Comments on: Equal Protection Under the Laws: The Libertarian Ideal http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/04/equal-protection-under-the-laws-the-libertarian-ideal/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:09:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: greginak http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/04/equal-protection-under-the-laws-the-libertarian-ideal/#comment-4399 greginak Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:33:00 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=2493#comment-4399 being  gentle to someone?.....on the internets???????? i'm not sure i've ever seen that. let's not make a habit of that. being  gentle to someone?…..on the internets???????? i’m not sure i’ve ever seen that. let’s not make a habit of that.

]]> By: Mark Thompson http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/04/equal-protection-under-the-laws-the-libertarian-ideal/#comment-4387 Mark Thompson Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:09:51 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=2493#comment-4387 Greginak: In my defense, I bent over backwards to be gentler to Goldberg than he probably deserves on this because the one (accidental and very indirectly stated) nugget of wisdom in his post allowed me to start exploring a point that I've been wanting to explore for a very long time, to wit: the issue of uniform enforcement of the law. Greginak:
In my defense, I bent over backwards to be gentler to Goldberg than he probably deserves on this because the one (accidental and very indirectly stated) nugget of wisdom in his post allowed me to start exploring a point that I’ve been wanting to explore for a very long time, to wit: the issue of uniform enforcement of the law.

]]> By: greginak http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/04/equal-protection-under-the-laws-the-libertarian-ideal/#comment-4385 greginak Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:02:05 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=2493#comment-4385 if  jonah is only making a "strange" statement then he is improving since stupid is his stock and trade. he just doesn't want to see that  certain drugs have much harsher penalties then  other (crack vs powder), poor people have far less access to legal services and drug treatment  and blacks are punished harsher then others. i cut out a bunch of other stuff i was going to say because i am cranky and would sound nasty. however a significant part of the right spends an inordinate amount of time trying to explain away the glaringly obvious racial disparities in this country. to give jonah his due at least he isn't going with the classic blame the victim strategy. if  jonah is only making a “strange” statement then he is improving since stupid is his stock and trade. he just doesn’t want to see that  certain drugs have much harsher penalties then  other (crack vs powder), poor people have far less access to legal services and drug treatment  and blacks are punished harsher then others.

i cut out a bunch of other stuff i was going to say because i am cranky and would sound nasty. however a significant part of the right spends an inordinate amount of time trying to explain away the glaringly obvious racial disparities in this country. to give jonah his due at least he isn’t going with the classic blame the victim strategy.

]]> By: Classical Liberalism Is Not Colorblind http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/04/equal-protection-under-the-laws-the-libertarian-ideal/#comment-4378 Classical Liberalism Is Not Colorblind Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:42:56 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=2493#comment-4378 [...] [Update: Please also see John Schwenkler and Mark Thompson] [...] [...] [Update: Please also see John Schwenkler and Mark Thompson] [...]

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