Comments on: Dinesh http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/ It rankles me when somebody tries to tell somebody what to do. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:48:43 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bad http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/comment-page-1/#comment-67251 Bad Tue, 25 Dec 2007 19:15:00 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/#comment-67251 What a whiny little Grinch! I agree with Ilya from the volokh link above about how sad it is to see someone that was once an interesting and pointed critic of things like affirmative action turn into a garish Ann Coulter in mandrag. I don't think Dinesh would be too pleased by my recent love letter to Christians: <a href="http://badidea.wordpress.com/2007/12/25/dear-christians-thanks-for-christmas-love-atheists/" rel="nofollow">Dear Christians: Thanks for Christmas, Love Atheists</a>. We're in ur holiday, <a href="http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/I_am_in_your_base_killing_your_d00ds" rel="nofollow">celebrating ur doodz</a>! What a whiny little Grinch!

I agree with Ilya from the volokh link above about how sad it is to see someone that was once an interesting and pointed critic of things like affirmative action turn into a garish Ann Coulter in mandrag.

I don’t think Dinesh would be too pleased by my recent love letter to Christians: Dear Christians: Thanks for Christmas, Love Atheists.

We’re in ur holiday, celebrating ur doodz!

]]> By: TC http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/comment-page-1/#comment-67224 TC Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:19:53 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/#comment-67224 "temporary government program." Truly an oxymoron! Govt has proved to the citizens that here is NEVER a temporary program, only a test program and 100% of all test programs will become permanent! “temporary government program.”

Truly an oxymoron!

Govt has proved to the citizens that here is NEVER a temporary program, only a test program and 100% of all test programs will become permanent!

]]> By: The Volokh Conspiracy http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/comment-page-1/#comment-67212 The Volokh Conspiracy Tue, 25 Dec 2007 08:24:25 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/#comment-67212 <strong>Dinesh D'Souza on Atheism and Libertarianism:...</strong> There is no shortage of poorly informed rants against libertarianism; similarly, it's easy to find silly screeds against atheism. Dinesh D'Souza, however, has achieved the unusual distinction of combining these two art forms in... Dinesh D’Souza on Atheism and Libertarianism:…

There is no shortage of poorly informed rants against libertarianism; similarly, it’s easy to find silly screeds against atheism. Dinesh D’Souza, however, has achieved the unusual distinction of combining these two art forms in…

]]> By: Anonymo http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/comment-page-1/#comment-67172 Anonymo Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:26:12 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/#comment-67172 "In modern American politics you either get personal busibodies with free markets, or economic busibodies with free personal lives." No, you don't. The conservatives only pay lip service to the free markets, just like the liberals only pay lip service to the free personal lives. None of them truly respect it, which is why I hate the "libertarians are economic conservatives and social liberals" line. (Not to mention that fails to address both foreign policy and civil liberties, unless you shoehorn them into social issues, which only serves to make the sentence more false). “In modern American politics you either get personal busibodies with free markets, or economic busibodies with free personal lives.”

No, you don’t. The conservatives only pay lip service to the free markets, just like the liberals only pay lip service to the free personal lives. None of them truly respect it, which is why I hate the “libertarians are economic conservatives and social liberals” line. (Not to mention that fails to address both foreign policy and civil liberties, unless you shoehorn them into social issues, which only serves to make the sentence more false).

]]> By: Tom Bux http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/comment-page-1/#comment-67149 Tom Bux Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:57:27 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/#comment-67149 Unoriginal rants like that are some of the reaosns I've left the "conservative" movement. The distaste that many GWB conservatives have for true personal liberty is almost as disgusting as the Liberal's distaste for economic liberties. In modern American politics you either get personal busibodies with free markets, or economic busibodies with free personal lives. Unoriginal rants like that are some of the reaosns I’ve left the “conservative” movement. The distaste that many GWB conservatives have for true personal liberty is almost as disgusting as the Liberal’s distaste for economic liberties.

In modern American politics you either get personal busibodies with free markets, or economic busibodies with free personal lives.

]]> By: Greg Newburn http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/comment-page-1/#comment-67113 Greg Newburn Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:23:44 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/#comment-67113 Do we really need to add "apatheist" to our lexicon? No, we really, really don't. Do we really need to add “apatheist” to our lexicon?

No, we really, really don’t.

]]> By: whiskeyjuvenile http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/comment-page-1/#comment-67101 whiskeyjuvenile Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:15:20 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/#comment-67101 As an apatheistic libertarian raised in the Jewish tradition, I say that now is the time to come together as a family, remember the true meaning of the season, and kill the Greeks. As an apatheistic libertarian raised in the Jewish tradition, I say that now is the time to come together as a family, remember the true meaning of the season, and kill the Greeks.

]]> By: David http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/comment-page-1/#comment-67092 David Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:23:59 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/#comment-67092 It's because the people who've made an business out of being the "official" Christians generally come off as being authoritarian busybodies. This isn't fair, of course, but it's no more unfair that depicting libertarians as drug-addled libertines. For what it's worth, I agree with you that libertarianism is a good fit for Christian and atheist alike, as it allows for each to live his life according to his own beliefs. It’s because the people who’ve made an business out of being the “official” Christians generally come off as being authoritarian busybodies. This isn’t fair, of course, but it’s no more unfair that depicting libertarians as drug-addled libertines.

For what it’s worth, I agree with you that libertarianism is a good fit for Christian and atheist alike, as it allows for each to live his life according to his own beliefs.

]]> By: David McElroy http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/comment-page-1/#comment-67081 David McElroy Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:54:39 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/#comment-67081 I'm not sure why so many people assume that "libertarian" and "Christian" are opposites. I'm both. Of course, I think the perception is partly created by the fact that many libertarians are so openly hostile to religious people that most religious (or even socially conservative) people tend to assume that all libertarians are anti-religious. It seems to me that libertarian ideas are a natural fit for Christians, especially if more libertarians would see the positions we're advocating as political instead of social. I’m not sure why so many people assume that “libertarian” and “Christian” are opposites. I’m both. Of course, I think the perception is partly created by the fact that many libertarians are so openly hostile to religious people that most religious (or even socially conservative) people tend to assume that all libertarians are anti-religious. It seems to me that libertarian ideas are a natural fit for Christians, especially if more libertarians would see the positions we’re advocating as political instead of social.

]]> By: Dan http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/comment-page-1/#comment-67077 Dan Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:40:44 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/#comment-67077 I liked dinesh's earlier stuff. Of course, that was all before GWB took power and turned him along with other cronies like Rush into apologists. The word of the day is : intaxification look it up. I liked dinesh’s earlier stuff. Of course, that was all before GWB took power and turned him along with other cronies like Rush into apologists.

The word of the day is :

intaxification

look it up.

]]> By: Chris Grieb http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/comment-page-1/#comment-67049 Chris Grieb Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:54:35 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/#comment-67049 Radley; Well said! Dinesh really is an idiot. Radley; Well said! Dinesh really is an idiot.

]]> By: meetmeineleusis http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/comment-page-1/#comment-67040 meetmeineleusis Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:13:12 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/#comment-67040 Who the fuck is Dinesh? Who the fuck is Dinesh?

]]> By: Michael Chaney http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/comment-page-1/#comment-67017 Michael Chaney Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:40:41 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2007/12/22/dinesh/#comment-67017 Being both a Christian and a libertarian, I find it doubly insulting. I'm not sure where all these assumptions about libertarianism come from. Being both a Christian and a libertarian, I find it doubly insulting. I’m not sure where all these assumptions about libertarianism come from.

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