"I Love You Mr. Socky!"

Annoying atheist science-guy P.Z. Myers expresses with humor and grace my own feelings about what passes for libertarianism in America.

I'm, of course, quite pissed off about it, because I would ordinarily be attracted to the Libertarian Party if it weren't for precisely the problem P.Z. is writing about. He writes, "It's a peculiar pathology that thinks environmentalism is an evil plot, that planning is communism/socialism, and that Jesus was a good capitalist. It is particularly irksome to try and deal with people who are so far gone that they deny science warning them of environmental dangers and impending problems."

I like the way he boils that down, but I would go farther. These people equate planning with totalitarianism. That's what turns me off.

Update 1.0: I forgot to mention... P.Z.'s post is a reprint from a couple years ago. I missed it the first time around.