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Comment author: Lumifer 13 July 2015 02:38:21PM 0 points [-]

you don't get to say "why won't you accept me at face value".

Oh, but I do :-)

The issue in this subthread is whether the call for liberty is a terminal goal in itself or is it a proxy for some other, hidden goal (here -- laissez-faire capitalism).

Comment author: homunq 14 July 2015 12:52:05AM 0 points [-]

I disagree. I think the issue is whether "pro-liberty" is the best descriptive term in this context. Does it point to the key difference between things it describes and things it doesn't? Does it avoid unnecessary and controversial leaps of abstraction? Are there no other terms which all discussants would recognize as valid, if not ideal? No, no, and no.

Comment author: Lumifer 14 July 2015 02:31:29PM 0 points [-]

Would you like to suggest a better term for the subject of this subthread, then?

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