of Knee-Jerk Motormouth Objections to Liberty When There's No Reference to, or even Awareness of, the Vast Scholarship of Liberty At All |
Common Kneejerk Objections to Liberty
Kneejerk Objection #1
(To the Legalization of Drugs): |
"But I'm afraid that would mean drugs would be readily available everywhere and to everyone all over the place!" | Click HERE for the answer |
Kneejerk Objection #2
(To the consistent application of principles): |
"But isn't that the same as ... (choose): extremism, racism, militarism, fascism, Naziism, communism, etc., etc. ?" | Click HERE for the answer |
Kneejerk Objection #3
(To the consistent application of principles): |
"But isn't that being totally uncaring about...(choose) the children, the elderly, the poor, the destitute, the sick, the homeless, the hapless, the hopeless, etc. etc. ... ?" | Click HERE for the answer |
Kneejerk Objection #4
(To the consistent application of principles): |
"I insist that that IS being totally uncaring about...(choose) the children, the elderly, the poor, the destitute, the sick, the homeless, the hapless, the hopeless, etc. etc. ... !!!" | Click HERE for the response |
Kneejerk Objection #5
(To the application of wisdom in choosing a moral code) |
"But isn't all that based on selfishness, and therefore wrong?" | Click HERE for the answers |
Kneejerk Objection #6
(To private gun ownership) |
"But what about all those reasons they give us for not owning guns? | Click HERE for the answers |
Kneejerk Objection #6a
(To private gun ownership) |
"But guns are MADE for killing!" | Click HERE for the response |
Kneejerk Objection #7
(To eliminating government regulations) |
"But with no regulations I'm afraid that would mean there'd be fraud, swindles, pollutions and poisons all over the place!" | Click HERE for the answers |
Kneejerk Objection #8 (To claims of individual rights) | Kneejerk Objection #8a: "But that argument was
used by a (choose): racist, fascist, communist, Nazi, socialist, Marxist,
nationalist, monarchist, mercantilist, feudalist, etc. etc. etc., and therefore
must be invalid and/or a 'code word' for a hidden agenda.
Kneejerk Objection #8b: "You're only holding that position because somebody's paying you to do so." |
Click HERE for the answers |
What about the robber barrons and the depression?