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.