Day: October 2, 2011

For God So Loveth Ye That His Servant In Plano, Texas Doth Giveth Ye An Affordable Oil Change IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-9673472188_6728b8f151_c

For God So Loveth Ye That His Servant In Plano, Texas Doth Giveth Ye An Affordable Oil Change

Burt Likko October 2, 2011

Charlie Whittington owns the Kwik Kar Lube & Service in Plano, Texas, and he circulated a coupon...

The Case against (that thing you call) Democracy IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-vangogh.along-the-seine-38

The Case against (that thing you call) Democracy

Jason Kuznicki October 2, 2011

Erik writes: [For libertarians] coercion can take a bunch of different shapes. Taxes are coercion. Democracy is...

Vox populi, vox dei IFRL-TLC-War-marija-zaric-1135157-unsplash

Vox populi, vox dei

James K October 2, 2011

I’ve been thinking over Erik’s post about libertarians and democracy, and I’ve been taking the opportunity to...

Jaybird in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025It exists to prevent the day when you will be crying out "where are the people who believe in free s…
pillsy in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Well yes, that norm of "free speech" doesn't exist to protect the Right from the consequences of say…
Jaybird in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025The norm of "free speech" does not exist to protect Right Wingers from the wrong (perhaps even evil)…
pillsy in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Private speech that serves to punish people by causing them economic and reputational harm is free s…
Jaybird in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025"Punishing people for speech falls under the umbrella of free speech!" Here's what you ordered, sir.…
Jaybird in reply to CJColucci on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025"When has the left ever tried to chill someone's speech?", he asked in the thread where someone open…
pillsy in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025“Ha! Where are the people who were arguing against me when I was arguing for limits on free speech *…
CJColucci in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025"Next time"? When was the first?
Jaybird in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025"Ha! Where are the people who were arguing against me when I was arguing for limits on free speech *…
Jaybird in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Grad student from GMU. Or a Fed. One of those.