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>>as the the arguments for libertarian views is not going to persuade anyone but the choir Once again, you miss my point, that you yourself have subscribed to
by CryptoPunk 4y ago
>>as the the arguments for libertarian views is not going to persuade anyone but the choir
Once again, you miss my point, that you yourself have subscribed to this line of argument, where you argue one must accept the greater application of a principle if they accept the lesser application, when you made your snide remark that the original commenter must also reject seatbelt laws. You're also completely ignoring my claim that I've repeatedly witnessed many other anti-libertarians doing the same in relation to COVID restrictions.
Anti-libertarianism is a cause, movement and ideology, and it enables any level of rights violation, subject to the conditions that society finds itself in, because as an ideology, it rationalizes away the principle that we do not have a right to violate human rights. Libertarianism is the absence of this ideology that attempts to rationalize undermining human rights, leaving only the principle that it is morally inexcusable to violate human rights.
- mint2 4y agoImagine A libertarian exercised his freedom by not masking on the subway and due to that gave Covid to an older passenger who later died, depriving him of right to life. How could we ever have seen that different individuals’ rights can conflict?! Impossible! Couldn’t be imagined! it’s morally inexcusable. How impolite of peoples rights to not all be compatible 100% of the time. Life shouldn’t be nuanced like that! It’s inexcusable. Wait that’s awkward, apparently that’s one of the core tenets of libertarianism alongside the core logic that giving an inch is the same as giving a light year in terms of principles. I don’t take libertarianism seriously because of blatant things like that usually being core to proponents. I struggle to even believe they believe there arguments.