Xerographica
11-09-2012, 06:20 PM
Here's John Holbo's critique of libertarianism (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2012/11/black-hearted-or-bleeding-hearted-it-would-be-irresponsible-not-to-speculate/). I was looking forward to reading it all week...and to be honest...I'm a bit disappointed. On the one hand I'm happy he took the Bleeding Heart Libertarians (BHLs) up on their offer...but on the other hand I was hoping his post would be more constructive and conducive to positive dialogue.
The reason I had these great expectations is because a previous discussion that I had with John Holbo was one of the most positive exchanges that I've had with a liberal. Here's our discussion on whether people should be allowed to sell their votes (http://pragmatarianism.blogspot.com/2012/01/crooked-timber-liberals-do-not-advocate.html) and our discussion on whether taxpayers should be allowed to directly allocate their taxes (http://pragmatarianism.blogspot.com/2012/01/john-holbos-critique-of-pragmatarianism.html).
His critique of libertarianism is definitely worth reading though...well...hmmm...errr...I suppose I should let you folks decide that for yourselves.
Over on the Crooked Timber website you can read what liberals have written about his post (http://crookedtimber.org/2012/11/09/im-a-bleeding-heart-libertarian/). Here's my favorite comment...
While I agree with the cheering here, it was a great minefield over there. I kinda agree with the commenter there that says something about guests pooping on our doorstep. So… I am looking forward to the upcoming Libertarian guests here on CrookedTimber. - seth
I really doubt that the Crooked Timber liberals would invite a libertarian to write a guest post...but I'd really love to be proved wrong. Here's the post that seth was referring to...My Response to Holbo's Post (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2012/11/my-response-to-holbos-post/)...and here's a conciliatory response from a libertarian...Further to Holbo (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2012/11/further-to-holbo/).
The reason I had these great expectations is because a previous discussion that I had with John Holbo was one of the most positive exchanges that I've had with a liberal. Here's our discussion on whether people should be allowed to sell their votes (http://pragmatarianism.blogspot.com/2012/01/crooked-timber-liberals-do-not-advocate.html) and our discussion on whether taxpayers should be allowed to directly allocate their taxes (http://pragmatarianism.blogspot.com/2012/01/john-holbos-critique-of-pragmatarianism.html).
His critique of libertarianism is definitely worth reading though...well...hmmm...errr...I suppose I should let you folks decide that for yourselves.
Over on the Crooked Timber website you can read what liberals have written about his post (http://crookedtimber.org/2012/11/09/im-a-bleeding-heart-libertarian/). Here's my favorite comment...
While I agree with the cheering here, it was a great minefield over there. I kinda agree with the commenter there that says something about guests pooping on our doorstep. So… I am looking forward to the upcoming Libertarian guests here on CrookedTimber. - seth
I really doubt that the Crooked Timber liberals would invite a libertarian to write a guest post...but I'd really love to be proved wrong. Here's the post that seth was referring to...My Response to Holbo's Post (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2012/11/my-response-to-holbos-post/)...and here's a conciliatory response from a libertarian...Further to Holbo (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2012/11/further-to-holbo/).