tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post2958372268200576755..comments2023-05-22T10:42:54.046-04:00Comments on 6th or 7th: AuthoritarianEthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-63307466911314953252010-03-29T17:14:19.278-04:002010-03-29T17:14:19.278-04:00You have good points.You have good points.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-73822828967907427812010-03-29T16:28:11.398-04:002010-03-29T16:28:11.398-04:00Ha!Ha!JRBhttp://ladypoverty.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-78647495528679702212010-03-28T16:35:04.694-04:002010-03-28T16:35:04.694-04:00Ethan,
Ain't that what "liberal" me...Ethan,<br /><br />Ain't that what "liberal" means ("reverent of power")?<br /><br />These people, as with conservatives and party libertarians, organize their lives around capturing the offices and machinery of state.<br /><br />Since "the state" really just boils downs to "people with armed staffers telling other people what to do and getting substantial payment and reward for it," couldn't we just agree that organizing to capture government offices = reverence for power?<br /><br />Or somesuch?Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-40009198439055960822010-03-28T13:47:15.060-04:002010-03-28T13:47:15.060-04:00Regardless of how you interpret the statement, it&...Regardless of how you interpret the statement, it's awfully reverent of power.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-72926553719840503212010-03-28T13:43:39.935-04:002010-03-28T13:43:39.935-04:00Salty, that could be it...I'm not sure. In the...Salty, that could be it...I'm not sure. In the meantime someone named Kovie responded to me by saying "I think the point was that if this idiot was on SCOTUS, then they could potentially have the power to impose their idiocy on the rest of us. Either way, though, they're still an idiot. Her point had nothing to do with who can state what opinion." Which sounds to me like saying "if he was on the Supreme Court, he'd have the power that Supreme Court Justices have." Uh, ok then... I left a response saying basically the same thing over there, I'm sure I'm boring the shit out of her commenters but I'm really interested to know what the heck was in her mind when she wrote that.<br /><br />Rachel, I guess that's it. I suppose she could also just be pissed that someone was criticizing her.<br /><br />I mostly find it interesting because the whole phenomenon of liberal authoritarianism was until relatively recently (as recent as maybe 2006 or 2007) completely invisible to me, and looking at it now it's hard to understand how that could have been.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-86189543594814539522010-03-28T12:25:00.469-04:002010-03-28T12:25:00.469-04:00No, she's merely placing on them a standard sh...No, she's merely placing on them a standard she must know at some level is impossible: that people (not her) should be expected to somehow know when their opinion is poorly or wrongly informed and have the good sense not to render one, thus relieving her of the tedious chore of correcting them. Naturally, this would never be expected to apply to her followers, who are naturally superior to conservatives and would never, ever fall for any media person's lies. At least that's what I got out of it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13816176831445292026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-22750579564592594462010-03-28T12:19:56.485-04:002010-03-28T12:19:56.485-04:00I noticed you left a similar comment on Digs' ...I noticed you left a similar comment on Digs' blog, but everyone else in the comments ignored you. I really want an answer as to what the hell that statement is supposed to mean.<br /><br />I think it comes to mean that only a Supreme Court Justice can issue a ruling on that question one way or the other, and that <b>everyone else is to be ignored in the meantime</b>.<br /><br />Am I wrong here?Saltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15900378267373330194noreply@blogger.com