Ran across this embarrassment while googling negative rights

The title of the tread is

Any good criticism of Ludwig von Mises that y’all can recommend?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=114x57975

Oh, I take it libertarians aren’t anti-State/anti-government and believe our “rights” are God-given. Somebody needs to refresh this guy on some basic definitions.

actually i think it was a woman who posed the question in the democrat forum

I love her first response.

WELL I DONT KNOW WHAT THAT ALL MEANS…BUT HOW CAN I REFUTE HIM?

To be completely fair, it isn’t like we don’t have people making similar threads here.

I MUST DEFEAT HIM IN INTERNET DEBATE!

HELP ME!

TELL ME WHAT TO SAY TO HIM!

HOW WILL I REFUTE HIS ARGUMENT?!

TELL ME WHAT TO SAY OR I WILL LOSE!

This process is educational and, IMO, beneficial. It helps people see the best arguments of both sides of a particular issue.