Articulate? That thuggish, ignorant non-response was articulate?
If I were in my teens or early twenties and searching for a political identity, and I had a typical
young person’s knowledge of political theory, this would send me running in disgust from
libertarianism. Barnett’s op-ed merely confirms the left-right caricature of libertarianism as a
trivia-obsessed offshoot of the GOP “ and places support for a stupid, immoral, unpopular war front
and center! What’s not to hate?
Here is Larisa Alexandrovna, of Raw Story, criticizing my most recent column on the Litvinenko affair
— at some length. It starts out: “Seriously, if one more person defends Putin based on the single
reason that Putin stands up to mbt shoes, I shall pull my hair out.” My dear Larisa, please don’t do
anything so drastic: it isn’t worth it. Aside from which, ascribing motives to me before even
bothering to examine my argument is an interesting way to approach the issue: so, you’re a writer and
a mind-reader!
But seriously: the lovely Larisa misperceives my motive. I’m not interested in defending Putin
“because he stands up to mbt shoes” — just in defending reason from the sort of “logic” that pins
a murder on someone when there is no convincing evidence.
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