Over at the Contrarian there is a frankly wonderful post tearing apart Richard Murphy's utterly spurious and extremely ignorant opinions about Libertarians (and others who he crudely and incorrectly lumps together with Libertarians). I strongly urge you to go take a look.
I've only got one thing to add; Murphy talks a lot about how Libertarians/right-wingers/anarcho-capitalists/the Tories/the TPA etc want to destroy democracy and remove the right of people to think for themselves. Not only is this stuff and nonsense but it also misses the point that it is Murphy and his ilk who don't want democracy or people to think for themselves. Murphy wants you to unquestioningly agree with his opinions on tax, on the benefits of state expansion and on climate change. If you don't, he'll refuse to allow you to make your point and maybe call you autistic at the same time. There's nothing democratic about the way he operates, and there is no way in hell that he actually wants you or me to think for ourselves. Blind obedience is the way forward as far as statist fucks like Murphy are concerned.
Labels: Blogging, Libertarians, New Links, Richard Murphy, Witless Morons
posted by The Nameless Libertarian @ 5:32 pm
4 Comments
4 Comments:
Thanks for the link.
Murphy is a truly odd man indeed. For all his gusto that 'he must be right' and 'their ad hominem arguments show he is getting to them', I think that today's furious and erroneous post shows the contrary.
There is too much rubbish posted by him to cover in a single post. I couple probably spend a month solid shooting down everything he posts.
Once again, thanks for the link.
If I may say so, he is a nasty piece of work.
I thank you.
I'm reminded of Richard J. Hofstadter's famous essay on The Paranoid Style in American Politics. Hofstadter was describing the attitudes he saw in angry right-wingers of the 1960s, but the modern British left seems to be sliding into the same "paranoid style".
Bobski,
No worries re the link. And you're right about Murphy - you could write all day, every day pulling his strange worldview apart. What I can't cope with is his perverted vision of what constitutes free speech and debate - in order to debate with him, you have to agree with him. His arrogant self-assured nature sickens me. As TonyF rightly points out, he is a nasty piece of work.
Andrew,
Cheers for the link; looks interesting.
TNL
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