Centroids: Some time ago I posted various criticisms of libertarianism as part of my general criticisms of political viewpoints that miss the whole point of RC. In any case, I remember one critique that had the title: "Libertarianism makes you stupid." Here is irrefutable evidence that, indeed, libertarianism does, in fact, make you stupid. ========================================= Cato Institute Project Concludes Islam Consistent With ‘Many Libertarian Principles’ and Freedoms By _Geller Report Staff_ (https://pamelageller.com/author/geller-report-staff/) - on September 8, 2017 The Washington, D.C.-based, think tank Cato Institute, in its latest project, Libertarianism.org, just concluded that Islam is consistent with many core American principles of freedom, including the right of property ownership and the right to self govern. Let the laughter begin. Cato’s finding, of course, may come as a shock to Islam watchers who point to case after case and belief after belief that highlights just how incompatible the Muslim faith is with the U.S. Constitution. Take honor killings, for example — or the whole very basic Islam concept that those of other faiths ought to convert, be killed or pay a tax. Yet Cato has found otherwise — that Islam and the Constitution are compatible? Anyhow, Cato announced its findings it a tweet. And it wasn’t long before the backlash quickly began. _Breitbart_ (http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/09/07/cato-project-islam-consistent-libertarian-principles/) has more:
Libertarianism.org, a project from the Cato Institute, claimed “Islamic teachings are consistent [with] many libertarian principles, such as tolerance, property rights & individualism” in a tweet on Tuesday. In the post linked in the tweet, Libertarianism.org also praised Ibn Khaldun as a libertarian hero, describing him as “the most consistent of the many free-market economists in Islamic history,” despite the fact that Khaldun promoted slavery. “Therefore, the Negro nation are, as a rule, submissive to slavery, because [Negroes] have little [that is essentially] human and have attributes that are quite similar to those of dumb animals, as we have stated,” Khaldun previously claimed. After tweeting the post, Libertarianism.org received a large amount of criticism. The tweet received nearly 2,000 comments compared to just 152 likes, while some followers started to unfollow the account........ -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to radicalcentrism+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
