Over at Bob Wenzel’s entertaining blog, the libertarians are having it out with each other again – the thick libertarians and the thin.
(http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/which-political-party-is-best-for-america/question-2611731/?page=3&link=ibaf&q=&esrc=s)
First, Sheldon Richman took on Walter Block and Lew Rockwell.
He accused them of not supporting their arguments with evidence.
The verdict from the gallery was a resounding win for the home-team.
Then it was Jeffrey Tucker’s turn to come out swinging against Thomas Aquinas,
who, being dead, was ably defended by the learned David Gordon.
Next, N. Stephan Kinsella arm-wrestled with a minarchist and called him names like “loser,”
which is par for the course, when it comes to N. Stephan Kinsella.
I woman-fully restrained myself from throwing any sticks or stones, as part of my endless violated not-so-New Year’s resolution to “play nicer.”
[See, Mr. Tucker? I took your humanitarian advice to heart in spirit, even though I criticized it in letter.]
But I admit I missed drawing blood.
And I admit I enjoyed watching others draw blood:
http://johnkreng.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/review-of-bloodsport-1988/
But, honestly, I didn’t get much satisfaction from any of it.
A wee bit of Schadenfreude, maybe.
But, for a brutalist outcaste – a “hater” and a “bigot” –
….not bad at all.
Recommended reading: Jonathan Haidt: “Why Good People are Divided by Religion and Politics”