Cass Sunstein ran a list of 5 diagnostic criteria for "paranoid" libertarians of the left and right. Yes, he's worried about the left-libertarians, too. Probably he's concerned about left-leaning Snowden-sympathizers who are concerned about incursions into our privacy. Or maybe he's perturbed by the liberal marijuana fans who are suddenly supportive of state sovereignty.
Sunstein's 5th sign of libertarian madness: "passionate enthusiasm for slippery-slope arguments."
Ann Althouse's ironic paraphrase: "Only a nut case would think it proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties."
The words in italics are James Madison's.
Is it always paranoid
when you don't feel overjoyed
or in fact refuse to budge
when you feel that little "nudge"?
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