tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post3603302901356045672..comments2023-10-10T08:02:18.073-04:00Comments on Rationally Speaking: Massimo's PicksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-15296771046701316952010-06-29T13:37:22.153-04:002010-06-29T13:37:22.153-04:00Max,
I guess I'm losing patience with liberta...Max,<br /><br />I guess I'm losing patience with libertarians. I am beginning to think of them as an ideological cult impervious to argument and devoted to selfishness, not my cup of tea, thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099460671669064269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-55867690058054558262010-06-29T12:28:11.493-04:002010-06-29T12:28:11.493-04:00Massimo,
Your response was not only rude, but als...Massimo,<br /><br />Your response was not only rude, but also undermined your argument.<br />If libertarians are, as you say, "the only ones not to understand that tax cuts for rich people also increase the deficit," then they're not hypocrites for advocating tax cuts.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12483245818327188536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-26255939640170978212010-06-28T02:17:44.246-04:002010-06-28T02:17:44.246-04:00Not only is the "yournothelping" blogger...Not only is the "yournothelping" blogger whiny (as downquark notes) and prone to distorting matters of fact (as JP notes), he's also been <a href="http://thebuddhaisnotserious.wordpress.com/2010/06/19/the-curious-case-of-the-youre-not-helping-blog/" rel="nofollow">exposed as a habitual sock-puppeteer</a>. There's only one word for such a person: pathetic. Massimo, I'm surprised that you found any merit in this intellectual lightweight's agenda-driven drivel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-22467055799320113682010-06-26T23:50:26.101-04:002010-06-26T23:50:26.101-04:00But without straw men, "accommodationists&quo...But without straw men, "accommodationists" wouldn't have anything to criticize "New Atheists" about? <br /><br />Massimo, hope you discuss the interview on Skeptiko on the next podcast. Great job!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-59114478989748416152010-06-26T14:40:15.960-04:002010-06-26T14:40:15.960-04:00Massimo,
You link to a text on the "New Athe...Massimo,<br /><br />You link to a text on the "New Atheists Martyrs". I checked a few of the so-called "things" that Myers and others (M&O) are supposed to do and I found misrepresentations after misrepresentation. The one on vandalism of church property is singularly ridiculous; others are attributed to M&O while they are comments by readers of their blog; others I could not even verify; one however seems correct (the contest); I stopped after a few - I had enough. Mark you, I don't care one bit about Myers but there is nothing to gain by distorting so much of what they are saying. This discredits anything else that the author(s) of this text might say: how can one trust them when they show so much disregard for the facts? I'm quite surprised that you linked to such a text.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12609837930361362269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-58628855975056404472010-06-25T08:10:10.455-04:002010-06-25T08:10:10.455-04:00You must be some kind of libertarian, they seem to...You must be some kind of libertarian, they seem to be the only ones not to understand that tax cuts for rich people also increase the deficit, and that they are by far the less fair economic policy a government can institute. Go on, bring the standard libertarian nonsense to bear on this one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099460671669064269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-10101390919095857232010-06-25T04:16:53.233-04:002010-06-25T04:16:53.233-04:00* Why American self-described deficit hawks are ac...* Why American self-described deficit hawks are actually hypocrites.<br /><br />And the answer is...<br />"They’re eager to slash benefits for those in need, but their concerns about red ink vanish when it comes to tax breaks for the wealthy."<br /><br />What's hypocritical? Eagerness to cut both spending and taxes? Opposing the redistribution of wealth from the rich to the poor?Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12483245818327188536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-79740677676293509032010-06-24T20:58:02.615-04:002010-06-24T20:58:02.615-04:00"The New Martyrs" article, while it has ..."The New Martyrs" article, while it has a point, ironically comes across incredibly whiny and martyrish on behalf of the "accommodationists".downquarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15154074859072874873noreply@blogger.com