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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP Rep Anthony Sabatini Schooled After Saying Socrates Would Be 'Cancelled' Today
State Rep. Anthony Sabatini tried to take the culture wars to ancient Greece Thursday, but generated enough mockery to suggest he should probably stick to Florida.
If Socrates was out philosophizing in American society today, he would be cancelled real quick, tweeted Sabatini, a Republican angling for a U.S. House seat.
His invocation of the philosopher to sell his point about so-called cancel culture didnt sit well with the big brains on Twitter. From Do you know how he died? to Athens cancelled him pretty hard, yall, the replies rolled in.
They literally executed him you idiot, replied Jacobins Luke Savage.
Fact check: True! One of the defining characteristics of Socrates legacy is the fact that he was tried and found guilty of corrupting the minds of youth in Athens, as well as not believing in the state-approved gods. He was killed as a result. High school students are routinely taught this, but its even included prominently on the philosophers Wikipedia page for anyone who missed that lesson.
https://www.thewrap.com/anthony-sabatini-socrates
If Socrates was out philosophizing in American society today, he would be cancelled real quick, tweeted Sabatini, a Republican angling for a U.S. House seat.
His invocation of the philosopher to sell his point about so-called cancel culture didnt sit well with the big brains on Twitter. From Do you know how he died? to Athens cancelled him pretty hard, yall, the replies rolled in.
They literally executed him you idiot, replied Jacobins Luke Savage.
Fact check: True! One of the defining characteristics of Socrates legacy is the fact that he was tried and found guilty of corrupting the minds of youth in Athens, as well as not believing in the state-approved gods. He was killed as a result. High school students are routinely taught this, but its even included prominently on the philosophers Wikipedia page for anyone who missed that lesson.
https://www.thewrap.com/anthony-sabatini-socrates
Socrates was tried and executed for what he believed in. That is pretty much the definition of being canceled. My god these idiots are dumb.
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GOP Rep Anthony Sabatini Schooled After Saying Socrates Would Be 'Cancelled' Today (Original Post)
Initech
May 2021
OP
Did he pronounce it "So-crates", like in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure"? nt
Progressive Jones
May 2021
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eppur_se_muova
(36,263 posts)1. As opposed to what actually happened ? Do go on, Congressman. nt
patphil
(6,180 posts)2. As idiots go, they're pretty dumb.
Like the Republicans would have ever respected Socrates.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)3. Did he pronounce it "So-crates", like in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure"? nt
Yavin4
(35,441 posts)4. Republican ignorance is just another sign of their White privilege.
Being accurate, smart, and well-read is for minorities. They don't have to be smart. Their race alone qualifies them. If they say something dumb, so be it.