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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 02:43 AM Original message |
Hey, You're A Civil Libertarian on DU - Why? |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. because democrats are more libertarian than republicans |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 03:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. You know, I do think that's true today. |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 09:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Actually, rank and fiule Democrats are more libertarian than any Repub |
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fnottr (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. I consider myself a civil libertarian |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 02:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Are there really civil libertarians who want government reg. businesses? |
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fnottr (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 03:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. hmmm, I think we have our terms mixed up |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 03:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I didn't know there were several factions of Libertarians |
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fnottr (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 03:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. the term libertarian |
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Somawas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 03:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Go to www.politicalcompass.com |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 03:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I went there |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 04:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Try this. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 04:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I did three pages and gave up |
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leftyandproud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 04:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. there are no "theocratic" libertarians |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 05:42 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. It's always more fashionable to be a control freak... |
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6th Borough (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 04:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
45. The "capital L" Libertarian Party hasn't trademarked libertarianism. |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 08:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. I would actually tend to say "social libertarian," |
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McKenzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
6. it's a complex issue is it not? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 04:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. I consider myself a social libertarian |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 04:53 AM Response to Original message |
14. Huh? Isn't civil libertarian just another name for a real Democrat? |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 05:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Libertarians are considered to the right of Democratics, AFAIK |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 05:39 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Bush is an "economic libertarian" like Tony Soprano is |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 05:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I won't ask how the "sniff" part of scratch and sniff works.... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 05:59 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Well |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 05:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Hmmmm |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 08:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. ever since the term has been hijacked by the Right, in the '60 |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 08:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. If you scratch a Republican that supports Bush |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 10:09 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. I have to go back to work but this is a great discussion... |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 06:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. That's a VERY good point. |
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poppet (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 09:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. I don't think * is an economic libertarian |
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WithStamina (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
20. I'm a social and economic libertarian |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 06:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. folks don't often know this - but in the 80s - of the 3 proposed budgets |
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WithStamina (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 09:42 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. True |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 08:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. THANK YOU -- |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 08:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. My Best Friend In Grad School Was A Liberterian... |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 09:14 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. You've probably read some of my libertarian posts, before |
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toddaa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 12:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Libertarian Socialist |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 11:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
62. Libertarianism |
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WithStamina (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 09:44 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. How do you know? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 10:23 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Liberterians Want To Disamantle The Welfare State |
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6th Borough (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. The "Libertarian Party" wants to dismantle the security nets of society. |
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robre (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 01:42 AM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Emotional selfishness is not a virtue. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 10:31 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Well.... |
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robre (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 01:40 AM Response to Reply #30 |
53. self delete, whoops |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 06:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
48. I think the Democratics have learned from their mistakes |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
24. I believe in maximum personal freedom but with environmental regulation & |
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poppet (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 09:49 AM Response to Reply #24 |
38. my husband who considers himself a libertarian |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 11:51 AM Response to Reply #24 |
41. The Republican party seems to be working towards |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
26. Civil libertarians and Libertarians are different critters. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 08:46 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I Consider Myself A Civil Liberterian |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
34. WTH? Who ISN'T a civil libertarian around here? |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
43. I consider myself a Social Libertarian, but I MAY be |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 07:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Why make it "illegal" to sell something for an outrageous profit |
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unfrigginreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
44. You're not? |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 06:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. No, I'm not a civil libertarian nor a Democratic, nor a Republican |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
50. I think the problem for the "libertarian" philosophy |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
52. wow, an *amusing* topic for a change! |
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Sugarbleus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
55. I lean Libertarian only in terms of "Personal Freedoms" and |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 08:12 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. There are so many people like that that neither party really represents |
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Sugarbleus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 02:33 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. How well I know... |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
56. learning more,than ten years of social studies class, thank you |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
58. The new GOP is the anti-libertarian party... |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
61. I thought we were SUPPOSED to be the party of civil liberties.... |
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