Libertarianism in the South

[tonesforjonesbones]

here's the link:

http://www.thecitizen.com/node/10857

 

[nbruno322]

It seems that many of the most principled defenders of the Constitution in Congress are from the South.

Ron Paul
Larry McDonald
Bob Barr
John Duncan
Paul Broun

etc.

Is there a reason for this?

Ron Paul was born in Pennsylvania and Judge Andrew Napolitano is from New Jersey. There are freedom lovers everywhere!

 

[raiha]

Yeah but the Mises Institute is in Alabama.
Hamilton's Curse by Thomas diLorenzo is a good one to see how wrong you really went with Lincolnian, Hamiltonian, Clayian Whiggery!! MERCANTILISM = CORPORATISM = MEDIOCRISTAN = LOBBYISTS = SPECIAL INTERESTS = CORRUPTION = MAYHEM

 

[anaconda]

Except that the Confederacy was not the same country as the Union. Remember each State is sovereign.

I stand corrected. thank you Matt and jdmyprez_deo_vindice for the insight.

 

[Auntie Republicrat]

LOL!...

REALITY: 'The South' are LARGELY "RED STATES"..i.e. 'majority' supporters of the stinking, rotten Republican conservatives..

...(apparently some math-challenged Republican/conservatives have been deluded that there is some important difference between 'Liberals' and 'Conservatives' as to the size of the tax bill these Republicrats hand us!)

:wacko:

 

[Matt Collins]

I stand corrected. thank you Matt and jdmyprez_deo_vindice for the insight.

It's ok. It had to be explained to me too. Read Kevin Gutzman's book - Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution. He goes into much greater detail there and it's a great read.

 

[tonesforjonesbones]

Yes the south is red. Conservatism is good when it hasn't been corrupted. People have been brainwashed...by the media. It' up to us to deprogram them. I guarantee you ...we will have more success with the republicans than the socialist democrats..at least at the grass roots level because they do still believe in the constitution, 10th amendment, limited government and free market capitalism. They have been thrown off by socialists who have infiltrated the top of the GOP. I am hedging my bets towards the republican grassroots folks. tones

 

[tonesforjonesbones]

It seems that my local GOP folks like Ron Paul..we've had no problems with our GOP down here. tones

 

[amy31416]

Wanting to do the right thing by yourself and your neighbors knows no geographical bounds. I could as easily made a list of people who love liberty from the North and claim that the Southerners are a bunch of fascists.

(And to reiterate, Ron Paul is from PA.)

 

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

Wanting to do the right thing by yourself and your neighbors knows no geographical bounds. I could as easily made a list of people who love liberty from the North and claim that the Southerners are a bunch of fascists.

(And to reiterate, Ron Paul is from PA.)

I don't think anyone was trying to bash people from north of the Mason-Dixon line. I would proudly stand shoulder to shoulder with my fellow liberty lovers from north,south,east and west but the South is my home and the home of my ancestors and I am very proud of how historically independent they have been.

 

[Auntie Republicrat]

TONESFORJONESBONES WRITES: "...we will have more success with the republicans than the socialist democrats.."

Maybe..if abortion prohibition, etc. crap, is your goal/priority

..But Again Tones, the budget that 'conservative' Republicrats Mccain, Romney, Huckabee, etc. and a Republican Congress would give us may differ slightly from the 'liberal' Republicrats..QUALITATIVELY...

..But QUANTITATIVELY, ALL these REPUBLICRATS will hand you virtually the same 'tax bill'..

...in my experience, not a stinking dime's difference..

 

[UnReconstructed]

not much of a friend of freedom when you live off money taken through theft and extortion

 

[tonesforjonesbones]

I was referring to the republican GRASSROOTS...not the fakes at the top of the party..tones

 

[malkusm]

I don't think anyone was trying to bash people from north of the Mason-Dixon line. I would proudly stand shoulder to shoulder with my fellow liberty lovers from north,south,east and west but the South is my home and the home of my ancestors and I am very proud of how historically independent they have been.

And I feel you'll take my side in saying that the Eastern Shore of MD is very much more aligned with "the South" than it is with Baltimore or NJ, which it is much closer to geographically. If it weren't for the tyranny of Lincoln, Maryland likely would be a southern state because about 90% of the counties were pro-South - the only reason there wasn't a revolt was because the full force of the federal government was threatened upon the rural areas of MD....

 

[Auntie Republicrat]

TONESFORBONES: "I was referring to the republican GRASSROOTS...not the fakes at the top of the party..tones"

(..APPARENTLY YOUR REPUBLICAN GRASSROOTS ARE DISEASED AS THEY HAVE GIVEN US CROP AFTER CROP OF STINKING REPUBLICAN POISON IVY!!)

 

[raiha]

You use the word 'stinking' rather alot Auntie.

 

[nate895]

not much of a friend of freedom when you live off money taken through theft and extortion

Considering the people who they are taken the money from burned their country to the ground, I can see how it can happen. As long as we have the system of legal plunder we can't blame people for taking part.

 

[nate895]

And I feel you'll take my side in saying that the Eastern Shore of MD is very much more aligned with "the South" than it is with Baltimore or NJ, which it is much closer to geographically. If it weren't for the tyranny of Lincoln, Maryland likely would be a southern state because about 90% of the counties were pro-South - the only reason there wasn't a revolt was because the full force of the federal government was threatened upon the rural areas of MD....

Baltimore was pro-Confederate too. Union soldiers had to garrison the city and before they had the forces, they'd avoid it altogether.

 

[sailor]

The Scotch-Irish history most certainly lends itself to independence. If you were beat down by Britain for your whole life, as were your parents, and their parents, and their parents....and then they took your land and made you move to Ireland because they wanted to take control over Ireland as well...yeah I guess you'd probably be pretty anti-establishment.

Ehm, were you being sarcastic?

Thats not really Ulster-Scots history.

 

[anaconda]

It seems that my local GOP folks like Ron Paul..we've had no problems with our GOP down here. tones

Great news. May I ask what state and possibly how urban your area is? A lot of big cities turn blue in a surrounding sea of red. Here in California, there is wide spread red state mentality until you venture in to the Bay Area or L.A. And, in California, it's not all about urban, as San Diego (6th largest U.S. city) is very conservative. Also Orange County, which includes places like Irvine, Costa Mesa, and Mission Viejo. These last three seem like very modern high tech trendy areas that you would think would vote very Democrat but they don't, from what I understand.