Thomas Healy
👤 Speaker
121
total appearances
Appearances Over Time
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Radiolab
What Up Holmes?
He saw a sign that said, damn a man who ain't for his country, right or wrong.
Radiolab
What Up Holmes?
And he wrote to a friend and said, I agree with that wholeheartedly.
Radiolab
What Up Holmes?
That experience, that had a huge effect on him.
Radiolab
What Up Holmes?
You know, he watched a lot of his young friends die.
Radiolab
What Up Holmes?
He was part of the 20th Massachusetts Regiment.
Radiolab
What Up Holmes?
And at Gettysburg, the vast majority of the officers in his regiment were killed.
Radiolab
What Up Holmes?
When people were out on the battlefield risking their life, it wasn't too much to ask people at home to support that.
Radiolab
What Up Holmes?
And you think that vaccination might stop the epidemic.
Radiolab
What Up Holmes?
You force people to get vaccinated against their will.
Radiolab
What Up Holmes?
You infringe on their liberty and you force them to get vaccinated.
Radiolab
What Up Holmes?
And he thought the same thing applied when it came to speech.