tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post1689809478504335394..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: Tucker’s Apologiabionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-30894147829609069452015-07-19T14:09:38.487-07:002015-07-19T14:09:38.487-07:00Tucker follows his orders well. He gets big money ...Tucker follows his orders well. He gets big money to produce this tripe, and he knows exactly what he is doing.Shane Trejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12001841704976575455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-14122135661659613972015-07-18T08:52:58.516-07:002015-07-18T08:52:58.516-07:00Tucker also wrote a rather ludicrous article title...Tucker also wrote a rather ludicrous article titled "Ideas + Fun + Commerce = FreedomFest."<br /><br />In general he presents a desperately needed voice for positivity amidst a liberty movement wading through a dark fog of negative rights focused condemnation. A blessing is his contribution which jives better with human motivational psychology.<br /><br />But the above article strays into stupidity, revealing Tucker to be a little too mindless in his positivity and acceptance. Too much of a good thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-31845686997697856972015-07-16T06:50:44.647-07:002015-07-16T06:50:44.647-07:00“Is the admittance of speakers with anti-liberty p...“Is the admittance of speakers with anti-liberty positions completely and always incompatible with a liberty-themed event?”<br /><br />I assume the Bitcoin conference that you mention was a Bitcoin conference and not a pro-Bitcoin conference….<br /><br />A conference on freedom should, it seems to me, be about freedom.<br /><br />A real debate on a libertarian position vs. a statist position would be fine. A handful of speakers on issues of controversy, sure. Yet, the main advertised events of FreedomFest have nothing to do with freedom. Trump, Krugman / Moore, etc. Add to this Skousen’s many non-libertarian / non-Austrian views; your conclusion in your last paragraph sums it up.<br />bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-16908048306815963272015-07-16T06:07:31.452-07:002015-07-16T06:07:31.452-07:00These are great arguments, and I want to embrace t...These are great arguments, and I want to embrace them fully. But Tucker's apologia, while a little naive, also has an aspect of merit. I did find Tucker’s dissection of the nature of the fascist statist modus operandi enlightening and informative.<br /><br />Is the admittance of speakers with anti-liberty positions completely and always incompatible with a liberty-themed event? For example, I've been to many Bitcoin conferences including speakers who are government agents. Hearing their views on Bitcoin which were of course philosophically contrary to everything Bitcoin stands for, was shocking, horrifying, and nausea-inducing, yet also deeply enlightening as to how the enemy thinks and acts. An enemy that currently controls the battlefield. Not having them there in some way to inform the larger discussion would be something of an omission.<br /><br />In any case, Skousen was plainly not inviting Trump for this reason and Trump added no insights not already widely available from his other speeches at mainstream events. Skousen was clearly just pimping out the combination of the word “Freedom” and the brand “Trump” at the same event for marketing purposes to maximize his own revenue and public visibility. While it may land butts in seats and grab media exposure, putting popular anti-liberty speakers up as keynotes as if on par with libertarians at a so-called liberty event is a gross reinforcement of the public misperception of what liberty is. The struggle over that perception is half the battle we are fighting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-62019961962354042562015-07-15T20:27:35.267-07:002015-07-15T20:27:35.267-07:00Well, maybe (from what Jeff said) it's like St...Well, maybe (from what Jeff said) it's like Statist PORN?!?<br />This guy is such a fascist, you'll get all wet and stuff listening to him rant!<br />Or, yeah, he's so (in)famous, he'll sell tickets. (see above).<br />What a waste of time.<br />I'm so glad I'm no longer a resident, and can't (won't) vote.<br />P.S. I'm still a citizen, so I have the great privilege of paying income taxes.Capn Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08133441332228302495noreply@blogger.com