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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:09 AM Original message |
Why such animosity toward libertarians? |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. polluters should be held accountable? |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Libertarians support government intervention... |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. And if people owned the sky and the ocean, your approach would work |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 08:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
68. People don't have to "own" the sky to prosecute polluters... |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Further, property rights are supreme |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Libertarians know polluting the land effects others. n/t |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 01:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
53. YOU might... |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 10:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
89. After billions of dollars allocated to the clean-up fund . . . |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 07:14 PM Response to Reply #89 |
124. Sorry but... |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. I've always seen Libertarians as |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. What is more "heartless" than the state? |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. the ones who got screwed. They got screwed because of the Bush |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:53 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. If only the right people controlled things, we'd all be okay? |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Yes I do. In my world selfishness would be rewarded by being |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Would you banish the "selfish" to a gulag? Scary sentiments, my friend. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. No I would just leave you to your own libertarian world |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 06:40 PM Response to Reply #55 |
106. People can just as easily care about other without an |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 08:21 PM Response to Reply #106 |
133. The state is made up of individuals. |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
105. No, Selfishness is rewarded by allowing the selfish to BUY your system |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 07:18 PM Response to Reply #105 |
127. LOL... and you think a market based system would REDUCE that? |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
148. Hey -- it's what the neocons believe, almost verbatim. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. You have no answers to these problems other than "no big government" |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Charity is fine as far as it goes, but it isn;t the only answer |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. Libertarians know that the state needs to help some people... |
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Jai4WKC08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. So you would banish bureaucrats to a gulag? |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
31. "Social Security is a mess;" |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. "I've never heard a libertarian say they opposed labor unions." |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
107. Unions exist and work through the solidarity of the workers |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 03:43 AM Response to Reply #107 |
137. Eventually, but only when they put in labor friendly candidates into... |
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indigo32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. Katrina is a perfect example of where Libertarian philosophy fails |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. There are many Katrina stories about private efforts being squelched... |
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indigo32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. As I said |
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prairierose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
54. The "state" need not be heartless but.. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 02:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
57. I didn't see ANY Libertarians rushing to help in New Orleans. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 06:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
108. Fed Govt can ban poverty over-night. |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 10:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
143. Cloak it in all the "comfy" language you'd like, |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. I don't hate the government. |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
5. Neal Boortz claims to be a Libertarian. Nuff said. n/t |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. IF Boortz is still a libertarian (BIG if,) he's one in name only... |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. He's such a hypocrite. He didn't even vote for the Libertarian |
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OneTwentyoNine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 07:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
86. Libertarian-Bawhahaha...told all his sheep to vote for BUSH in 04... |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
6. IF you believe that small government is Always better that is the source, |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
101. You've heard wrong. Libertarians, like the Democrats are not a |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
7. What nickinSTL said. |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 07:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
87. What MH1 said ... |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
8. Libertarianism and liberalism are fundamentally incompatible ... |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I'm happy to say that our view of libertarians is incorrect... |
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MurrayDelph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
10. While an idea is not responsible for the behavior of those who espouse it |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Those qualities aren't tied to ideology as much as to personality |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Wow! Strange ideas about libertarians, I must say. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
48. My favorite definition: Libertarian |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 07:52 AM Response to Reply #48 |
152. From Alicublog... |
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Options Remain (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
12. there are good libertarians and psycho libertarians |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
14. Conservative Librtarians give all libertarians a bad name |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Just like communists give liberals a bad name, and neocons... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 08:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
71. Libertarianism is merely the other side of the coin.. |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 06:48 PM Response to Reply #71 |
111. libertarian socialism is often compared to true communism |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 06:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
83. And that prick John Stoessel ... |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
15. The thing that I don't like about libertarianism is that you never have to |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 07:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
84. Oh but libertarianism has been put to the test ... |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 06:48 PM Response to Reply #84 |
112. And left-wing libertarian has been put to the test in Spain |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
19. Emo perfectly defines it... |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:45 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Libertarians don't oppose labor unions. Free association is good. n/t |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:51 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. No libertarians I've ever talked to support unions... |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. If people want to join labor unions, no libertarians stop them. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. You are correct. |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Without workers, there is no market. n/t |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:19 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. So what? |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
61. Libertarians and labor both hate bosses... |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 06:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
113. Any so=-called "libertarian" that doesn't believe in the right to form |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
29. Why do you people keep coming here and trying to convert |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. I come here because I'm not close-minded... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 10:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
73. Well, I've already heard quite enough. I used to BE a Libertarian. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. I think dialogue is important |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Thanks for that word of support. We need to find common ground. n/t |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 06:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
115. I'm not trying to convert anyone, and I always participate in these thread |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
43. Because I don't believe in Social Darwinism and its code for Republican. |
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BJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 02:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
60. social darwinism |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 07:28 AM Response to Reply #43 |
85. You hit the nail on the head ... |
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rniel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. One of the reasons Neil Boortz |
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Jai4WKC08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
49. I have two main problems with libertarians |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 08:38 PM Response to Reply #49 |
67. What's "good" in communist theory? n/t |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 10:02 AM Response to Reply #67 |
142. What's good in communist theory |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
50. Theory versus historical facts. |
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padia (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
52. I was a surrogate |
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BJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 02:17 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. ineresting remarks |
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BJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
56. I don't have animosity |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
59. Libertarianism doesn't work in the real world. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
62. Libertarians |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
63. i believe in and try to promote an intelligent, secular |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 08:27 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. A "planned society"? Who do you trust to do such planning? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 06:34 AM Response to Reply #66 |
82. why do you assume that medial marijuana wouldn't be |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 07:03 PM Response to Reply #82 |
117. Absolutely not |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 03:31 PM Response to Reply #66 |
99. Somalia didn't have any government for a long time. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 06:51 PM Response to Reply #63 |
114. You can not have -no- "planned society" -with- regulations; |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 07:01 PM Response to Reply #63 |
116. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
64. Most libertarians I know |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 08:21 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Libertarians believe in limited government... |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 10:27 AM Response to Reply #65 |
144. My question is... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
69. Libertarians... |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 07:06 PM Response to Reply #69 |
119. Well, you hit the nail on the head |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
70. Oh, and also... |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 07:06 PM Response to Reply #70 |
120. And, eventually, the rich will buy the liberal state. |
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Hollow Shells (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
72. Hi Bloodblister Bob! |
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New Earth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
75. wow |
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NAO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
76. As a former Libertarian, I understand. But they position is deeply wrong |
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NAO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
77. B/C they teach that State Power, rather than Corporate Power is evil |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 02:32 AM Response to Reply #77 |
80. So, if they could see that giant corporations are as dangerously powerful |
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NAO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 10:32 AM Response to Reply #80 |
90. they would have to get over their aversion to exercise of state power |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 03:21 PM Response to Reply #90 |
98. What individual rights exist if you're born into a corporate slave colony? |
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NAO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 03:43 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. If libertarians could expand their notion of "coercion" to include |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 08:55 PM Response to Reply #100 |
134. Eventually living on a planet w/limited resources will force it to surface |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 07:10 PM Response to Reply #77 |
122. People have every bit of say |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
78. only some libertarians have a lot in common with Democrats |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
79. Because it's more or less |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 04:44 AM Response to Original message |
81. Part of the problem |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 07:13 PM Response to Reply #81 |
123. You're exactly right -- responsibility is the flip side of liberty |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 07:30 PM Response to Reply #123 |
128. And OJ Simpson should take individual responsiblility |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 07:48 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. Bingo. |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 04:07 AM Response to Reply #123 |
138. Sounds good, and I can kind of agree with it |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 09:11 AM Response to Reply #138 |
140. Thing is, I agree with everything that you say |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 02:54 AM Response to Reply #140 |
149. What we have going on here |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
88. Libertarians try to mask their self-centeredness behind "personal freedom" |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 10:33 AM Response to Reply #88 |
91. Exactly. The me me me me me party. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
92. I have NO problems with librarians, and they shouldn't get attacked here! |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 07:15 PM Response to Reply #92 |
125. ROTFLOL! n/t |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
93. I don't believe there is any one economic theory... |
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left of center (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
94. Libertarian ideas are also utopist |
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formernaderite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
95. My wifes a Libertarian...on many issues we agree completely.. |
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left of center (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 01:04 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. must disagree there |
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formernaderite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 10:01 AM Response to Reply #96 |
141. sorry, don't listen to rush |
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left of center (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #141 |
147. used to like Nader |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
97. libertarianism is an environmental nightmare. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
102. What is your definition of "libertarian"? |
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ToeBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
103. The only thing I trust less than the government is business n/t |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
104. Man -- how did I miss this thread? |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #104 |
109. Main problem is there are so many kinds of libertarians, |
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Hollow Shells (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 09:14 PM Response to Reply #104 |
135. Hey Cats Against Frist |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
110. Libertarian ideologues and the US Lib Party give libertarians a bad name |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
118. In short... |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
121. 1st brochure I ever saw about the libertarian party |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
126. There are two types of libertarians: social and economic/political |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
130. Beacause if you give them their porn & drugs, they are just Bushites. |
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Cozmosis (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
131. Are there any good libertarian forums like these? I'd like to read them |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
132. Hi Bloodblister Bob, |
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election_2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
136. Not all libertarians are socially-conservative |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
139. I like Libertarians |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
145. I hate selfishness, that's why. In a society, you help the needy. |
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TNMOM (735 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
146. animosity toward libertarians? how about asking yourself |
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HulaChicken (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 05:18 AM Response to Reply #146 |
150. self delete |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 07:56 AM Response to Reply #146 |
153. Look at how many posts from small or big L libertarians |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
151. Why not? It's not like you bring anything worth having to the party... |
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