KINSELLA BANNED FROM PALMER

Finally!

I've been waiting.

Palmer has banned me.

On the HNN blog the usual suspects are gleefully jumping on the Hoppe-is-a-bigot bandwagon. So I simply asked them a question along this line:

___ -- just curious, HAVE YOU EVER SAID THE "N-WORD"? Have you ever had a close family member--uncle, father, brother, cousin, grandfather, family friend--use that term, and you still didn't "break" with them, condemn with them, or proclaim publicly to high heaven how terrible they were? Just curious.

I mean, not to get personal, but since the rules of late are apparently that it's perfectly fine to casually observe and suppose about others' character, even if it's likely false, and no matter how much harm it might do to them.

On Palmer's blog, since he too hurls charges of bigotry with wild abandon, I asked him:

Mr. Palmer, speaking of bigotry--I'm just curious. Have you ever used the N-word? Oh hell, I'll be generous. Since you turned 25. Have you ever use the N-word?

I'll bet you've at least used the word "bigger". Many times. And that's very very close to the N-word. Right up to the line of hard-core racism. Sure, almost everyone says "bigger" sometimes. But just because everone does it does not mean it's justified.

Shame on you. Whether the N-word, or its close-cousin, "bigger"--shame, shame, shame.

Palmer decides finally (thank God!) to ban me, replying:

I have to say that the qualify of Mr. Kinsella's comments has declined dramatically, which is why I'm uninviting him to comment on my site. Interesting remarks, strong rebuttals, even denunciations (including claims that I'm an idiot, a moron, etc.) are welcome. But the above remarks -- notably the last -- are simply too odd to justify taking up any more space. I can't quite figure out what he's getting at and the only likely possibilities strike me as quite ugly. So, adiós, Mr. Kinsella.

P.S. Just in case Mr. Kinsella might claim that I have evaded his strange question, I admit that I use the term "bigger" when appropriate. I don't recall using the word "nigger," other than in a quotation of someone else, for all those years. Had I used such a nasty word as a term of hatred or abuse, I would be ashamed. I certainly don't recall having done so. What is behind the question, other than a suggestion that "bigger" and "nigger" are equally unobjectionable, is a mystery to me. What a very strange man Mr. Kinsella is. Lew Rockwell and Hans-Hermann Hoppe could not ask for a more appropriate lieutenant.

Interesting. You simply ask someone if they use the N-word and they think that inappropriate. Meanwhile, it's perfectly acceptable for them to falsely accuse others of racism. Quite interesting.

And this line is priceless: "What a very strange man Mr. Kinsella is." Ha! I'm one of the few semi-normal libertarians I know! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. This dude is just clueless. I guess it's strange to fight back, to not give in, to be relentless in the face of evil; or to have a sense of humor, to be a smart-ass, especially to those who do not deserve to be treated like civilized people?

And of course, the PC-steeped Palmer didn't even get the "bigger"/"nigger" question. I was not implying they are the same. I was implying that if you employ standards as stupid and ridiculous and arbitrary and biased as Palmer uses when he judges someone like Hoppe to be a bigot, then you could say that someone saying "bigger" is almost a racist. In other words, I'm showing how silly it is to infer someone is a racist with flimsy reasoning and arguments. Just as it would be stupid to say someone saying "bigger" is a racist [note: don't say niggardly, though], it's equally ridiculous to infer this conclusion from a third-hand report of a "disgusted look" on someone's face, etc.

I will wear my banning proudly!

Comments

[Pete]

Is "Normie" this "N-word" that everyone is talking about?