Comments on: Conservatism and Evolution

By: Timothy Sandefur

Timothy Sandefur — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:02:21 +0000

I don't allow comments because the trouble of policing them for abuse and obscenity is not worth my time. So I never allow comments at Positive Liberty. However, other members of the Thumb crew have urged me many times to allow comments, so out of deference to them, I've done so in a few of my latest entries. Unfortunately, once again, commenters got abusive and degenerated into personal attacks within 24 hours of my latest Thumb post. So I closed the comments. Readers who wish to have a conversation with me are encouraged to email me instead at tmsandefur@gmail.com, and I will respond when I have time and will blog the more interesting conversations (with the correspondent's permission, of course).

By: coturnix

coturnix — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:35:13 +0000

Why are comments closed on Sandefur’s entries, both on PT and on PL, on the relationship between cosnervatism and evolution? I wanted to leave a comment and there is no place to do so. How can we have a conversation without comments?

By: Timothy Sandefur

Timothy Sandefur — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:47:45 +0000

No, I registered Libertarian this time, because you get all sorts of interesting junk mail that way.

By: Reed A. Cartwright

Reed A. Cartwright — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:12:21 +0000

So Tim, does that mean that you are now a registered “unaffiliated” like me.

By: John Lynch

John Lynch — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:05:15 +0000

Tim,
Now I have to go and edit again!
Not that I mind you leaving the fold …

By: Timothy Sandefur

Timothy Sandefur — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:36:40 +0000

Reed, you will be happy to learn that last month I finally vomited up my Republican party card, and left the GOP.

By: coturnix

coturnix — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:55:35 +0000

Libertarianism is a radial deviation from the conservative core. What Weaver describes as libertarianism is actually liberalism, and what he describes as liberalism is a cinservative stereotype strawmen built over decades of electoral lies and slanders.

By: John Lynch

John Lynch — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:14:45 +0000

Thanks, Reed. Fixed.

By: Reed A. Cartwright

Reed A. Cartwright — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:24:25 +0000

Tim is a libertarian and not a conservative, and ironically his article makes the point that the two shouldn’t be confused or joined.
You could go with “Republican” if you wanted.