For the record the culprit is me. The exchange can be seen here-

While I agree the exchange was heated and was not going anywhere I do not think the majority of the namecalling was my doing.

I asked repeatedly for evidence of what was being claimed and was largely denied it...instead I was attacked rather than my argument.

The great irony was that the topic of the post was Libertarians/Austrian proponents asking for more people of different views to engage in critical debate debate with them - and I offered to engage on that premise.

My frequent critique of Libertarians being that they discount the importance of the state in the wealth creation functioning of the economy. They seem to think calling someone a 'statist' is sufficient retort to any challenge to their ideology. Any attempt to engage more on the issues and less on name calling does not seem to get very far.

Block/cancel me if you feel the need to but I am always open to thoughtful engagement on a broad ranging contest of ideas - am not here to be part of an echo chamber.