Reason: Evil masquerading as freedom

[Christian Liberty]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/reason-and-the-the-ultimate-tyranny/

Daniel Mcadams shows how Reason is using the rationale of tyrants.

 

[Ronin Truth]

At the start Reason was great. Somewhere along the way, they just lost the way.

 

[mosquitobite]

At the start Reason was great. Somewhere along the way, they just lost the way.

Typical of so many.

See the George Washington quote in my signature...

 

[goRPaul]

Is Reason really that bad? They produce a pretty good product, and I don't have to agree with every article to say that.

 

[DamianTV]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/reason-and-the-the-ultimate-tyranny/

Daniel Mcadams shows how Reason is using the rationale of tyrants.

The Freedom they promote is the Freedom from Responsibility.

 

[VoluntaryAmerican]

Is Reason really that bad? They produce a pretty good product, and I don't have to agree with every article to say that.

Agree.

I am personally a believer in NAP, but if I was running a magazine and my writer came to me and said, "You know I believe in NAP, but I personally believe this is a major exception... " That would be an interesting story and I'd probably run it to. Controversy sells.

 

[gwax23]

So one bad article = the entire magazine is shit?

 

[susano]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/reason-and-the-the-ultimate-tyranny/

Daniel Mcadams shows how Reason is using the rationale of tyrants.

My guess about where the 50K donation came from is the Gates Foundation.


The only time I ever read Reason is when I come here and someone links it in a post. The first time I read there, I clicked through to more articles and I remember thinking the site was a mixture of libertarian and communist. Whatever I came across was definitely communist (may have been about no borders) but in the political continuum met up with far "right" philosophy as well. Pimping forced vaccines is just straight up leftist/statist tyranny.

 

[Christian Liberty]

Agree.

I am personally a believer in NAP, but if I was running a magazine and my writer came to me and said, "You know I believe in NAP, but I personally believe this is a major exception... " That would be an interesting story and I'd probably run it to. Controversy sells.

So one bad article = the entire magazine is shit?

I can't remember them all off the top of my head, but I've seen more than one thing that was seriously bad like this. Daniel McAdams summed up why it was such a problem. This isn't a minor issue. The logic is chilling.

If somebody said they believed in the NAP except that preemptively arresting people who are suspected of being terrorists and holding them indefinitely without trial, would you take them seriously as a libertarian defender with just a few flaws? I wouldn't.

There are some hills I will die on, and others I won't. This is one I will die on. If you don't agree, that's OK I guess.

 

[Ronin Truth]

So one bad article = the entire magazine is shit?

It's an unfortunate pattern over an extended period.

 

[ThePenguinLibertarian]

Even Though i think vaccines are great, forcing them to be vaccinated on kids should be left to the states. Then biology would sort it out. NYC will not have rubella, and Austin Will.

 

[Matt Collins]

So one bad article = the entire magazine is shit?

Pretty much. The LRC guy is just a small-minded liberty guy.

I didn't read the Reason article, but a magazine is not always monolithic and in complete agreement with itself. Hell, the Cato Institute, nor even the Mises Institute are monolithic. Sometimes they all put out crap, the Reason foundation too.

Attacking the Reason article itself on its merits is perfectly acceptable. But the LRC guy has created this type of logical fallacy: https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/composition-division

 

[Christian Liberty]

Even Though i think vaccines are great, forcing them to be vaccinated on kids should be left to the states. Then biology would sort it out. NYC will not have rubella, and Austin Will.

Vaccines may or may not be good. That's something I don't know enough about. From what I've heard about the flu vaccine, I don't think that its worth it, but I don't know anything about the others.

Even if they are a good idea though, they still shouldn't be enforced.

 

[Henry Rogue]

Maybe I should read Reason's article, but I fail to see how not being vaccinated puts someone who is vaccinated at risk. If that is the case, is the vaccine working?

 

[DamianTV]

Maybe I should read Reason's article, but I fail to see how not being vaccinated puts someone who is vaccinated at risk. If that is the case, is the vaccine working?

Works about as well as a Used Car Warranty.

 

[Henry Rogue]

I just read the Reason article, yeah it has some real logic fallacies in it, IMO.

 

[Henry Rogue]

Works about as well as a Used Car Warranty.

Meaning, there is no guaranty?

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

Typical of so many.

See the George Washington quote in my signature...

Damn Right... highest bidder wins, especially inside the DC beltway.

 

[jonhowe]

Heh. I've been enjoying Reason more than ever lately. I consider myself a humanist libertarian, which is pretty much their target audience.

 

[DamianTV]

Meaning, there is no guaranty?

Its a False Sense of Security. There is an effect, and there may be some benefits to be had, but at what price? There's no vaccine against death, evil, or corruption.