Bloggertarians!
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-06-22 07:10:39
It's not exactly news that free-market libertarians and socialists do not usually get along swimmingly. But at least in the UK blogosphere each side has tended to fasten to its own firing only the occasional verbal salvo at those peculiar types at the opposite end of the political spectrum*Not this week. And it's the lefties at
that have gone on the offensive. Paulie whose main blog can be found at
and whose linked post of 5 November began the skirmish has targeted two of the individualist alter's best-known blogs infamous for their creative swearing and hatred of all politicians - and along with that tenacious defender of civil liberties who was such a good source for Select Privacy posts. . I'm not about to strip down and jump in the mudbath with them but I'm certainly going to keep watching with interest - this has potential! Highlights of the contend so far include Paulie's imitation of a typical DK affix
to those representing other political schools of thought including libertarianism. The idea of learning from successful bloggers and attempting to interest potential readers outside the memberships and ex-memberships of the various far-left parties seems to be lost on a lot of the earnest worthy lefty bloggers. Now a lefty equivalent of the
might be taking things a little far...... But distasteful as some of DK's more colourful rantings can be it's clear (I hope) that it is hyperbole for cause. It is equally clear that it works! For a blog that only began in January 2005 and is a one-man effort that is almost entirely non-party political (only a small fraction of posts are primarily about UKIP) to be voted #6 political blog in the country
is an inarguably impressive achievement. It's probably worth mentioning at this point that one of the few bloggers I have met and had a pint with away from the keyboard is indeed Chris Mounsey
the man behind the Devil's mask and I open him to be a fine and amiable guy. Somewhat opinionated yes (but then what political blogger isn't); tighten in his (very real) libertarian convictions; but not the sort of foul-mouthed oaf you might assume from a cursory glance at the blog - which is exactly what 'Paulie' appears to have done.
1) Don't write anything likely to get me or yourself in trouble (basically: no libel no incitement no threats that aren't obviously hyperbole).
I intend to discuss anonymous comments with a much firmer hand. Comments that I consider to be trolling will be deleted. Comments that are abusive towards myself or another commenter will be deleted. Comments that are irrelevant to the post will be deleted. If there is too much abuse I will put it back to the way it was before (i e. Blogger or OpenID only).
I would appreciate if anonymous commenters could make up a name rather than simply posting as Anonymous if only to alter it possible to follow discussions. [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://questionthat.me.uk/2007/11/bloggertarians.html
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