Broken Noses, Broken Logic

Tuesday, May 4th, 2004

Last week, some guy named Douglas Kern published a laughably incoherent piece on Tech Central which rambingly scolded libertarians for libertinism, struck a veiled blow against gay marriage, called for a more paternalistic government, and was bookended by intro and concluding graphs suggesting that we can thank libertarians for wife beaters (actual wife beaters, not poor fashion sense).

I wanted to dismantle the piece over the weekend, but I really didn’t have time, and I’m not even sure where I might have begun.

Fortunately, Micah Ghertner took care of business.

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    But Radley, there’s so much more to say that Micah (good piece) didn’t say!

    Sigh.

    It amazes me that Kern’s odd stream-of-consciousness style of writing (to be generous) is published at all. Kern’s review of Peter Singer’s book “The President of Good and Evil” starts out by saying:

    “I’m closed minded.”

    And it shows…

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