Is Disapproval Aggression?

I said in a recent blog post that I disapproved of both socialism and Islam. As a laissez-faire capitalist, I must disapprove of socialism. And as a Christian, I must disapprove of Islam. In fact, if laissez-faire capitalism (or libertarianism or anarcho-capitalism or anything you want to call it) is the truth, then I must disapprove of all forms of economic thought that deviate from it. And if Christianity is the truth (in the sense of religious doctrine, not support of everything that people do in the name of Christianity), then I must disapprove of all forms of religious thought that deviate from it. But disapproval is not aggression, and neither is opposition. I certainly believe in the libertarian non-aggression principle. I do not favor bombing socialists or Muslims just because I disapprove of them.

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7:41 am on October 4, 2013