RE: Free Speech is a right, but abuse it and you may lose it.
As the political world has become nothing but two uninformed sides screaming at each other, I believe libertarians need to hit the brakes on loudly telling people their views are wrong. At one time we were the lone voice screaming about politics to our friends and family. An now we are on the other end (well in my experience anyway).
Everyday I have to listen to people lecture me about politics, even though no reading was done, and they were silent for the last 8 years.
So I have disconnected from the everyday discussion, which is just emotionally driven. I instead have decided to do a weekly podcast of the stories I find interesting, and to wait for someone to come to me for my opinion.
This has given me more of an "oracle" status among my friends. As they now seem to realize that they are arguing about politics on a daily basis, they might actually want to learn a thing or two.
What is the name of your podcast?
The Voluntary Exchange Podcast. I post it here and it's on ITunes. It's not good or anything, but it has become my weekly outlet instead of spamming my friends and family's Facebook walls. Now, I have a flooded Facebook wall. I'm choosing not to add to the mindless noise.
Hey do you also do a podcast on programming? I could be wrong... probably I am, but I think I recognize your voice! =)
Nope. I barely can use the software to upload this podcast.
Hah that's funny... :p I was so sure you were the same guy initially. But after listening a little more to you, I realized there were some differences in pitch and so forth. Seems like a cool podcast. I'll give it a listen again soon.
There was a political debate in my area of the building yesterday. I walked into it after it started. Some dude was sitting in my chair, so I could not easily go back to work and ignore the discussion. It was the usual banter. "This is messed up." "It's all a scam (the election system)." "Nothing changes."
At the end of them all complaining and bitching, I simply and quietly said, "It isn't supposed to work. It's meant to give an illusion of power and to keep people divided and easily controlled."
The response? They looked at me like I was an alien from another planet with three heads. I was crazy talking crazy talk. As soon as I said something, I immediately regretted it. Most people don't want the truth. They just want to repeat what the MSM tells them.