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I don't know of a single libertarian that takes Huben's bogosity seriously. He's a joke. Lots of people have sent him rebuttals, and he refuses to even acknowledge them. You're supposed to modify your arguments when that happens; he doesn't. He's a woo.

That's somewhat disturbing when someone does not accept posting other points of view. Yet he has posted critiques of his critiques . . . so is he just selective in picking the poorer ones? 

An excellent collection of most anti-Libertarian or Anarcho-Capitalist arguments can be found here: http://world.std.com/~mhuben/libindex.html. While most of critiques listed have merit, some are pure bogosity and others full of straw men. I am new to many arguments from both sides so I am interested in what some of you think.

Well it isin't as if Libertarianism is perfect or immune to criticism. Perhaps the best collection of anti-Libertarian arguments can be found here: http://world.std.com/~mhuben/libindex.html. Some of the arguments are pure bogosity but many others have validity, whereas others are straw men.

Thanks for the info. Please feel free to lock this thread.

ALOT

I will now proceed to slam my head on my desk in embarrassment.  

So these videos where discussed on these forums I take it?

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Also there is this number by the same user, albeit with a more succinct argument. It still suffers from some ad-hominem in the information table ( "your shirt looks like a dishrag") and some strawmen though. [yt]BOf4Pls4KOg[/yt]

This is something that has been touched on a lot in the past but denial of history for political or idealogical motives is just as common as other "bogus" claims. Holocaust Denial is a big one but also denial of other state sponsored crimes such as The "Holodomor" famine in the Ukraine, Massacare of Polish Soldiers at Katyn during WWII, Khmer Rouge Genocide, etc. A future episode on this topic would be great though perhaps Shane should limit himself to one of the subjects mentioned, especially Holocaust Denial or Stalinist Crimes.