The Santorum endorsement is the number one thing that kind of discredits Beck's claim to be a libertarian. I like Beck, but I don't see how anyone who endorses Rick Santorum can possibly claim to be a libertarian. I don't even claim to be a libertarian, but I supported Ron in both 2008 and 2012 and would never consider voting for someone like Santorum.
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The Santorum endorsement is the number one thing that kind of discredits Beck's claim to be a libertarian. I like Beck, but I don't see how anyone who endorses Rick Santorum can possibly claim to be a libertarian. I don't even claim to be a libertarian, but I supported Ron in both 2008 and 2012 and would never consider voting for someone like Santorum.
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It's always possible. Theoretically, anyway. In reality, not so much. In any case, he has proven he has no integrity so he'd have to earn that back first.
I'm a Constitutionalist so even I reject Anarchy.
Anarchy would lead to a total loss of freedom, because we wouldn't be able to defend the freedom we currently have.
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I'm an anarchist, and while I don't think a piece of paper can restrain government, I am still more than happy to work together with constitutionalists to try to achieve that goal.
Would you prefer that I reject politics for the rest of my life, or help you in your cause? Glenn Beck wants nothing to do with me. You?
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The fight we are facing right now is tyranny. We need to defeat tyranny first, and then we can disagree on how best to keep the freedom.
Would you prefer that I help you in the fight against tyranny? Or should I just go away?
I'm certainly not one to try to kick people out of the movement. Sorry if I came across that way. I just don't agree with the ultimate conclusion that anarchists have concerning government.
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Yes and that's fine. My point is that Glenn Beck does want to kick anarchists out of the movement. Which is an indication of either insincerity or ignorance. Ignorance is fine, but judging from his history, it's probably insincerity.
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Personally I'm willing to work with anyone who will help to right wrongs, whether they share my motivations and reasons or not is not important.
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We have an illusion of freedoms. Don't pay your taxes, speed, or create corn dust and see what the government does with your so called freedoms.
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It's pretty sad how much this thread reminds me of battered spouse syndrome.
I probably shouldn't have said "the freedoms we currently have." I just meant that if we had no government and no national defense we wouldn't be able to defend the freedoms that we would have if we had limited government.
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