07-25-2020, 06:48 PM
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Governor Abbott (R-TX) finally did the right thing in shutting down the bars, places perfectly suited to spreading COVID-19. But some of the bars chose to promote a "Freedom Fest" that defies that ban. Contrast Michigan, which was quick to close bars and slow to allow them to reopen.
If I were the Governor I would be going to the state's liquor licensing agency and asking it to yank liquor licenses. I would be encouraging state and local law enforcement to intensify scrutiny of the areas around those non-compliant bars for DUI offenses.
I can hardly imagine people more likely to spread COVID-19 than heavy drinkers in a celebratory mood.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.