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Entry: Ideology and Proportion Link: http://www.takimag.com/sniperstower/article/ideology_and_proportion#26864 Post contents: I think this article assumes that Justin Raimondo is the standard-bearer for Libertarianism on race. Raimondo is obvious allergic to any suggestion of racial differences or racial politics, but this is his own idiosyncratic quirk, and not something that is reflective of Libertarianism proper. As has been pointed out by others, Rothbard had no qualms about writing about race, endorsing David Duke and the Bell Curve, and thinking that whites were more intelligent than blacks. While Lew Rockwell's editorial direction has changed since the September 11th attacks, he also had no problem with discussing racial differences, and Mises Scholar David Gordon actually wrote a favorable review of Michael Levin's _Why Race Matters_. Hans Hoppe has also supported the idea of racial differences. Libertarianism is an ideology and all ideologies are universal, but Raimondo's allergic reaction to race talk comes from his own personal quirks, and not Libertarianism. Sent at: 2008 12 01