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Politics : Libertarian Discussion Forum

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To: Road Walker who wrote (8404)6/13/2011 2:00:19 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 13056
 
This was a reply to a different anti-libertarian comment, but I think it also applies to those calling Pakistan or Somalia a realization of the libertarian dream.

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4) When I see people writing sentences of this kind, I imagine them pressing a little button which makes them temporarily less intelligent. Because, indeed, that is how one’s brain responds when one employs this kind of emotionally charged rhetoric.

As you go through life and read various writers, I want you to keep this idea of the button in mind. As you are reading, think "Ah, he [she] is pressing the button now!"

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