Obedience isn't a virtue, but that doesn't mean disobedience IS a virtue.
Obedience isn't a moral issue.
To obey someone is simply to submit to their authority - to do as they command. I regularly submit to the authority of my doctor, my wife and even my children. When I believe their authority in an area of knowledge or skill is greater than my own, I happily submit to them because they've earned my trust.
Obedience isn't a moral issue and thus disobedience is NOT a virtue.
Yes, I think you are right. But I think Larken Rose meant disobeying the government is a virtue.
It seems you confuse 'obedience' with accepting advice, or even acceding to demands. Your doctor better not be issuing you commands, while your familial relationships are none of my bidness.
Taking advice, or appeasing your kids, is NOT obedience.
No I'm not confusing following advice with obedience.
For example, if my wife suggests I wear different clothes to an event, I might disagree, but her previously earned authority in the area of clothes selection makes me put my objections to the side and obey her orders.
And if my child tells me to do X in a game when I really want to do Y - again, I will follow their advice despite my objections because of their earned authority in that area.
The claim that "disobedience is a virtue" only when applied to the government is also retarded. Disobedience would mean doing the opposite of what is demanded in all circumstances. How is that universalizable?
The whole premise of the article is flawed.
I submit you are conflating different things.
And, government always seems retarded, because it is always being abused for the benefit of the corrupt officials that worm their way into power.
While disobedience isn't something that should always be undertaken, at least not for children, who require loving guidance that includes commands, such as "Do not leap into that blazing fire!", it is always a virtue for free adults.
Don't tell me what to do.
Anyone that gives you orders reduces you to chattel. If you obey them, that is.