tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588236197446203618.post7283567193889853864..comments2023-10-31T05:22:37.723-07:00Comments on The Right Geek: Coming Out as a Cultural LibertarianThe Right Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09649094767960738820noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588236197446203618.post-42323143931394005022015-08-31T19:50:14.990-07:002015-08-31T19:50:14.990-07:00Not sure the divide is quite that sharp...free exp...Not sure the divide is quite that sharp...free expression includes the freedom to express your sexual identity, your religion or lack thereof, and your preferred lifestyle, not just your preferred entertainment. I'm generally in favor of maximum freedom in all of those areas, so long as it doesn't infringe on the human rights of others, including the unborn. But it is possible that I am underestimating the range of beliefs on that topic in the cultural libertarian ranks.SABR Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00879056167130238382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588236197446203618.post-77827720288992598132015-08-31T09:45:58.121-07:002015-08-31T09:45:58.121-07:00Sadly, yes -- thuggery is apparently an all-too-hu...Sadly, yes -- thuggery is apparently an all-too-human impulse.The Right Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09649094767960738820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588236197446203618.post-49748650941319954082015-08-31T09:32:30.559-07:002015-08-31T09:32:30.559-07:00As I understand it, cultural libertarianism is abo...As I understand it, cultural libertarianism is about creative expression and freedom of speech for all comers -- and as a determined opponent of the culture of death, I personally need that freedom more than ever.The Right Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09649094767960738820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588236197446203618.post-91993778225268488482015-08-31T09:30:02.960-07:002015-08-31T09:30:02.960-07:00My impression is that cultural libertarianism is m...My impression is that cultural libertarianism is more concerned with creative expression and free speech than with keeping abortion legal. In other words, this is a movement that is functionally distinct from political libertarianism. The Right Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09649094767960738820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588236197446203618.post-63191246606974452192015-08-31T09:21:50.606-07:002015-08-31T09:21:50.606-07:00I can't ascribe fully to the cultural libertar...I can't ascribe fully to the cultural libertarian position...but I can recognize an ally when I see one. I am anti-abortion and that will put me at odds with the cultural libertarians, for example, but I am not so stubborn in requiring purity-of-platform tests that I wouldn't back a candidate for office who could be an ally against the thuggery of the pro-abortion crowd, even while keeping abortion legal.SABR Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00879056167130238382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588236197446203618.post-4849404021528113262015-08-31T09:06:10.620-07:002015-08-31T09:06:10.620-07:00"...you can't confront what you forcefull..."...you can't confront what you forcefully silence."<br /><br />True...but there's a corollary: He who cannot argue persuasively for his position will face the choice between accepting defeat and using thuggish tactics to advance it. In other words, he'll be forced to choose between intellectual honesty and victory.<br /><br />Far too many persons choose the latter. This, to me, is a good working definition of a fanatic.Francis W. Porrettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588236197446203618.post-68205551620171142292015-08-31T09:03:51.038-07:002015-08-31T09:03:51.038-07:00So not cultural libertarianism as in denying that ...So not cultural libertarianism as in denying that cultus produces culture, and the conflict between the culture of life and the culture of death, then, but rather a specific no-mans land in the area of books?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10234549257780505594noreply@blogger.com