Difference between revisions of "Analyzing Libertarian Arguments"
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; Does the argument try to say what you think or believe? | ; Does the argument try to say what you think or believe? | ||
: When it's not a deliberate tarbrushing, strawman or misrepresentation, it might be: | : When it's not a deliberate tarbrushing, strawman or misrepresentation, it might be: | ||
| − | + | * psychological projection: "you have to have an ideology!" | |
| − | + | * assuming that because you disagree with one thing, all your ideas are opposite. "If you oppose this freedom, you think everybody should be slaves!" Milton Friedman used this one: (paraphrased) "would you rather have mercenaries or slaves as soldiers?" (find a source) | |
; Does the argument ignore the diversity of existing alternatives? | ; Does the argument ignore the diversity of existing alternatives? | ||
: For example, criticisms of the US two party system little notice that multiparty systems in other nations hardly give different results. | : For example, criticisms of the US two party system little notice that multiparty systems in other nations hardly give different results. | ||
