tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888123148074331934.post357068261149319693..comments2023-10-24T04:01:10.624-07:00Comments on Intellectual Conservative Blog: Thoughts on Rand PaulUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888123148074331934.post-12843653059814138722010-05-24T18:25:19.272-07:002010-05-24T18:25:19.272-07:00So I gather you don't consider yourself a libe...So I gather you don't consider yourself a libertarian.<br /><br />You may have very well heard other libertarians refer to the "absolute right of the property owner." But surely you know there are no absolutes regarding such matters even if other libertarians don't.<br /><br />If libertarians believe a proprietor has an absolute right to decline to serve a person on the basis ofAaron Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010551194976001082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888123148074331934.post-35951018184485178862010-05-24T16:32:34.420-07:002010-05-24T16:32:34.420-07:00reply to Mr. Goldstein:
Rand Paul doubtless did n...reply to Mr. Goldstein:<br /><br />Rand Paul doubtless did not intend to mean that the racist businessman who refuses to serve blacks is, or was, a libertarian. Rather, Paul's defense was of the right of the businessman to exercise his freedom of choice, which, as a property owner, is absolute with regard to his own property. I don't know what sorts of libertarians you know, but I've Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040917473071221654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888123148074331934.post-65496839407851237542010-05-24T15:03:07.456-07:002010-05-24T15:03:07.456-07:00I'm afraid you have failed to answer the quest...I'm afraid you have failed to answer the question. How does refusing to serve someone because of skin color make one a principled libertarian? What kind of principled libertarian deprives a group of people the opportunity to engage in commerce? What kind of principled libertarian abides by these kind of practices when they are sanctioned by the state?<br /><br />It should be noted that WalterAaron Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010551194976001082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888123148074331934.post-6871758072756811082010-05-24T11:14:37.158-07:002010-05-24T11:14:37.158-07:00It's easy: Rand Paul is not saying that he him...It's easy: Rand Paul is not saying that he himself, as a principled libertarian, would refuse service to someone on racial grounds; he is simply affirming that he sees no legitimate legal remedy to be used against someone who chooses to refuse service to someone on racial grounds. This is because, as a principled libertarian, Paul believes in the absolute right of a property owner to do with Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040917473071221654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888123148074331934.post-55306042576205482692010-05-24T11:00:27.647-07:002010-05-24T11:00:27.647-07:00How exactly does refusing to serve someone because...How exactly does refusing to serve someone because of the color of their skin make one a principled libertarian?Aaron Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010551194976001082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888123148074331934.post-14248380614237240422010-05-23T12:04:12.959-07:002010-05-23T12:04:12.959-07:00Mr. Goldstein doesn't seem to understand that ...Mr. Goldstein doesn't seem to understand that Rand Paul is a principled libertarian. On libertarian principles, the right of a property owner/business owner to refuse to serve someone for any reason or no reason at all is absolute. A genuine libertarian shouldn't even think in terms of 'social problems' to be solved, and so should not regard the owner's choice to refuse Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040917473071221654noreply@blogger.com