tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704572633566908500.post805292368568277624..comments2023-10-18T03:18:43.914-07:00Comments on Chicago Freedom And Reason Forum: An Appeal to My Fellow Idealists on the LeftJasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11152746014493443822noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704572633566908500.post-29988504948641500652009-10-28T17:09:21.561-07:002009-10-28T17:09:21.561-07:00As his political positions are entirely ripped off...As his political positions are entirely ripped off from Thomas Szasz, there is really very little reason to pay him any mind at all. And the fraudulent nature by which he's conducted "research" and mis-cited sources is so egregious that if you want to score any kind of political credibility, you should steer clear of such chicanery. Szasz does a better, more thorough job in both political writing and valid criticism, mostly without the gibberish that is most certainly picked up from a general talking points style of writing. <br /><br />It's simply a matter of where you spend your time. Since his psychiatric work is either fraudulent or specious and his political writings are lifted mainly from Szasz, why waste time with him? I'm sure that guy that shot those two agents in DC had some coherent things to say about government involvement in the economy, but I wouldn't want the soiled nature of the rest of his person to bring down the message.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704572633566908500.post-37755386024925480182009-10-27T15:00:46.365-07:002009-10-27T15:00:46.365-07:001. The validity or invalidity of his psychiatric p...1. The validity or invalidity of his psychiatric positions does not effect the validity or invalidity of his political and social commentary. <br /><br />Henry Ford's brilliance in industrial endeavors is not diminished by his backwards anti-semitism. Pablo Neruda's brilliance as a poet should not be downplayed because of his political and economic idiocy.<br /><br />2. And in regards to his political and social commentary I would encourage you to take the points that you feel are valid and disregard that which you don't agree with. <br /><br />3. Reading over Breggin's history in psychiatry I see a mixed bag of genuine accomplishments (such as his efforts to eliminate lobotomies), overstatements of truths (like the tendency of some psychiatrists to be too quick to turn to medicine) and some points I completely disagree with. <br /><br />http://breggin.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=192&Itemid=94Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11152746014493443822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704572633566908500.post-44772960179811736472009-10-27T10:32:29.002-07:002009-10-27T10:32:29.002-07:00Breggin is a crank and has been labeled so by many...Breggin is a crank and has been labeled so by many. He's an anti-psychiatry nut and upon review of his "science", a federal judge openly called him a crank in the middle of the courtroom. His work on iatric effects of medication is akin to late night talk shows pushing colon-cleansing as a cure for cancer. Other than his questionable science, the remainder of his views are ripped off directly from Thomas Szaz; so much so that outside of his science (if you can call it that), there is little reason to look at his work at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com