@JJ
In his first post, the one that is wildly off topic, he brought up the very subject that got the other thread started. He calls Jefferson a “disgusting hypocrite who created the idea of the Empire of Liberty” while going on about “verstehen” as if he practices it at all when speaking like that. He’s, again I think, provocateuring me. But, i think, even Rothbard gave Jefferson his due credit without knocking him for owning slaves during a period where it was en vogue. The vast minority were abolitionists and Jefferson never said anything about starting aggressive wars as the empire of liberty. This reminds me of a bad history book I read called Global Cold War by some Norwegian academic. He tried to relate Reaganism to Jefferson “Empire of Liberty” it was miserably cited as well. The Soviet treatment was much more…careful about political rhetoric.
I also the that he thinks that he is revisionist. Even though I found his views to be very mainstream in the other thread. He cites political rhetoric for politicians motivation (community college history major style).
Just my thoughts.
Does anyone have Ron Paul’s cell phone number?