Friday, August 1, 2008

Ignorants Protest Milton Friedman Center

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This is such blatant hypocrisy from the left. It still stuns me when something like this reminds me how close to censorship we are. And that's not censorship from the government either.

Read these comments from professor John H. Cochrane.

Milton Friedman stood for freedom, social, political, and economic. He realized that they are inextricably linked. If the government controls your job or your business, dissent is impossible. He favored, among other things, legalizing drugs, school choice, and volunteer army. To call him or his political legacy “right wing” is simply ignorant, and I mean that also as a technically accurate description rather than an insult. ... So here’s my question: If you’re embarrassed by this legacy, if you worry that it will tarnish the University’s reputation, just what is it that you good-thinking guys and gals have against human freedom?

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