[80988] in Cypherpunks
Re: Rotenberg as the Uber Enemy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Mon Jun 2 09:49:22 1997
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970601203427.1603B-100000@well.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 08:41:07 -0400
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Reply-To: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
At 11:47 pm -0400 on 6/1/97, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> until Marc started yelling about libertarians being "Pod People," or at
> least possessing similar critical thinking skills. :)
Same as it ever was.
It's a common rhetorical device used by totalitarian fellow-travellers
everywhere. Call something its opposite and destroy its objective meaning
in the process.
Orwell's "Freedom is Slavery" line is the best example I can think of.
Cheers,
Bob Hettinga
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