Reason: Evil masquerading as freedom

[NewRightLibertarian]

And secondly I do badmouth beltway libertarians. Robert Levy (Cato) for example is an imbecile on the issue of nullification. But that doesn't mean all of the Cato institute is bad

I don't get why someone would want to support an organization with an imbecile as its Chairman or want that organization representing libertarians in any way, shape or form.

And does anybody seriously need to be reminded of their horrible treatment of Ron Paul? Nothing showed their true colors more than that.

Amazing how people will line up to defend and promote proven traitors to the cause, isn't it? The beltway libertarians are a bad mix of money-grubbers and suckers, and their influence on the movement must be aggressively resisted.

 

[DamianTV]

There are a LOT of people that hide behind Labels.

Im a Christian, therefore you should trust me blindly.
Im a Muslim, therefore you should trust me blindly.
Im a Libertarian, therefore you should trust me blindly.
Im an Elected Representative, therefore you should trust me blindly.
Im an Officer of the Law, therefore you should trust me blindly.
I have a Degree in Economics, therefore you should trust me blindly.
I report for a Major News Organization, therefore you should trust me blindly.
I am more qualified than you are, therefore you should trust me blindly.

Starting to see the Pattern? And they PANDER to anyone they can get to buy their bullshit.

Im white, therefore you should trust me blindly.
Im black, therefore you should trust me blindly.
Im American, therefore you should trust me blindly.
Im Mexican, therefore you should trust me blindly.
Im Japanese, therefore you should trust me blindly.
Im a Male, therefore Males should trust me blindly.
Im a Female, therefore Females should trust me blindly.

They all play the guise of pretending to be the same as the people they pander to. Their bullshit becomes plainly visible once the common man learns to look beyond both of their labels and do their own research on the subjects they present.

Im an Economist, therefore you should trust me blindly.

When we dig deeper, we find that their Economics Degree is nothing more than a symbol of Debt and Obedience. We find that their self proclaimed expertise to be full of holes. They expect that we will take them at their word and not investigate for ourselves, but when we do, we see right through their Blind Faith in ther False Qualifications.

Then, we understand they are NOT anywere even close to even being similar to the people their words screw over.

 

[Matt Collins]

I don't get why someone would want to support an organization with an imbecile as its Chairman

Because some of us are either mature enough, or have the intellectual capacity, to realize that one man does not an organization make, even if it is the Chair.

or want that organization representing libertarians in any way, shape or form.

Fortunately no one has a monopoly on the word "libertarian" so if you want to cast them aside, you need to build up a better more visible organization.

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

Because some of us are either mature enough, or have the intellectual capacity, to realize that one man does not an organization make, even if it is the Chair.

The rest of the people in the organization aren't any better. But go ahead and keep supporting CATO if you want to see 'libertarian' defenses of the welfare state, conscription, NSA spying, gun control and the rest of it.

 

[VoluntaryAmerican]

No, not at all. But broadly attacking Reason is stupid because Reason isn't monolithic. That's like someone broadly attacking LRC because of one author's post.

Yep, same thing.

SHOULD it also need to be mentioned that both are competing and have incentive to discredit one another?

 

[green73]

I don't get why someone would want to support an organization with an imbecile as its Chairman or want that organization representing libertarians in any way, shape or form.

Amazing how people will line up to defend and promote proven traitors to the cause, isn't it? The beltway libertarians are a bad mix of money-grubbers and suckers, and their influence on the movement must be aggressively resisted.

This and that.

 

[green73]

Yep, same thing.

SHOULD it also need to be mentioned that both are competing and have incentive to discredit one another?

Oh absolutely the same thing! One has a concise definition of liberty and the other...well..nobody knows what the fuck they stand for.

 

[green73]

How satisfying is it that no matter how much filthy money comes into depraved Reason’s coffers, they are still outgunned by LRC in terms of traffic. Ha,,Bwahahaha fuck you, establishment shills!!!

 

[Matt Collins]

The rest of the people in the organization aren't any better.

Your ignorance is showing now...

 

[DamianTV]

I don't get why someone would want to support an organization with an imbecile as its Chairman...

I think people may believe the Imbecile as the lesser of two evils. Same excuse why I heard a lot of people voting for Obama. They didnt like him, but they saw Romney as flat out pure fucking evil. Turns out they were both just as Evil, but one was a better salesman who played a Race card.

(Note: Quote is taken slightly out of context as indicated by "...")

 

[Christian Liberty]

Oh absolutely the same thing! One has a concise definition of liberty and the other...well..nobody knows what the fuck they stand for.

Anti-War, Anti-State, Pro-Market.

Done.

I think people may believe the Imbecile as the lesser of two evils. Same excuse why I heard a lot of people voting for Obama. They didnt like him, but they saw Romney as flat out pure fucking evil. Turns out they were both just as Evil, but one was a better salesman who played a Race card.

(Note: Quote is taken slightly out of context as indicated by "...")

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I've heard the same thing from people who voted for Romney. And yes, you're right, they're from the same system.

 

[belian78]

Your ignorance is showing now...

Why is it that you and your ilk around here ALWAYS try to paint anyone that doesn't agree with you as stupid? It makes you seem pompous, full of yourself, and in my experience those folk are 99% of the time full of shit.

 

[Matt Collins]

Why is it that you and your ilk around here ALWAYS try to paint anyone that doesn't agree with you as stupid?

No, not every time, and not always. But in this instance, he made a pretty ignorant statement, and he just got called out on it.