Evil and Stupidity (RE: [lbo-talk] Imputing motive

[Michael Pugliese]

On 9/29/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 29, 2006, at 11:40 AM, Angelus Novus wrote:
>
> >
> >> Rightwingers are evil or stupid.  All the rest is
> >> commentary.
> >
> >
> > If this is true, then social relationships would be
> > transparent, and there would be no need for critique.
>
> But it's not true. A lot of rightwingers - from Hayek to Fox News -
> aren't stupid. And quite a few aren't "evil" either. I don't like the
> politics of the people around Reason magazine, but they're all decent
> and quite talented.
>
> Doug

http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20050124/002149.html
Reason is about one thing and one thing only, laissez faire economics. The rest
of the libertarian business is just a wrapping to make an ugly inside
unapparent.

steve

http://meems.imeem.com/1ZlTZot8/forums/PWWR8sC1/zz8WVrWf/quotes_about_reason_magazine/

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-- 
Michael Pugliese