absolutist

I guess my problem with the statement is that it's absolutist.

As such, still failing (in the absolutist sense) the idea of not having to check documentation.

You cannot make absolutist statements about alcohol (or anything really) like you did earlier, based only on your own observations.

Indeed, Lenin however was an absolutist, and absolutists rarely come to a long term solution.

What you are calling 'simple' is actually an absolutist position based on neoliberal principles that serve those with power and capital.

Most of Europe is now democratic because extremists once fought off absolutist monarchies.

Sorry, don't like to be absolutist - updated the gist to clarify that you should use Time because of it's greater support for timezones, DST, etc.

I understand the argument about IP protection, but I think an absolutist position in the other direction is a bit too far.

But my point was that an absolutist stance is simplistic.

Again, the reasonable argument to be made here is one of scale and proportion, not an absolutist directive of This Should Never Be Done Because It's Bad.

When this is combined with the sometimes hyper-opinionated, absolutist culture referenced by the author, then we're deeming products obsolete before they've even been used.

You seem to reason in really absolutist terms.

Democracy is always a "Work in progress", its never a complete idea because otherwise it would be an absolutist totalitarian ideology.

> "is he saying that the downsides of free speech outweight the benefits" The downsides of no-holds-barred, absolutist free speech outweigh the benefits - the qualification is important.

"Go philosophy" apparently being an absolutist and unwavering belief in One True Way To Actually Get Stuff Done.

I'm not an absolutist, there can be some exceptions - for instance I don't consider publishing a list of people's passwords to be "free speech", but the definitions of what's not acceptable should be incredibly tightly defined.