The best I can surmise is that my point was that to decry an activity which is done for money is a criticism which we conservatives ought not to condone. If we are capitalists we should believe in a system that rewards merit with money. This is wholly contrary to the lefts' view of the way our society should work. For example, the left hates the idea that medical services are apportioned according to pay, they want not only to render medicine free but they want to use the delivery of medical services by way of Obama Care to redistribute wealth as well as to heal.
There is a second consideration which is very relevant today in Free Republic. The criticism of Seals who publish accounts of their actions because they receive renumeration for doing so is a point of view that we capitalists should reject out of hand. That is, so long as they do not reveal secrets. But today in Free Republic many of us have fallen victim to a atmosphere of censorship which is unevenly administered and is very unhealthy for this forum and for conservatism as a whole. The analogy to censoring military heroes for revealing nonsecret military matters is to be considered. The value of exposing the Obama administration (my reference to the head of the fish rotting downwards) certainly outweighs any criticism of Seals who publish non-secrets for pay. The reflex to resort to censorship should be resisted except in extraordinary circumstances. This is a view which I have obviously maintained since 2014 and before.
