The reactionary nutjob vs the liberal.

[fallenpegasus]

A USENET thread, wherein someone is argues that permitting freedom in choices is something to be avoided. I wouldn't have believed that someone would make the argument, but then, I'm a reactionary libertarian whackjob. (My words are in the blue.)

The "right one" is irrelevent and mostly illusionary. Most choices don't even have an intrinsically "right answer", they are purely personal preferences.

Most choices? No, not really. There are lots of choices that people can make very cogent arguments should be the "norm" and we need mechanisms of handling the driction that that entails in a society. We don't have the luxuary of everybody doing their own thing anymore.

And so once again, we're in the weird position where:

• the "reactionary nutjob" (that's me) is arguing in favor of freedom, individuality, and respect for the actual diversity of people and thought.
• and the "liberal" is arguing in favor of enforced comformity.

Your argument is exactly the same one made by the pre- and anti- enlightment cohort. They were wrong then. Why are you right now?

Comments

[jenevastorme.livejournal.com]

All words are in the blue. I figured out which ones were yours, though. ;-)

[fallenpegasus]

Fixed

[neocuriosity.livejournal.com]

Does 'luxuary' rhyme with 'January'?

[jenevastorme.livejournal.com]

And what is driction, and how does it entail in a society? ;-)