tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post5603123026806718014..comments2024-02-27T15:47:47.923-05:00Comments on Principled Perspectives: School Choice, Collectivist Styleprincipled perspectiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06502754865268315342noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post-49618240556588736942011-11-16T20:52:20.553-05:002011-11-16T20:52:20.553-05:00There are a thousand ways for statists to smuggle ...There are a thousand ways for statists to smuggle collectivist premises into the dialogue. To leave them unchallenged, even inadvertantly and innocently, is to fall into their trap. <br /><br />We who advocate freedom must train ourselves to spot it, and expose it. Then we move the conversation onto our ideological turf.principled perspectiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502754865268315342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post-31356572413456325502011-11-14T20:39:31.526-05:002011-11-14T20:39:31.526-05:00When I read where you said, "...we are not ta...When I read where you said, "...we are not talking about 'Newark's kids'. They are the parents' kids.", that really hit my head, the right way. That's so obvious a truth I might've never thought of it, and that allows people to evade it. It keeps me from noticing their evasion. In order to stop them, I need to remember, or be reminded of it, or I'll likely overlook it (not willfully). When I talk about people EVADING something, I do mean they're doing it deliberately. Yes, of course, I've done it, deliberately. I can say this much for evaders: It's hard to unlearn it. But, unlearning it is still just a wash of learning it in the 1st. place.Mike Kevittnoreply@blogger.com