tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post3996787819123638494..comments2023-10-31T03:18:26.963-07:00Comments on Great Guys Weblog: Asymmetric BlogfareBrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15063508651955739056noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-88743722565290245232015-09-09T12:46:01.321-07:002015-09-09T12:46:01.321-07:00Bret,
He could ensure non-anonymous participation...Bret,<br /><br />He could ensure non-anonymous participation without asking for something as invasive as opening up a Facebook account, IMO.<br /><br />Sure it is his blog, he can ask whatever he wants. Yet I feel he may have less respect for the free market of ideas than he may profess.<br />Clovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921327103613284595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-52770847364000646152015-09-09T07:43:59.976-07:002015-09-09T07:43:59.976-07:00Peter,
Yeah, that's it exactly. I'm all f...Peter,<br /><br />Yeah, that's it exactly. I'm all for liberty, but no ideology has an undebatable answer to everything that ails the extended order.Brethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063508651955739056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-43095670502788465762015-09-09T07:40:51.600-07:002015-09-09T07:40:51.600-07:00Clovis,
Not really. Libertarians certainly believ...Clovis,<br /><br />Not really. Libertarians certainly believe in property rights and the right to utilize property as one sees fit. A blog is intangible property and if they see fit to exclude various anonymous commenters (the point of facebook is that it makes it harder to be anonymous), then that's certainly within their right and not in conflict from freedom from government interference.<br /><br />Libertarianism is about freedom from government interference, not freedom to trod upon those who don't want to be trod upon.Brethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063508651955739056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-57987078931948288582015-09-09T06:24:51.730-07:002015-09-09T06:24:51.730-07:00Bret.
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They went to facebook commenting becau...Bret.<br /><br />----<br />They went to facebook commenting because they had too many trolls ruining their comment section.<br />----<br /><br />Oh yes, to defend freedom only up to the point it doesn't bother you: Libertarianism in a nutshell.<br />Clovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921327103613284595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-17878099797618980622015-09-09T02:48:26.928-07:002015-09-09T02:48:26.928-07:00You should be honoured, Bret. In their discussion...You should be honoured, Bret. In their discussion about you, the faithful there seem to be debating the question the left reserves for right-wing politicians like Bush: Is Bret lying or merely thick?<br /><br />There are other similarities. For classical leftists, citizens, at least the only ones of value, are "workers" and the priority is their compensation and working conditions. The general health of the enterprise and the economy are secondary at best. For ideological libertarians, citizens are "consumers" and have no valid complaint about anything as long as prices keep falling and "innovations" abound. Ageless, rational, infinitely mobile, in good health and instinctively in tune with their self-interest, they take the long term view. When they lose their jobs, watch their communities decline, see families break-up and mental health take a tumble, they just pack their bags and give thanks they are so much better off than folks in the 18th century.<br /><br />Forget the lawyers, let's kill all the economists.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836910211382887430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-69127137216317410322015-09-08T22:29:08.596-07:002015-09-08T22:29:08.596-07:00Clovis wrote: "...but fails to address your p...Clovis wrote: "<i>...but fails to address your point entirely. Considering he dedicated two posts for that, it is a remarkable lesson in missing the mark.</i>"<br /><br />That's exactly what I thought - that he didn't actually manage to address my point.<br /><br />I've written an email to him which I'll cross post here. Let's see if he responds.<br /><br />They went to facebook commenting because they had too many trolls ruining their comment section. Personally, I think I preferred the previous format with the trolls, but hey, it's their blog.Brethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063508651955739056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-70122554399128115612015-09-08T18:48:14.938-07:002015-09-08T18:48:14.938-07:00So my main thought upon reading Cafe Hayek is: if ...So my main thought upon reading Cafe Hayek is: if they really care for libertarianism and freedom, why the heck you need a Facebook account to post a comment there?<br /><br />Prof. Boudreaux suffers from a common problem among Professors, which is to think he is writing for idiots. He not only does a poor job of lecturing you in the wonders of free market, but fails to address your point entirely. Considering he dedicated two posts for that, it is a remarkable lesson in missing the mark.<br />Clovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921327103613284595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-41442758754443785072015-09-08T14:45:22.482-07:002015-09-08T14:45:22.482-07:00Thanks, Clovis, your comment is very kind.Thanks, Clovis, your comment is very kind.Brethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063508651955739056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-28524385265207359122015-09-08T13:20:02.636-07:002015-09-08T13:20:02.636-07:00Interesting, Bret. I'll read his posts later o...Interesting, Bret. I'll read his posts later on, but let me first point out that, among the many qualities of this blog, is the fact that his owner is the best moderator I've ever seen. <br /><br />So no, I never felt the effects of asymmetric blogfare down here. Maybe even the contrary: I have the impression your replies (in the comment section) sometimes are more polite precisely because you do not want to hit your audience too hard.<br />Clovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921327103613284595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-51073123785372381642015-09-08T11:28:32.772-07:002015-09-08T11:28:32.772-07:00Subtle? Me?
Or are you saying the minimum level o...Subtle? Me?<br /><br />Or are you saying the minimum level of subtlety to get through to Don is a bat taken to his head? Or an ultra-libertarian bone to his head?Brethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063508651955739056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-53930842810711549392015-09-08T11:08:17.123-07:002015-09-08T11:08:17.123-07:00If you were trying to let Don know that not everyo...If you were trying to let Don know that not everyone had unalloyed enthusiasm for creative destruction, perhaps to encourage development of gently persuasive arguments, you were far too subtle. It's hard to separate that dog from his ultra-libertarian bone.Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14980738175201874292noreply@blogger.com