Sometimes men pave the road of History with the bodies of many moral human beings murdered by popular opinion — at the behest of men with a bull horn standing in a bully pulpit. Those leaders who kill conscientious objectors gain support frequently from their talking head followers with the loudest microphone. History shows Caesar will always seek to serve up on a platter to a bloodthirsty mob in the arena, the head of the “slave” who dares to challenge his unjust edict. Off with his head, Caesar would scream frantically to the butcher to appease the mob of savages, yelling in the arena, “Kill him, kill, kill him, kill him.” Just recall Colin Kaepernick and Donald J. Trump and his frantic followers. All of this has played out before in the Colosseum of Rome.
Last Tuesday, the Nets Basketball team owner, Joseph Tsai, gave General Manager Sean Marks the green light to banish, from the team, starting point guard Kyrie Irving for not revealing his COVID-19 vaccination status. Kyrie and his team’s managers have been in a standoff since New York City put outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio Draconian vaccine mandates in effect. Obeying orders from his private financiers — not his real boss — the people of New York, de Blasio ordered everyone in New York City to show their papers to work, buy, sell or trade with others in the city.