| richardhutnik said: Libertarians have as much of an agenda as anyone else. They may not be on "the other side" but they are on a side. The reach ideological conclusions based on what they believe, and then argue in support of these ideological beliefs. They shape their conclusions based on what they have as their intention, not changing their intention, based upon what the reality would say. Like, for example, if someone showed numerous information on how a single-payer run system for healthcare produces superior results to the best intentioned free market solutions, in no way would Reason EVER go with it. They would just keep looking to try to spin the argument their way. |
Of course they have an agenda. Basically anyone who is going to bother to run a political website does. But at least it's an ideological one in their case rather than a partisan one, so their arguments tend to be rather more substantive than the usual reflexive naysaying. They don't change their tune according to whatever is the stupid party line of the day, and they even take apart the Libertarian Party since it's a hopeless mess and they don't feel beholden to it.
