Comments on: What “Liberal” Means to Me http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/ My irreverent musings on the nature of things . . . . Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:04:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: 808blogger http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-17985 808blogger Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:13:49 +0000 http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/#comment-17985 Not to drag this debate to death but I want to know why you think the government is not growing and is not trying to control the population more. How is that conspiratorial? Not to drag this debate to death but I want to know why you think the government is not growing and is not trying to control the population more. How is that conspiratorial?

]]> By: Sean http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-17984 Sean Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:58:52 +0000 http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/#comment-17984 @808blogger "More control of people" is simply a paranoid conspiratorial schizophrenic sentiment. Again, if you want to know what "liberal" is, consult the dictionary. Period. Anyone trying to attach arguments about the size of government completely miss the point, IMHO. Somalia has limited government, for example. Ceteris paribus, an argument about the size of government is merit-less and a waste of time. @808blogger “More control of people” is simply a paranoid conspiratorial schizophrenic sentiment. Again, if you want to know what “liberal” is, consult the dictionary. Period. Anyone trying to attach arguments about the size of government completely miss the point, IMHO. Somalia has limited government, for example. Ceteris paribus, an argument about the size of government is merit-less and a waste of time.

]]> By: 808blogger http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-17968 808blogger Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:05:56 +0000 http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/#comment-17968 "It’s not about big vs. small government or any of that," It sort of is about small government. The orthodoxy of 1000's of years has been for bigger government and more control of people . A liberal (IMHO) should fight for a smaller less restrictive government. The dogma of Left/Right in the USA is just a farce and why "liberals" (modern variety) are not liberals at all. “It’s not about big vs. small government or any of that,”

It sort of is about small government. The orthodoxy of 1000′s of years has been for bigger government and more control of people . A liberal (IMHO) should fight for a smaller less restrictive government. The dogma of Left/Right in the USA is just a farce and why “liberals” (modern variety) are not liberals at all.

]]> By: Sean http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-17962 Sean Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:48:08 +0000 http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/#comment-17962 @808blogger Yup, read that post a few times. It's so chock full of fallacies I honestly don't know where to begin . . . almost textbook libertarian (i.e., "high brow" conservatism) talking points, complete with Hitler analogies and all . . . . at the end of the day, it's the same old square-peg-round-hole dogma to me . . . @808blogger Yup, read that post a few times. It’s so chock full of fallacies I honestly don’t know where to begin . . . almost textbook libertarian (i.e., “high brow” conservatism) talking points, complete with Hitler analogies and all . . . . at the end of the day, it’s the same old square-peg-round-hole dogma to me . . .

]]> By: 808blogger http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-17563 808blogger Fri, 29 May 2009 19:09:12 +0000 http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/#comment-17563 http://mises.org/story/3425 http://mises.org/story/3425

]]> By: Sean http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-13226 Sean Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:12:56 +0000 http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/#comment-13226 @Matt - It was a methaphor with a touch of hyperbole that is perfectly appropriate within the context of that paragraph. It is not a label whatsoever. @Matt – It was a methaphor with a touch of hyperbole that is perfectly appropriate within the context of that paragraph. It is not a label whatsoever.

]]> By: Matt Bramanti http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-13225 Matt Bramanti Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:07:32 +0000 http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/#comment-13225 "It is not about using rhetoric and divisive labels to plant prejudicial narratives in people’s minds." And what exactly was the "C4" comment? “It is not about using rhetoric and divisive labels to plant prejudicial narratives in people’s minds.”

And what exactly was the “C4″ comment?

]]> By: Sean http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-11816 Sean Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:43:56 +0000 http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/#comment-11816 KAB- nope, don't watch CNN either. I think most MSM are news "spectacles" that miss all the nuanced details of good reporting because they lower the bar to the least common denominator consumer audience to garner advertising dollars. Most of my news comes from trusted sources or research/homework I do myself. The closest thing to MSM I get news from is NPR and the BBC. KAB- nope, don’t watch CNN either. I think most MSM are news “spectacles” that miss all the nuanced details of good reporting because they lower the bar to the least common denominator consumer audience to garner advertising dollars. Most of my news comes from trusted sources or research/homework I do myself. The closest thing to MSM I get news from is NPR and the BBC.

]]> By: Sean http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-11815 Sean Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:39:52 +0000 http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/#comment-11815 Mack - to which censored comment are you referring, exactly? I post all comments (that aren't spam) regardless if I agree with them or not. Always have, always will. Mack – to which censored comment are you referring, exactly? I post all comments (that aren’t spam) regardless if I agree with them or not. Always have, always will.

]]> By: KAB http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-11787 KAB Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:21:41 +0000 http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2009/02/09/what-liberal-means-to-me/#comment-11787 Sean...get a grip. The trillion dollar black hole is because of Barney Frank and Clinton from the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999, which actually started with Carter, another one of your gods, by letting the banks give home loans to people without jobs. Where do you get your news...CNN, right? Grow up. I don't watch "Fox" or anything else except Bloomberg financial, because I have to work for a living to pay for Democrat giveaways to people who refuse to get a damned job. Sean…get a grip. The trillion dollar black hole is because of Barney Frank and Clinton from the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999, which actually started with Carter, another one of your gods, by letting the banks give home loans to people without jobs. Where do you get your news…CNN, right? Grow up. I don’t watch “Fox” or anything else except Bloomberg financial, because I have to work for a living to pay for Democrat giveaways to people who refuse to get a damned job.

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