Do You Consider Yourself a Libertarian?

[UnReconstructed]

libertarian with a little l... non-violence

 

[Truth Warrior]

libertarian with a little l... non-violence

Non Aggression as in Non Aggression Principle.

 

[Truth Warrior]

Obviously, so is anarchy.

Did ya even READ Lew's interview article?

 

[mediahasyou]

Obviously, so is anarchy.

Prove it.

You can't. The Statist Hogs have claimed all land on the planet. There is a reason Monopolies don't like competition.

 

[Anti Federalist]

I consider myself a fresh fucked fox about to run through a forest fire.

 

[The_Orlonater]

Well, I'm no anarchist.

So you guys decide for me like you always have.

 

[The_Orlonater]

The Libertarian Party is an oxymoron and NOT libertarian. The disgruntled smaller government statist GOP folks just STOLE the name. Kinda like the socialists STOLE "liberal".

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/libertarian

The LP is a Minarchist Party.
Is it bad that people change their minds? What if someone is a hardcore statist and become an anarcho-capitalist and in ten years they lead a successful movement towards it?

What would you do? Call him a statist?

Oh, the flaw in the logic of one-sidedness.

But no one is complaining, right?

 

[anotherone]

Well..i like libertarian economics for the most part..but I'm not even a purist on that. i like some protectionism. I consider the libertarian party draws the people who want the lassiz faire lifestyle..no moral compass people. That is why I don't subscribe to the LP. They hate Christians...and I am not ok with that. If they want to destroy Christianity in the USA..well...I'm not going to support them. That alone has pushed me right back to the GOP. At least the grassroots GOP is still fairly moral. I consider a moral society one that will be more successful in the pursuit of happiness. The communists have done a fine job of erroding the christian majority. That is why the country is going to hell in a handbaskett. tones

totally wrong as usual tones.

What Libertarians hate it hypocracy, and the forcing of religion on society. We are not anti-Christianity, far from it.

But how is one Christian if one if forced to be moral? You are only truly a Christian when you are free, *yet* choose to live a moral life.

Your lack of understanding is why you are unable to convince people here to vote for John McCain. We are voting 3rd party because we understand this.

 

[Truth Warrior]

The LP is a Minarchist Party.
Is it bad that people change their minds? What if someone is a hardcore statist and become an anarcho-capitalist and in ten years they lead a successful movement towards it?

What would you do? Call him a statist?

Oh, the flaw in the logic of one-sidedness.

But no one is complaining, right?

We true libertarians are complaining, we still want our good name back from the statist "minarchist" thieves. They're just getting it all screwed up and dirty.

 

[Trance Dance Master]

I once considered joining the Libertarian National Socialist Green Party, but wasn't too impressed with the leadership.

 

[Ozwest]

totally wrong as usual tones.

What Libertarians hate it hypocracy, and the forcing of religion on society. We are not anti-Christianity, far from it.

But how is one Christian if one if forced to be moral? You are only truly a Christian when you are free, *yet* choose to live a moral life.

Your lack of understanding is why you are unable to convince people here to vote for John McCain. We are voting 3rd party because we understand this.

Atheists make great Libertarians.

Politics and Religion as a practice, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

 

[Trance Dance Master]

Atheists make great Libertarians.

Politics and Religion as a practice, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

The practice of religion is to instruct society on character development.

The practice of politics is to instruct society on social status.

 

[Truth Warrior]

i once considered joining the libertarian national socialist green party, but wasn't too impressed with the leadership.

lol!

 

[LibertyEagle]

totally wrong as usual tones.

What Libertarians hate it hypocracy, and the forcing of religion on society. We are not anti-Christianity, far from it.

Yeah, I hate hypocrisy too. Kind of like when self-professed atheists and agnostics spend their time bashing others' religious beliefs on one hand, while professing on the other that they want religious freedom.

Another thing that seems rather hypocritical. Why do people who do not believe that a higher being exists, spend so much time bashing that higher being?

 

[sailor]

Good interview, but I was hoping for a survey.

 

[Ozwest]

The practice of religion is to instruct society on character development.

The practice of politics is to instruct society on social status.

Excuse me,

I don't require Religion to be a moral citizen. As I respect your freedom to practice your religion, I would hope you respect my right to be self - reliant.

 

[Truth Warrior]

Good interview, but I was hoping for a survey.

We've surveyed several times before, there's a whole potfull of "claimed" libertarians on the RPF. Feel free to start another survey thread, if you wish.

 

[chwisch87]

I am pretty much an Objectivist but support libertarians.

 

[chwisch87]

Yeah, I hate hypocrisy too. Kind of like when self-professed atheists and agnostics spend their time bashing others' religious beliefs on one hand, while professing on the other that they want religious freedom.

Another thing that seems rather hypocritical. Why do people who do not believe that a higher being exists, spend so much time bashing that higher being?

Of course they support the freedom of religion and of course they can say they don't like religion. Ayn Rand once said that as long as you keep religion out of government you will have peaceful coexistence (IE freedom to practice). Now that doesn't mean to say that people who find religion irrational cannot say so; myself included.

 

[Truth Warrior]

I am pretty much an Objectivist but support libertarians.

"It Usually Starts With Ayn Rand".