Libertarian Philosophy
by digby
From Joey Devilla (Click on image for a clear picture)
Typical comment:
Ayn Rand would certainly have had an issue with the people depicted in “Naive” (Rand herself called anarchism “naïve), probably “Petulant” (most don’t win because they come off as a bit insane), “Too smart for science” (attack the science with science, not personal attacks), “Denial-ican,” “More libertarian than thou” (she really hated the idiotic idea of privatizing the police — rightly predicted that this would devolve into a vendetta system), “Nepotist,” “The Apostle” (nothing should be described as “magic”), and “Bizarrely Hypocritical” (she favored a right to abortion).
And libertarianism isn’t a philosophy. It’s a range of political beliefs. Picking at individual libertarian (or libertarian-ish) political beliefs is easier for Mr. Deutsch than actually discussing a philosophy on its merits. I find that is a common technique among leftists a.k.a. “progressives” neé “liberals.” Like conservatives, they don’t really have a philosophical underpinning. The pick positions and argue backwards. See “Whitey.” They, like any decent human being, are disgusted by the idea of a racist restaurant owner. So let’s slap a big asterisk next to the right of private ownership. But when conservatives slap an asterisk on women’s ownership of their uteruses, leftists have to slap an asterisk on their own asterisk … and so forth. Do they believe in private ownership or do they believe that the government has the right to dictate usage rights? Yes.
We’ll just call him number 22, shall we? And aren’t they special?
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