Let me guess: I'm your very first Republican Professor
Better late than never
Photo 1: Oxford English Dictionary the day Obergefell was decided. Oxford University Press, 2015.
Setting: Lecture on the Definition of Marriage at a California College in the Southland
Student: Professor, why do you care so much about this ? Why do you even care ?
Professor: Well, I never cared enough to redefine the month of June in addition to all the other words. Does that ... help ?
Student: !!
Professor: I never cared enough to go into my hot garage and invent a brand new flag that people had to fly over , like, government buildings next to the American flag and like on embassies in Muslim countries or Eastern European countries and stuff that firefighters have to salute .
Student: !!!!!!!
Professor: I never cared enough to like, get bored with that original flag, and need to like redefine that flag now, too, every like 2 years or something, constantly coming up with a new flag that has to be flown on taxfunded buildings.
Does that ... help ?
Student : !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Professor: Let me guess. I'm your very first Republican Professor.
Copyright Lucas J. Mather, 2023
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Originally published to Facebook Sat 1 July 2023
Check out the series on the Definition of Marriage on TRP Podcast based on over a decade of teaching this material to students in Southern California at California Community Colleges, Pepperdine University, Loyola Marymount University Lost Angeles, and California State University (LA and Orange Counties). The following links have both audio and video recording so that you can see the lecturer’s tie and the dictionaries and other introductory Logic or legal materials. :
Episode 1: Introduction to the Definition of Marriage in Law & Politics https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/2023/06/12/introduction-to-the-definition-of-marriage-in-law-politics-w-dr-lucas-j-mather-ph-d-trp-episode-129/
Episode 2: Part 2 of The Definition of Marriage in Law & Politics: Relevant Logical Fallacies
https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/2023/06/16/part-2-the-definition-of-marriage-in-law-politics-logical-fallacies-w-dr-lucas-j-mather-ph-d-trp-episode-130/
Episode 3: Part 3 of The Definition of Marriage in Law & Politics: A Close Look at the Analogy Between Raciallly Desegregating Marriage and Inventing a Brand New Definition of Marriage
Episode 4: Part 4 of The Definition of Marriage in Law & Politics: Polygamy and “Marriage” in Obergefell (Obergefell 101)
In communist apologetics school, I’m convinced the first argument they learn is the “Why do you care so much?” argument. It must work on someone cause they all say it.