Insight needed: why is Bill Maher such an ass?

[Marco Anglesio]

On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Doug Henwood wrote:

> eric dorkin wrote:
> 
> >as a libertarian, I think he would be predisposed to the notion of self-rule,
> 
> There are real principled libertarians, and then there are what I 
> once heard characterized as the "I got mine, so fuck you" kind. I 
> think Maher's one of the latter.

That reminds me of the quip about defining libertarianism/objectivism in
seven words: "Hey jack, I got mine, fuck you". 

Digression aside, Maher is almost certainly one of the latter; 
unfortunately, he's in a tiny minority of the latter. That said, that
kneejerk conservativism is hardly limited to the political right. I've
also heard a quip that the difference between a conservationist and a
developer is that the developer wants to build in a pristine location,
whereas a conservationist already lives there. 

Marco

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