tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post3250705661514253964..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: LIBERTARIAN SUS: Never say neverPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-40149866309375763782009-05-19T12:00:00.000+12:002009-05-19T12:00:00.000+12:00Yeah, fair point, Stephen. And I can't argue with...Yeah, fair point, Stephen. And I can't argue with 'socialist rag' -- even though I chose to be rather polite about it right at the end. :)<br /><br />Margaret Shields' letter really stunned me, though. I was chilled to the bone reading that.Susnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-67976527200291899272009-05-19T11:54:00.000+12:002009-05-19T11:54:00.000+12:00What could ('should'?) it be?What could ('should'?) it be?StephenRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08717556420960471541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-9723541421063891222009-05-19T11:53:00.000+12:002009-05-19T11:53:00.000+12:00It's true 'The Listeria' is not what it was.
But ...It's true 'The Listeria' is not what it was.<br /><br />But it's still very far from what it could be.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-11132390818292658512009-05-19T11:51:00.000+12:002009-05-19T11:51:00.000+12:00Indeed those are my words - 'Socialist rag' then? ...Indeed those are my words - 'Socialist rag' then? :-D The perfect Listener front page is sometimes speculated to be something along the lines of 'Is your mortgage making you fat?' - scary protestor makes it look like the newsies are really getting amongst it for the mortgage belt is what I reckon, not pushing some radical anti-private property agenda.StephenRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08717556420960471541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-77439669974605614852009-05-19T11:36:00.000+12:002009-05-19T11:36:00.000+12:00"Not really meant to be speaking here."
And yet y..."Not really meant to be speaking here."<br /><br />And yet you do, Red. You can't keep a good man down, so it seems! <br /><br />I read your Kiwiblog comments. Can't argue with much of it .. and I see that you even quote TFR - gasp - and that the sky didn't fall in either! ;)<br /><br />"PJ O'Rourke .. Conservative Libertarian .. species quite different to .. self absorbed Randian zealots (in) .. the Libz.<br /><br />Really? <br /><br /><br />Hi Stephen: "Crazy hippy" and "commie rag" are your words, not mine, but if the cap fits, etc .. <br /><br />The point is that of all the ads TV One could have chosen, don't you think it's reasonable to assume they picked something that would best resonate with Listener readers? That's the funny thing about advertising; it's often costly, so you kind of go for something that's going to register with the market you're targetting.Susnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-89865489111054975922009-05-19T10:31:00.000+12:002009-05-19T10:31:00.000+12:00That link only proves you hate everyone equally. P...That link only proves you hate everyone equally. Post a link to a site/blog/anything where you've made a positive or constructive comment.twrhttp://sendbackto.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-56692377788044005962009-05-19T09:55:00.000+12:002009-05-19T09:55:00.000+12:00"Seems pretty obvious he's a member of the Green p..."Seems pretty obvious he's a member of the Green party."<br /><br />You don't get out much in the blogosphere do you. Read from here down-<br /><br />http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2009/05/the_greens_new_deal.html#comment-563705<br /><br />I would never buy a Listener. <br /><br />Whatever they are now. <br /><br />For what they have been for so long, they only deserve insolvency.<br /><br />BTW TWR, I'm off now. Not really meant to be speaking here.Redbaiternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-67528105953708027812009-05-19T09:44:00.000+12:002009-05-19T09:44:00.000+12:00"Bunch of group think yes men (and women)."I'm sti...<I>"Bunch of group think yes men (and women)."</I><BR><BR>I'm still to see any evidence of Redbaiter thinking anything at all. The only things he's ever posted have been random bitching and moaning about nothing. Seems pretty obvious he's a member of the Green party.twrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-36037270564863808252009-05-19T09:17:00.000+12:002009-05-19T09:17:00.000+12:00How the hell does an ad on the back showing a 'cra...How the hell does an ad on the back showing a 'crazy hippy protestor' facing the indomitable reporter indicate that The Listener is just some commie rag, exactly?StephenRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08717556420960471541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-60909301355357370362009-05-19T09:08:00.000+12:002009-05-19T09:08:00.000+12:00I guess nothings changed with the Listener then..
...I guess nothings changed with the Listener then..<br />You mentioned that it's smaller than it used to be. This is encouraging, perhaps in time it will disappear altogether!B Whiteheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-27693799967546598922009-05-19T08:55:00.000+12:002009-05-19T08:55:00.000+12:00"Ralston’s own claimed aversion to “libertarians ...."Ralston’s own claimed aversion to “libertarians . . . the Seventh Day Adventists of all politics, to be avoided at all costs because of their proselytising zeal.” "<br /><br />Spot on, and he's not the only one to hold that view. Bunch of group think yes men (and women). <br /><br />Of course PJ O'Rourke describes himself as a Conservative Libertarian, which is of course a species quite different to the kind of self absorbed Randian zealots that hold the Libertarian party so fast in NZ.Redbaiternoreply@blogger.com