Comments on: “Citizens United” Debated http://tomgpalmer.com/2010/02/07/citizens-united-debated/ Personal website and weblog of the libertarian thinker Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:50:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Stan Hooper http://tomgpalmer.com/2010/02/07/citizens-united-debated/comment-page-1/#comment-19710 Stan Hooper Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:02:55 +0000 http://tomgpalmer.com/?p=4997#comment-19710 More like socialist government... More like socialist government…

]]> By: Liz http://tomgpalmer.com/2010/02/07/citizens-united-debated/comment-page-1/#comment-19708 Liz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:46:12 +0000 http://tomgpalmer.com/?p=4997#comment-19708 I only had the opportunity to watch the first seven minutes or so, but I would have liked to see Gillespie argue that the right to speech doesn't actually refer to persons the way voting does. Speech isn't protected on the basis that a person said it (press, anyone?) I only had the opportunity to watch the first seven minutes or so, but I would have liked to see Gillespie argue that the right to speech doesn’t actually refer to persons the way voting does. Speech isn’t protected on the basis that a person said it (press, anyone?)

]]> By: Steve M. http://tomgpalmer.com/2010/02/07/citizens-united-debated/comment-page-1/#comment-19647 Steve M. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:52:40 +0000 http://tomgpalmer.com/?p=4997#comment-19647 * "libertarian government" * “libertarian government”

]]> By: Steve M. http://tomgpalmer.com/2010/02/07/citizens-united-debated/comment-page-1/#comment-19646 Steve M. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:52:03 +0000 http://tomgpalmer.com/?p=4997#comment-19646 Daniil, Lessig's response to the point you are making is that this "interventionist ideology" is a result of corporate money. He said that we will never have the libertarian that Gillespie wants if politics are influenced so heavily by corporate money. This is clearly a chicken or the egg argument. Daniil,

Lessig’s response to the point you are making is that this “interventionist ideology” is a result of corporate money. He said that we will never have the libertarian that Gillespie wants if politics are influenced so heavily by corporate money. This is clearly a chicken or the egg argument.

]]> By: Daniil Gorbatenko http://tomgpalmer.com/2010/02/07/citizens-united-debated/comment-page-1/#comment-19542 Daniil Gorbatenko Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:26:47 +0000 http://tomgpalmer.com/?p=4997#comment-19542 I think Gillespie should have more persistently pressed the point that lobbysts and special interest politics are just a symptom of a society captured by interventionist ideology. He could also have said that you cannot only defend freedom when it produces unquestionably good results. You need to have a strong presumption that can only be overriden in the face of manifestly intolerable results. I think Gillespie should have more persistently pressed the point that lobbysts and special interest politics are just a symptom of a society captured by interventionist ideology.

He could also have said that you cannot only defend freedom when it produces unquestionably good results. You need to have a strong presumption that can only be overriden in the face of manifestly intolerable results.

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