The author rails against but ONE of the major threats we face in our economic & political systems, while actively embracing the evil authoritarian beast just across the way.
I have a hard time respecting anyone who so easily sacrifices individual liberty in order to chase out the bogeymen of the moment.
What's wrong with that? He's not trying to be a journalist in some mainstream publication (both-side-ism is suspect anyway). You read Stross to get his take on things, from his point of view.
Can you say what this is referring to, because I’ve read the piece and I can’t figure it out.
I'm familiar with the social conservatives who believe that what the US gov't is doing with regards to marriage amounts to an infringement on their rights. Not sure if that's the argument you are trying to make here.