believe that living on this earth is but a blip on the screen, then you don’t have to be so scared of things”
Now that right there is straight up Socrates from Plato’s Apology. Are we really at that point America? Where the anti-intellectual party (re: denying the global scientific community’s consensus that vaccines are effective) has reached the point of preferring death bed philosophy to the Fauci Ouchy?
Personal and religious freedoms are one of the main selling points when people wax poetic about their favorite slices of Americana. I just ask that when you make your calculations concerning the value of liberty and public health that you think of the children.
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Serious Cases Remain Rare, But Coronavirus Infections In Children Are On The Rise [NPR]
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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. Before that, he wrote columns for an online magazine named The Muse Collaborative under the pen name Knehmo. He endured the great state of Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected].