you misunderstand my application of the word "puritanical." I do not mean socially conservative. I mean to make reference to the idea that one's personal wealth/material accomplishments are somehow a direct reflection of one's moral worth and work ethic. a concept that has plagued the U.S. since before it was the U.S. and which libertarians run amok with, all the while ignoring the society that has filled them with such self serving misconceptions and the hierarchy that favors them.
the idea that you don't take anything from society is beyond laughable. you don't drive on the road? you don't eat affordable, U.S. grown produce? if your house was on fire, you'd turn away the fire department? if you were beaten and robbed, you wouldn't call the police? I could go on, but being as I knew we'd end up here to begin with and made it clear to you then that I'm not interested in "debating" you, I think I'll spare us both. you've pretty clearly demonstrated the limits of both your imagination and your understanding of the world in which you live. the fact that you'd argue that the "Family Freedom Education Act" would somehow make decent education more accessible to the already marginalized suggests an even deeper ignorance that I tend to expect from internet libertarians. and the worst of it is, you're just parroting a bunch of talking points that were tired long before anyone on the internet gave a shit who Ron Paul was. it's not even new or interesting arguments.
so you go ahead an imagine that the world you claim to desire is even possible, not to mention desirable or superior. I already told you I wasn't interested in sparring with you and your inability to rise to what I'd consider a challenge is, frankly, depressing the shit out of me. not to mention the fact that, as I've said, you're really wasting your time trying to persuade someone who is on the polar opposite end of the philosophical spectrum. there is nothing you can say that would get me to concede, not to mention agree with, the positions you take.
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Re: Here me out.
Date: 2007-11-18 08:26 pm (UTC)the idea that you don't take anything from society is beyond laughable. you don't drive on the road? you don't eat affordable, U.S. grown produce? if your house was on fire, you'd turn away the fire department? if you were beaten and robbed, you wouldn't call the police? I could go on, but being as I knew we'd end up here to begin with and made it clear to you then that I'm not interested in "debating" you, I think I'll spare us both. you've pretty clearly demonstrated the limits of both your imagination and your understanding of the world in which you live. the fact that you'd argue that the "Family Freedom Education Act" would somehow make decent education more accessible to the already marginalized suggests an even deeper ignorance that I tend to expect from internet libertarians. and the worst of it is, you're just parroting a bunch of talking points that were tired long before anyone on the internet gave a shit who Ron Paul was. it's not even new or interesting arguments.
so you go ahead an imagine that the world you claim to desire is even possible, not to mention desirable or superior. I already told you I wasn't interested in sparring with you and your inability to rise to what I'd consider a challenge is, frankly, depressing the shit out of me. not to mention the fact that, as I've said, you're really wasting your time trying to persuade someone who is on the polar opposite end of the philosophical spectrum. there is nothing you can say that would get me to concede, not to mention agree with, the positions you take.
move along, randroid.