“Isn’t it the very definition of tyranny for one person to order people to be imprisoned for going to work, among other ordinarily lawful activities?” Justice Rebecca Bradley asked.
This is from a justice of the Wisconsin State Supreme Court. I am not making this up. This is one of the questions this justice, Rebecca Bradley, a Republican appointee, asked when considering whether or not a State Governor should have the authority to take emergency measures in the face of a pandemic.
I’m not sure I don’t like her logic. Let’s think about it. How about this:
Isn’t it the very definition of tyranny for one person to order people to join the military, learn to kill people, and travel overseas to participate in mass killings?
Absolutely. Or:
Isn’t it the very definition of tyranny for one person to order people to be imprisoned for smoking weed in the privacy of his own home, at no inconvenience to other citizens?
Isn’t it the very definition of tyranny for one person to order people to be imprisoned for driving on one side of the road and not the other?
Case dismissed.