Comments on: Is Liberty Counsel Still “Proud To Be A Right Wing Extremist”?

By: libertymad

libertymad — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:34:02 +0000

That coat of arms. So Ancient Regime, or soviet. Looks like the KGB’s emblem, a fellow right wing organisation. Surely most members would have taken those positions too.

By: Jason D

Jason D — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:42:53 +0000

Duncan,
“I am a moderate. Anyone who disagrees with me is an extremist.”

A fine example of the fallacy of False Dilemma, also know as the Either-Or Fallacy, and False Dichotomy.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:32:02 +0000

I am a moderate. Anyone who disagrees with me is an extremist.
But there is nothing wrong with being an extremist. The word should not be pejorative, or imply violence. It is possible to be a rational extremist; just look at the National Secular Society.
Also, “right-wing” doesn’t mean much at the extremes. The extremes are too branching, and indeed come together from either side. Just look at how much the BNP’s rethoric resembles that of the communists.

By: Christopher Waldrop

Christopher Waldrop — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:46:34 +0000

Just listen to Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and others, who are rushing to exploit the tragedy at the Holocaust Museum by declaring that the shooter was…a leftist.

So of course they’re proud to be right-wing extremists because, as we all know, there have never been any right-wing extremists in history who’ve hated Jews.

Please pardon my sarcasm.

By: Bruno

Bruno — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:05:35 +0000

The Liberty Counsel is probably even more proud of this now than they were before. That’s how insane a collective they are.

By: Mark F.

Mark F. — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:05:09 +0000

Extremism (non-violent, of course) in the defense of liberty is no vice , but these people have little interest in liberty.

By: Priya Lynn

Priya Lynn — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:03:25 +0000

Liberty Counsel really stepped in it on this one. I wonder if they care about how badly this reflects on them.