Posted on 05/23/2012 6:22:10 AM PDT by DManA
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) adopted a combative tone in a recent interview with NPR where he said that he is “doggone offended” by libertarians. He told NPR “I despise these people” and implied that he is happy to intimidate those that “dump on” him with threats of violence.
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Please point out the social liberalism. There is a lot there, so have at it.
Hatch saw what happened to Sphincter when he defected, and how irrelevant he became, that’s why he got religion.
“They don’t want a government involved “
That’s liberalism?
“They don’t want a government involved in setting standards on child porn,”
Libertarians DO want laws protecting children. It is a lie for you to say otherwise.
“As a result of libertarians, we have out of control spending, sky-high welfare roles and a debt that’s due to explode any time now.”
That’s total BS. Libertarians are against welfare. Name a single Libertarian that setup the welfare state. I can name all kinds of Republicans and Democrats that did so.
Do you even know what a Libertarian is?
Fear is an excellent motivator.
When you peel away all the B.S. freedom is not a very popular concept.
There’s your problem. You think Barny Frank is a libertarian. You are just ignorant and looking for something to focus your inchoate hatred on.
I can’t be any more clearer. Libertarians are Social Liberals. Their values are opposite to those who are conservative. See post 17 where I listed 3 prime examples of libertarians.
And because Libs are socially liberal, they are responsible for idiot politicians who think like they do and then naturally escalate that thinking to an economic level of libertarianism. I’m talking more taxes and bigger government here. The dirty little secret is that Libs claim to be for smaller government, yet their actions (if unchecked) only INCREASE the size of governmet.
Case in point: Prop 19 in California. Libertarians WANTED to legalize marijuana. Why? To TAX it. And we all know what that leads to.
Look. I can spend hours explaining these fundamentals to you. But I can’t understand them for you. Try the DUmp for their liberal ideas and values.
Freedom of Choice is what you’ve got.
Freedom from Choice is what you want.
-DEVO (Freedom of Choice)
Hatch saw what the Tea Party did to his fellow slug Bennett and has been running scared ever since.
There’s your problem. You think Barny Frank is a libertarian.
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Barney Frank teamed up with known Libertarian Ron Paul to introduce a pro-Libertarian ideal; legalization of marijuana.
“By their fruits (pun intended), ye shall know them.”
Ron Paul is homosexual in your ignorant world?
I dispute your claim libertarians are resonsible for the high taxes,big government and other ills all passed into law bt Democrat and Republican politicians.
It has become clear that present-day Americans actually FEAR the freedoms the Founders treasured.
How did Prohibition work out? Are you aware that in the history of mankind, no civilization, no goverment has ever been successful with it? Nada, not a single time in the recorded history of mankind. Never.
Now, let's be clear - I haven't ever smoked pot, or used drugs. I chose not to drink. I wouldn't drink or use drugs if they were legal - it's just my choice.
But, I don't care if you do. Drink yourself to oblivion, that's fine with me. As long as you do not drive or interject your life upon mine. Smoke pot, shoot up some heroin - I don't care. My view is that you are free to make any decision you opt to; you just do not have the right to interject your views upon me. That is the crux of the libertarian viewpoint. You are free to live your life, even make stupid decisions. But, you are not free to dictate to me how I live my life; so long as I do not harm, steal or negatively impact you.
The war on drugs has been a failure, utterly and completely. It has destroyed lives, it has resulted in new and more potent drugs that would likely never have been created if not for the "Prohibition" that has been artifically created. It has created immense profits, creating cartels that are slaughtering innocent people.
If you want drugs, my view is to make them available, as pure as we can economically make them; and we get ready to bury a lot of garbage. At some point in time, people will wise up the fact that drugs are bad, and they will avoid them. As-is; we have created a "coolness" about them - just like Prohibition did with alcohol. During prohibition, those with access to alchol consumed much more than people consumed when Prohibition was lifted.
hatch is simply a big government moron... you wanna punch a libertarian, bring it fattie.....
a libertarian is to the right of the hard core conservatives... another way to describe a libertarian is “Strict Constitutionalist”... Not all libertarians are ron paul nut jobs, just like not all republicans are conservatives.... small l libertarians have more in common with conservatives than mainstream republicans do...
It isn’t a “two-party system” at all..
Welcome to the United Soviet States of America..where the Pravda State Media “vet” the candidates to the pleasure and needs of the RinoCrat UniParty.
This “election” will be a non-election...featuring the state approved “candidates”-whose only distinction is whether they are black or white.
The “two-PARTEY” system merely means that the R & D in DC gang up on Flyover Country....and laugh all the way to the bank as they do so
Probably not. Sincere libertarians felt that laws prohibiting pot elevate the power of the government over individual freedom. Some sincere libertarians also thought it might be worthwhile to set up a 10th Amendment confrontation between California and the Federal Government. Certainly libertarians are not very good at collectivism, but they do seem to be able to form the most bizarre coalitions. This stems from libertarianism recognizing the right of each person to go to hell in there own handbasket as long as they keep it there. This means, for example, that totalitarians or pornographers who want the state to recognize their freedom of speech will find an ally in an honest libertarian.
Some Republicans feel the same way, heheh. I have to say I can't find it in my heart to recognize the innate right of the totalitarians to suborn the state to promote totalitarianism, since it's a one-way street that ends with an orgy of blood-letting.
27 Words. Two Sentences. Yet somehow you read that Ron Paul is a homosexual?
What else did your fevered little mind see? That I’m plotting to overtake the world? That I’m cornering the global market on cashews?
~sheesh~
I LIKE libertarians a lot, I was reacting to the statement that without any government we would be completely free.
Except for foreign policy and maybe drug policy, I admire liberterians.
Just a failed joke?
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