Liberty is an inherently offensive lifestyle. Living in a free society guarantees that each one of us will see our most cherished principles and beliefs questioned and in some cases mocked. That psychic discomfort is the price we pay for basic civic peace. It's worth it. It's a pragmatic principle. Defend everyone else's rights, because if you don't there is no one to defend yours. - MaxedOutMama

I don't just want gun rights... I want individual liberty, a culture of self-reliance....I want the whole bloody thing. Kim du Toit

The most glaring example of the cognitive dissonance on the left is the concept that human beings are inherently good, yet at the same time cannot be trusted with any kind of weapon, unless the magic fairy dust of government authority gets sprinkled upon them. Moshe Ben-David

Sunday, April 12, 2009

If the Other Side was Rational, the Debate Would be Over

If the Other Side was Rational, the Debate Would be Over

That title is a slightly re-worded version of a post by James Rummel, referencing Of That, I Have No Doubt. I laughed initially, but really, it's true. The Other Side's irrationality can be infuriating.

Joe Huffman is one who has been so affected. He makes a very strong case, which, of course, is water off a duck's back to those committed to a philosophy that cannot be wrong!

But Joe delivers the killing stroke with his last line:
His "cornerstone of personal freedom" is the basis for the deaths of tens of millions of people and he doesn’t see the logical inconsistency or the impossibility of that being a functional basis for a civil society.
Go. Read.
Posted by Kevin at 6:01 PM
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