Sad
Brian Leiter admits that his blog is just one long rant, devoid of rational argumentation. What a waste of talent and training. Leiter's two areas of expertise, law and philosophy, are committed to rational argumentation, which he, surprisingly, renounces. This puts him in the same category as the preachers and demagogues he despises. As Harvey Siegel said in response to Paul Feyerabend's book Farewell to Reason, "farewell to Feyerabend."
Addendum: Here is law professor Orin Kerr's take on Leiter. Be sure to read the comments.
Addendum 2: Here is the post mentioned by Dr John Ray in his comment.
Posted at 8:31 PM CT on Thursday, 30 June 2005
Below is a draft of what I plan to post on Dissecting Leftism tomorrow:
There is a big comment thread here about that sad mini-Chomsky, Brian Leiter. Leiter admits that his blog is just a Leftist rant that makes no attempt at rational persuasion on political matters. I am actually quite amused by Leiter's far-Left dogmatism. It means he has despaired of persuading anybody. All he can do is preach to the choir. It is a confession of defeat. And it is no good saying that nobody can be persuaded. There are heaps of libertarians in the blogosphere who could (and do) go either way on Left/Right issues. But I am sure that Leiter is getting his rocks off over just the fact that people are discussing him no matter how derisive the comments might be (and generally are). [Links from Keith Burgess-Jackson]