Comments on: In Defense Of The “Filibuster” http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/02/17/in-defense-of-the-filibuster/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: KipEsquire http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/02/17/in-defense-of-the-filibuster/#comment-63362 KipEsquire Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:08:08 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=4066#comment-63362 Klein actually commits a far more egregious meta-error above and beyond his kindergarten notions of civics and political economy:
“The question then becomes whether we’re more comfortable with the consequences of a system where the minority can block good policy or the majority can pass bad policy.”

“Good”? “Bad”? To whom? By what standard?

Oh, right — To Klein, by Klein’s standards. Because he’s just so much smarter (and more ethical) than you are.

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