— TAP: Web Feature: Tapped:. by . May 28, 2002. is unkind toward libertarianism:
A NICE QUICK TAKE ON LIBERTARIANISM. From Chris Bertram over at Junius. (Charles Dodgson has some thoughts, too.) Tapped once spent three days at a Cato Institute retreat at the Rancho Bernardo Inn near San Diego. We came away with the view that libertarianism — especially the Ayn Randian kind — is the Scientology of politics: If you accept the premises, it all makes perfect sense. Kind of like Dianetics. Certainly the Cato conferees seemed liked cultists. When Tapped told one of them we sorta believed in gun control, he turned to us, glared menacingly, and said “You’re either ignorant, or evil. And either way, I’m going to take steps to protect myself against you.”
Welcome aboard the Cluetrain, Tapped – you’ve graduated from adolescent to adult politics. Now if we can wean you off liberalism, you’ll be there.