Comments on: The Hope and Horror of Liberaltarian Alignments http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/16/the-hope-and-horror-of-liberaltarian-alignments/ The Sweet Release of Reason Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Liberals + libertarians = liberaltarians « The Spirit of Moderation http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/16/the-hope-and-horror-of-liberaltarian-alignments/#comment-21466 Liberals + libertarians = liberaltarians « The Spirit of Moderation Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:57:45 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2876#comment-21466 [...] Wilkinson: “Missing the Point of Liberaltarianism.” February 11th, 2009. Also: “The Hope and Horror of Liberaltarian Alignments.” February 16th, 2009. Also: “Could Liberaltarianism Matter?” April 8th, 2010. As [...] [...] Wilkinson: “Missing the Point of Liberaltarianism.” February 11th, 2009. Also: “The Hope and Horror of Liberaltarian Alignments.” February 16th, 2009. Also: “Could Liberaltarianism Matter?” April 8th, 2010. As [...]

]]> By: On Liberaltarianism » The HPRty http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/16/the-hope-and-horror-of-liberaltarian-alignments/#comment-21462 On Liberaltarianism » The HPRty Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:12:01 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2876#comment-21462 [...] Will Wilkinson rightly diagnoses the Republican Party’s brain drain: smart people don’t want to hang around with “flag-waving moral reactionaries” no matter how much they all might agree on the godlike efficiency of the market. But he still does believe in the market, so he can’t, or hasn’t, given himself up to the Democrats just yet: [...] [...] Will Wilkinson rightly diagnoses the Republican Party’s brain drain: smart people don’t want to hang around with “flag-waving moral reactionaries” no matter how much they all might agree on the godlike efficiency of the market. But he still does believe in the market, so he can’t, or hasn’t, given himself up to the Democrats just yet: [...]

]]> By: The John Birch Society was right! « Entitled to an Opinion http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/16/the-hope-and-horror-of-liberaltarian-alignments/#comment-21461 The John Birch Society was right! « Entitled to an Opinion Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:45:53 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2876#comment-21461 [...] Mauro was upset that the upcoming CPAC will be sponsored by the John Birch Society. As I’ve said before, I’m sympathetic to the JBS and think the political right could have benefited from more of [...] [...] Mauro was upset that the upcoming CPAC will be sponsored by the John Birch Society. As I’ve said before, I’m sympathetic to the JBS and think the political right could have benefited from more of [...]

]]> By: Ragged Clown » Blog Archive » Liberaltarians Unite! http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/16/the-hope-and-horror-of-liberaltarian-alignments/#comment-21460 Ragged Clown » Blog Archive » Liberaltarians Unite! Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:14:35 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2876#comment-21460 [...] another post, Will explains why libertarians (and he includes himself as such) might be more at home on the left and paints a nice picture for [...] [...] another post, Will explains why libertarians (and he includes himself as such) might be more at home on the left and paints a nice picture for [...]

]]> By: Now On the Liberaltarianism Channel: Reflections on Liberaltarianism http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/16/the-hope-and-horror-of-liberaltarian-alignments/#comment-21459 Now On the Liberaltarianism Channel: Reflections on Liberaltarianism Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:48:50 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2876#comment-21459 [...] Here’s another reply from Ross. Let me say something about this bit: Yes, there’s a best-case scenario in which the dumbening of the American Right works out fine for libertarians, because the infusion [...] [...] Here’s another reply from Ross. Let me say something about this bit: Yes, there’s a best-case scenario in which the dumbening of the American Right works out fine for libertarians, because the infusion [...]

]]> By: JB http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/16/the-hope-and-horror-of-liberaltarian-alignments/#comment-21465 JB Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:06:34 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2876#comment-21465 Human problems are definitely not solved by people shouting "I care ALOT and poor people hurt me in my sensitive places" while actively promoting policies that screw over people.<br><br>If you honestly don't think Republicans read, then maybe you need to get out more and meet a few of them. I don't think many college professors are "intellectual" because very few of them question the dogma they hear and spread on a consistent basis. Human problems are definitely not solved by people shouting “I care ALOT and poor people hurt me in my sensitive places” while actively promoting policies that screw over people.

If you honestly don't think Republicans read, then maybe you need to get out more and meet a few of them. I don't think many college professors are “intellectual” because very few of them question the dogma they hear and spread on a consistent basis.

]]> By: skeptical http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/16/the-hope-and-horror-of-liberaltarian-alignments/#comment-21464 skeptical Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:32:15 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2876#comment-21464 It isn't the morons vs. smart people. What makes "intellectuals" is the ability to be persuaded by demonstrable proof, and even your boatloads of morons are educable because they read, critically evaluate research, expose themselves to multiple points of view, even if they don't like them. <br><br>That makes middling professors at middling schools more "intellectual" than all the people responsible for Republican recruiting this decade, and however much Libertarian intellectual purity stands up to weaselly liberalism, Libertarians haven't quite understood human problems and suffering aren't solved by a shouting match. <br><br>You might have done well to immerse yourself in the thinking of a boatload of morons. It isn't the morons vs. smart people. What makes “intellectuals” is the ability to be persuaded by demonstrable proof, and even your boatloads of morons are educable because they read, critically evaluate research, expose themselves to multiple points of view, even if they don't like them.

That makes middling professors at middling schools more “intellectual” than all the people responsible for Republican recruiting this decade, and however much Libertarian intellectual purity stands up to weaselly liberalism, Libertarians haven't quite understood human problems and suffering aren't solved by a shouting match.

You might have done well to immerse yourself in the thinking of a boatload of morons.

]]> By: JB http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/16/the-hope-and-horror-of-liberaltarian-alignments/#comment-21463 JB Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:48:07 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2876#comment-21463 My party? I don't even have a party, buddy.<br><br>Anything citing "their IQ scores"? I know facts are hard and all.<br><br>I went to a top 20 school and often had fairly intelligent professors, but I purposefully avoided the boatload of morons. This was at one of the "better" schools. Academia, from professors down to students, isn't all that brilliant as many people like to claim it is. My party? I don't even have a party, buddy.

Anything citing “their IQ scores”? I know facts are hard and all.

I went to a top 20 school and often had fairly intelligent professors, but I purposefully avoided the boatload of morons. This was at one of the “better” schools. Academia, from professors down to students, isn't all that brilliant as many people like to claim it is.

]]> By: JB http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/16/the-hope-and-horror-of-liberaltarian-alignments/#comment-21458 JB Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:06:34 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2876#comment-21458 Human problems are definitely not solved by people shouting "I care ALOT and poor people hurt me in my sensitive places" while actively promoting policies that screw over people.<br><br>If you honestly don't think Republicans read, then maybe you need to get out more and meet a few of them. I don't think many college professors are "intellectual" because very few of them question the dogma they hear and spread on a consistent basis. Human problems are definitely not solved by people shouting “I care ALOT and poor people hurt me in my sensitive places” while actively promoting policies that screw over people.

If you honestly don't think Republicans read, then maybe you need to get out more and meet a few of them. I don't think many college professors are “intellectual” because very few of them question the dogma they hear and spread on a consistent basis.

]]> By: John http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/16/the-hope-and-horror-of-liberaltarian-alignments/#comment-21457 John Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:36:25 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2876#comment-21457 "Global Warming denialiasm" = fundie?!<br><br>TRY AGAIN.<br><br>It's the SUN, people.<br><br>And I'm a libertarian/classical liberal, and a Deist/Taoist who, after countless bad encounters with fundies, pretty well loathe and despise them.<br><br>It's. The. SUN.<br><br>Learn it. <br><br>Live it. <br><br>Know it. <br><br>Deal with it. “Global Warming denialiasm” = fundie?!

TRY AGAIN.

It's the SUN, people.

And I'm a libertarian/classical liberal, and a Deist/Taoist who, after countless bad encounters with fundies, pretty well loathe and despise them.

It's. The. SUN.

Learn it.

Live it.

Know it.

Deal with it.

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