Because he's 'lukewarm'
January 23, 2009
Listeners who enjoy Jay Severin's beautifully eloquent anti-government lectures must unfortunately also listen to his disturbingly fascistic pro-government rants in favor of government torture programs and murderous, budget-busting foreign aggression. We here at jayseverin.org have always been careful to filter out the bad and take in only the good that Severin espouses. We hope that most other listeners are doing the same.
For if Severin were truly the "pure libertarian" he claims to be, he'd be railing against runaway Big Government in all its coercive, theiving, lying forms, whether it be liberal bailouts and counterproductive social programs, or neoconservative terror attacks designed to trick America into funding immoral wars for profit.
Severin's willingness to expose only certain aspects of Big Government's evil, while avoiding any discussion of others, makes him an insideous voice indeed. He miseducates thousands of unsuspecting listeners every day about what it means to be a principled libertarian. He is the kind of person that Jesus Christ called "lukewarm" - neither hot nor cold; unwilling to come down off the fence. Jesus said such people were abhorrent; even more sickening to him than those who sin all of the time.
That's how we feel about Severin when it comes to politics. He is even more sickening than a bleeding heart liberal, for he knows the truth about big government yet supports it much of the time. So while we can cut some slack for ignorant liberals who actually believe that big government can be a force for good, as long as the "right people" are running it, we cannot excuse a guy like Jay who clearly knows it cannot.
In order to avoid being politically lukewarm like Severin, simply keep in mind the Small Government Pledge whenever listening to Jay:
"I support small government: Every Issue. Every Time. No Exceptions. No Excuses."
In our experience, this pledge means being in agreement with Severin approximately half the time.