Health and Sanity category archive
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Tony Norman is not sanguine. Here’s a bit of his article:
Gulling the Gullible 0
At the Des Moines Register, Roger Patocka argues that too many of our polity are allowing themselves to be led into a fantasy world by fabulists:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.”
I commend the entire piece to your attention.
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Writing at nola.com, James Gill has had enough. A snippet:
America has had mandatory vaccinations for various diseases going back to the days of George Washington, and the current hysteria over the imaginary threat they pose to individual liberty is nothing new either. So far, sweet reason has always prevailed in the end, and so it will this time once we accept that there is no rational debate to be held with those who refuse to take precautions.
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In related news, the Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini marvels at the pretzel logic of those who would perpetuate pandemics.
Maskless Marauders, Making Sense of Stupid Dept. 0
Writing at the Idaho State Journal, Mike Murphy offers a theory as to what’s behind the mania of the maskless marauders.
His piece is so well crafted–well, just go read it for yourself.
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Sportswriter extraordinaire Bob Molinaro (emphasis in the original):
We are a society of stupid.
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A Florida state senator proclaimed that he wants=ed to “review” vaccine mandates for such illnesses as measles, mumps, and rubella, then, after the public reaction, he denied that he had said what he had said.
The Orlando Sentinel’s Scott Maxwell comments; follow the link to finish the article.
Clogged pipes? Call a plumber. Stalled car engine? Rely on a mechanic. But when it comes to a deadly virus, some people would rather listen to gasbag politicians or Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s friend.
I’m convinced that if Twitter and Facebook had been around when the polio vaccine was invented, we’d still be dealing with polio.
We are a society of stupid.
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We are a society of stupid.
