Is Lew Rockwell Harming The Liberty Movement With His Constant Use of Hyperbole?

[William R]

I'm not a big fan. Lew does have lots to offer, but he is so angry he turns other pro liberty people off.

When Rand was running for the Senate he got very little coverage on Lewrockwell.com. I suspect father told Lew to remain silent.

[malkusm]

I posted a more lengthy rant about this some time ago: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...brasive-figure

[Anti Federalist]

Oh gawd, now Lew Rockwell has to shut up and be polite.

We're on the verge of national collapse into a NAZIesque tyranny and some people are still wringing their hands and getting the vapors over people not being polite?

FFS

Oh, and BTW, Alex Jones' "Infowars" blows all the sites noted in this thread, away.

Alexa ranking 2157

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/infowars.com

[low preference guy]

Stuff like this: "The Evil Paul Krugman Attacks Ron Paul"

http://www.lewrockwell.com/wenzel/wenzel58.1.html

This one is actually by Wenzel but Lew uses the same kind of language.

that's perfectly fine, what a wuss.

[South Park Fan]

While I agree with most of what he says, it isn't hard to imagine myself repelled from libertarianism if that wasn't what I already believed. I think blogger David Kramer is even more bombastic the way he invariably invokes Godwin's Law. Of course, I am not really complaining, since its his website.

[malkusm]

Another recent example - when Tom Woods posted a rebuttal to Mark Levin on LRC, Levin jumped at the opportunity to link his followers to LRC articles calling American soldiers murderers, calling for the abolition of drunk driving laws, and calling Reagan a tyrant. I cringed when Woods posted it on LRC because I knew it was coming. It had nothing to do with the perfectly reasonable argument that the Constitution delegated war powers to Congress rather than the executive. Yet, that's the takeaway.

Lew is in a position where he could assert influence over many who are sympathetic to our small-government ideas, but by and large, he takes the opportunity to turn his page into an echo chamber that condemns the very people who might be influenced.

[William R]

Oh gawd, now Lew Rockwell has to shut up and be polite.

We're on the verge of national collapse into a NAZIesque tyranny and some people are still wringing their hands and getting the vapors over people not being polite?

FFS

Oh, and BTW, Alex Jones' "Infowars" blows all the sites noted in this thread, away.

Alexa ranking 2157

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/infowars.com

Spring, summer and fall of 2010 there was hardly a mention of Rand Paul on LewRockwell.com

That's all the explanation any clear thinking person needs.

[Vessol]

Spring, summer and fall of 2010 there was hardly a mention of Rand Paul on LewRockwell.com

That's all the explanation any clear thinking person needs.

Can you please explain that "explaination" to me?

[Zatch]

that's perfectly fine, what a wuss.

Yea, calling people evil just because they disagree with you politically is perfectly fine. /sarcasm

I read LRC on a regular basis and I'm not offended by his hyperbole. I'm just concerned it might be turning away libertarian newbs. Don't be a dick.

[heavenlyboy34]

Another recent example - when Tom Woods posted a rebuttal to Mark Levin on LRC, Levin jumped at the opportunity to link his followers to LRC articles calling American soldiers murderers, calling for the abolition of drunk driving laws, and calling Reagan a tyrant. I cringed when Woods posted it on LRC because I knew it was coming. It had nothing to do with the perfectly reasonable argument that the Constitution delegated war powers to Congress rather than the executive. Yet, that's the takeaway.

Lew is in a position where he could assert influence over many who are sympathetic to our small-government ideas, but by and large, he takes the opportunity to turn his page into an echo chamber that condemns the very people who might be influenced.

well, Lew isn't a conservative. You shouldn't expect nice, PC, GOP-friendly conservatism from him. IMHO, LRC is way too kind to mainstream republicans/conservatives. The best thing about LRC is that the writers there don't mince words or play games. mises.org has better analysis of the "right" (and "left") in that regard. /end rant