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ismnotwasm
Jun 2015
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I am a "civil libertarian" (example: abortion rights, free speech, religion, anti war on drugs)
Romulox
Jun 2015
#11
Try telling a right-wing libertarian tea party type that Liberals can be libertarian too....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2015
#16
Liberal Libertarians believe the government shouldn't be in the bedroom....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2015
#38
The tragi/comedy aspect of this is that "liberal economics" traditionally means laissez-faire.
Romulox
Jun 2015
#61
"and not by collective institutions or organizations" These days add "Wall Street".
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2015
#68
And if it was JUST about those issues, I'd likely be more receptive to the Libertarians.
HughBeaumont
Jun 2015
#87
That's simply not true. It's as relevant as ever--e.g. in the NSA spying debate. nt
Romulox
Jun 2015
#123
+1. Libertarians "left" or "right" are just Republicans who want to smoke dope and get laid.
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2015
#80
So you support the drug war, then? You don't think terminally ill people should be able to choose
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#174
It's a label, and. You're deliberately conflating the big-L Libertarian party with, among other
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#184
If I gave a f**k about the distinctions between Libertarians, I'd name my dog Ayn Rand.
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2015
#187
Glad I could help. Oh, and "you're"? I didn't make the sign. Take it up with Google.
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2015
#193
It's emblematic of the high intellectual level of discussion, embodied in this thread.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#196
I'm glad to see you acknowledge the "level" of your contribution. I wasn't gonna say anything.
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2015
#203
Except, of course, most of them are not 'the fittest, the biggest and strongest'.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jun 2015
#31
Oh come on, why not post their name, as long as you're quoting? Lol; doesn't count as a callout
Hekate
Jun 2015
#155
I expect the trend for higher degree requirements to continue. I got my B.S. In 1977, but I
Flatulo
Jun 2015
#157
libertarians suck because their entire agenda is to benefit those who enjoy societal privileges
geek tragedy
Jun 2015
#75
Yes. The key to that is education and persuasion, not throwing women, immigrants, and
geek tragedy
Jun 2015
#105
In what way does criticizing libertarianism by associating it with white men...
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2015
#141
the point is that it's an exclusive club that only cares about white men. nt
geek tragedy
Jun 2015
#145
Then in what way is the revelation that white men identify with it "an ugly truth"?
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2015
#147
True enough. Is it "libertarianism makes white men bad" or "white men make libertarianism bad"?
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2015
#171
Yet a lot of non-white people would benefit from some libertarian policies.
Comrade Grumpy
Jun 2015
#46
I'm not a member of the Libertarian Party, or the Democratic Party for that matter.
Comrade Grumpy
Jun 2015
#140
The mothership for Libertarian publications--the Cato Institute--is owned by the Koch Brothers.
geek tragedy
Jun 2015
#117
Yes, I am aware of that. Those same Cato bad boys also do some excellent work on policing issues.
Comrade Grumpy
Jun 2015
#142
I posted it to piss off our resident daily paul regulars. Sorry you don't like it. I'll try to get
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2015
#72
You are using people's political ignorance to promote domestic spying. It's personal. nt
Romulox
Jun 2015
#86
That's an ignorant statement, at best. Authoritarianism has lead to horror in living memory. nt
Romulox
Jun 2015
#101
It doesn't become more convincing by repeating it. It just becomes obvious that's all you got. nt
Romulox
Jun 2015
#104
Who's trying to "convince"? I think most people here already know Libertarians suck.
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2015
#115
it seems simply repeating "it's wrong" over and over again easily convinces the irrational mind.
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#134
So...this is an argument *in favor* of dragnet style surveillance, or...???? nt
Romulox
Jun 2015
#135
You mad? Well, don't go away mad Comrade. C'mon. Can't we rebuild? What will I do now?
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2015
#154
Democrats have lead the way on marijuana legalization and it's shitty of you to pain that
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2015
#110
Actually, under the Obama adminstration, the Justice Dpt. continued prosecutions of dispensaries and
Romulox
Jun 2015
#120
That's one part of the article that doesn't jibe with my personal experience
ismnotwasm
Jun 2015
#69
My view is that the caricature of Libertarians being young, middle-class white guys is accurate
YoungDemCA
Jun 2015
#169
Very "inconvenient" if the heated responses are any indication. Touched a nerve, doncha know?
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2015
#131
A former high-school friend (now a quasi-racist libertarian) put it succinctly: "I've got mine."
byronius
Jun 2015
#59
Libertarians build their ranks from young people disillusioned by ineffective and corrupt govt
LittleBlue
Jun 2015
#60
That's not the whole story. Look up "civil libertarianism", and you'll see it's a cornerstone
Romulox
Jun 2015
#92
That's good to hear. You can see many here don't understand (or don't care about) the distinction.
Romulox
Jun 2015
#95
I doubt there are very many actual Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand "Libertarians" on DU.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#185
No, I'm wondering why it's so gosh darn important to conflate things like left-libertarianism
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#200
Except the analogy fails, because Libertarians aren't disenfranchised or oppressed
YoungDemCA
Jun 2015
#165
Nice that somebody finally noticed. Ayn Rand was an anomaly in more ways than one....
Hekate
Jun 2015
#113
A libertarian I know has at least copped to the racism libertarian policies let run amok
Recursion
Jun 2015
#167
Outcomes aren't important to those who won't be negatively affected by Libertarian policies
YoungDemCA
Jun 2015
#170
Unfortunately, a lot of the far-right, anti-government Libertarian talking points...
YoungDemCA
Jun 2015
#168