On Sunday, Massie sarcastically tweeted,"You mustn't question Fauci, for he is science." Under those words, Massie posted an image that featured a giant hand crushing a group of much smaller people. The image includes a quote it attributed to Voltaire, the 18th-century Enlightenment writer and philosopher:"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."Facts First: There is no record of Voltaire ever uttering these words.
Francis Xavier University professor of French and co-author of the book"The Quotable Voltaire," also told CNN on Monday that the quote did not come from Voltaire.Read MoreMassie's office didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday. As of Monday afternoon, his tweet had been retweeted more than 6,800 times. It remained online without any correction, even though others had been replying for more than 22 hours to note that the attribution was wrong.
Was the nazis name Voltaire?
And does it matter who said it? The words ring truer than anything said. We are nothing to the ones who rule over us and we are finding out how much power we do not have because no one stands up to this bullsh*t.