Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz, is now days into his self-imposed two-week quarantine following last month\u2019s Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, where he reportedly shook hands several times with an individual who tested positive for the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The congressman, who ignited a terminology debate after calling the growing epidemic the \u201cWuhan Virus,\u201d<\/a> announced he would be closing his office and remaining at his Arizona residence for the duration of his seclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are all asymptomatic and feel great,\u201d Gosar tweeted<\/a>. \u201cBut we are being proactive and cautious.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gosar\u2019s proactiveness, as it turns out, includes not waiting around to be wiped out by the virus. Instead, the dentist-turned-congressman-turned-Spartan warrior tweeted Monday that he would rather die in battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBeen thinking about life and mortality today,\u201d Gosar wrote<\/a>. “I\u2019d rather die gloriously in battle than from a virus. In a way it doesn\u2019t matter. But it kinda does.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a way, that\u2019s kinda deep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The congressman did not specify in which conflict he would prefer to die gloriously, but did accompany his Shakespearean proclamation with a screenshot of a battle scene from the 2018 South Korean historical action film, \u201cThe Great Battle,\u201d<\/a> a chronicle of the valiant defense of the Ansi Fortress by heroic seventh century warrior, Yang Manchun, commander of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Much like Gosar, Yang Manchun existed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Such striking similarities between the two warriors provide more than enough reasoning for the image\u2019s use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the uncanny resemblance doesn\u2019t end with being multicellular organisms. Gosar, like Yang, knows a thing or two about glorious combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a former dentist, the congressman masterfully employed an arsenal that included mouth mirrors, sickle probes, and regional anesthesia in harrowing battles against enemies named Cavity, Plaque, and Gingi of House Vitis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And like his patients\u2019 gums, Gosar never retreated. His intrepid exploits would earn him the title of the Arizona Dental Association\u2019s \u201cDentist of the Year\u201d in 2001, a distinction remarkably similar to history\u2019s recollection of Manchun, who will forever be remembered for defending a fortress against an enemy force that numbered nearly 500,000 strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Twitter users, however, have somehow not yet managed to grasp the Spartan warrior ethos that forms the very pillars of dentistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For glory, and good teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n