What if the differences between social strata stem not from genomics or inherent xcellence or even dollars, but merely differences in knowledge? Would this not mean the whole Pyramid is built on shifting sands?" I speculated such a suggestion could be seen as a serious deviancy. Melphi seemed delited. "Try this for deviancy: fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' consciences; what purebloods see reflected there sickens them. So they blame you for holding up the mirror." I hid my shock by asking when purebloods might blame themselves. Melphi relplied, "History suggests, not until they are made to.
Libertarians are not supposed to be egalitarians_ And yet there it is: egalitarianism has become the unspoken but very real driving force in the current Official movement. Once group egalitarianism becomes the norm, other groups than blacks will clamor for the privileges of __ictim status._ Sure enough, that jostling for victim privilege is now the major hallmark of American politics.The Official libertarians have so far not displayed enormous affinity for Latino or disabled __ights,_ but they are highly enthusiastic about the __ights_ of women and feminism generally. And in particular, libertarians have displayed great fervor for gay __ights_ and stress the evils of __iscrimination_ against gays. So ardently are libertarians devoted to gay rights that the word __ibertarian_ in the public press has now become almost a code word for champion of gay rights.Only his pro-gay agenda accounts for the ardor of Republican libertarians toward Massachusetts Governor Weld, whom they embrace as, in the current slogan, __iscally conservative but socially tolerant._ (The __iscally conservative_ refers to a one-time budget cut followed, the next time around, by a compensatory budget increase.) __ocially tolerant,_ in the current atmosphere, means a devotion to the entire Left cultural agenda, from gay rights to compulsory multicultural propaganda and condomization in the public schools.
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Libertarians are not supposed to be egalitarians_ And yet there it is: egalitarianism has become the unspoken but very real driving force in the current Official movement. Once group egalitarianism becomes the norm, other groups than blacks will clamor for the privileges of __ictim status._ Sure enough, that jostling for victim privilege is now the major hallmark of American politics.The Official libertarians have so far not displayed enormous affinity for Latino or disabled __ights,_ but they are highly enthusiastic about the __ights_ of women and feminism generally. And in particular, libertarians have displayed great fervor for gay __ights_ and stress the evils of __iscrimination_ against gays. So ardently are libertarians devoted to gay rights that the word __ibertarian_ in the public press has now become almost a code word for champion of gay rights.Only his pro-gay agenda accounts for the ardor of Republican libertarians toward Massachusetts Governor Weld, whom they embrace as, in the current slogan, __iscally conservative but socially tolerant._ (The __iscally conservative_ refers to a one-time budget cut followed, the next time around, by a compensatory budget increase.) __ocially tolerant,_ in the current atmosphere, means a devotion to the entire Left cultural agenda, from gay rights to compulsory multicultural propaganda and condomization in the public schools.
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