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168 sats \ 3 replies \ @elvismercury 10 Mar \ on: Bob Murphy's Tough Questions for Libertarians libertarian

I hadn't heard of this, but I'm excited to see how you answer. Many of these seem like well-intentioned probes at the joints of libertarian thought, as far as I understand it, which is courageous. Although this one is weird to me:

For libertarians who spend time making fun of conspiracy theorists, why do you do that?

Looking forward to the series.

54 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 10 Mar

It's not the most interesting one to me, but also the elaboration on that question is important.

Basically, the idea is that one tactic of state propagandists and regime apologists is to dismiss critics as "conspiracy theorists", so why help in that effort?

25 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury 10 Mar

Makes sense. I don't share the intuition that conspiracy theories stack up in favor of any particular side, if that's what he (or you) thinks, but the point would be the same regardless.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 10 Mar

I'm not sure what my approach will be for answering that question, since it wasn't targeted at me. However silly I might think some conspiracy theories are, I don't really bother making fun of those people. I much prefer to ridicule people who fall for regime propaganda.