On property holders’ rights to discriminate: “this is the hard part about believing in freedom.... I'm sure you believe in the First Amendment so you understand that people can say bad http://things.It ’s the same way with other behaviors... 6/
-
-
Replying to @delong @kimmaicutler and
In a free society, we will tolerate boorish people, who have abhorrent behavior...” No “public accommodation” category for him! No argument that if you hold yourself out as a provider of goods or services in the public marketplace you must then not discriminate on the basis of 7/
1 reply 0 retweets 21 likes -
Replying to @delong @kimmaicutler and
race. Of course, Rand Paul then quickly learned not to say what he thinks. He quickly learned that it is a loser in America today and say that your libertarianism Includes a strident commitment to the right to discriminate on the basis of race—that having a belief in FREEDOM 8/
3 replies 0 retweets 24 likes -
Replying to @delong @kimmaicutler and
It is now 65 years since Murray Rothbard and his ilk began trying to harness the lightning bolt of white supremacy to animate the dead tissue of their Frankenstein’s monster of the anti-New Deal cause. Does it still matter? I think it does. I have heard a lot of people who 10/
3 replies 2 retweets 36 likes -
Replying to @delong @kimmaicutler and
The right knows this! "We talked about the sanctity of free enterprise until we were blue in the face....But we never really won until we began stressing issues like busing, abortion," R. Viguerie, GOP strategist & guy who invented direct-mail strategy.
1 reply 2 retweets 25 likes -
Replying to @ikuziemko @delong and
Yes, and Christianity didn't really won until it allied with the power of the Roman state. I do not think this means that the entire Christian project is inherently monarchical, hierarchical, etc.
1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes -
As a young girl growing up devoutly Catholic, it felt pretty hierarchical and monarchical to me. I don't think it's controversial to say the sex scandals would have been fewer had the Church been less hierarchical and lay people less unquestioning of priests' power.
2 replies 0 retweets 28 likes -
Replying to @ikuziemko @delong and
What I am saying is that "Many people who believe in problematic doctrine X have strategically embraced evil institution Y" does not imply "All believers in X are supporters of Y". Not only does this not follow, but this style of logic is incredibly pernicious.
2 replies 1 retweet 15 likes -
Few of us on this thread are saying that, so no need to shoot down that strawman. But as
@delong says, it is also ahistorical to minimize past/present prejudices of powerful groups (e.g., libertarians, who have an outsize influence, as you say) bc you want them on your side.3 replies 0 retweets 20 likes -
Replying to @ikuziemko @delong and
I have said, about a dozen times and will say again now, that many libertarians, perhaps even most, in the United States and certainly most who followed libertarian leaders were motivated by white supremacist ideas. So no disagreement there.
23 replies 1 retweet 12 likes
-
-
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.