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RE: The Daily Owl, Ep. 16: Alex Jones: Teasing apart the issue and addressing lazy arguments on all sides.
Enjoyable. You had original thought in there, and didn't pick a pre-existing stance.
I haven't commented on the Jones thing yet because there are so many nuances to cover.
However.
I'll leave this here because I find this hilariously entertaining:
That is a great clip. I've not seen it before. I don't know what to make of Alex Jones but there is no doubt that even if he is a gatekeeper or controlled opposition, he certainly drops some interesting information. I should probably watch Kafta's video now ;-)
Very, very interesting.
Seriously, though.
What annoys me about libertarians when it comes to stuff like this (and I think I've posted about this, too) is that too often all they have to say is: "A private company has the right to blah blah blah."
Yeah, I know. And I've been a libertarian for God knows how long, I don't need to be told that.
Usually what I ask a person is how does he or she personally feel about something like this. Not whether or not a company has the right to do A, B, or C.
But it always devolves into: "In a free market, a company has the right to..."
Even though that was never even the question.
I personally think that a company has the right to sugarcoat things in their advertising for products, but, on a personal level, I can find outright lying about stuff like that to be despicable.
There's a difference between individual self-ownership and personal taste.
And the above is lost on a lot of libertarians.
There's basically two ways to approach any topic, I am starting to believe:
As a programmed robot
or
As yourself, with knowledge, but willing to entertain an argument you yourself may not necessarily agree with in the end.
Just how much marijuana did Alex Jones consume before he started this rant, I wonder. :)