Libertarianism in the South

[Lisle16]

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?

 

[Young Paleocon]

Murray Rothbard has given some good lectures about this and religious/political history of our nation's demographics.

 

[Matt Collins]

Don't forget Harry Browne

 

[torchbearer]

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?

I think the south still remembers what a strong central government will do to your people if you step out of line.
The spirit of independence never died in the south.

 

[Freedom Forever]

During the civil war the south was fighting against the centralization of power in the Federal Government.

 

[nate895]

Thomas Jefferson was a Virginian. Virginia is a Southern state, and the rest of the Southern states adopted the Jeffersonian view on government (i.e., the minarchist point-of-view). The tradition still lives on in some Southerners, but many of them are poor and live off the government and those who take the king's shilling are the king's men, therefore much of the South is enslaved to the Federal government. If the fire is going to be lit for freedom anywhere in this country, it is in the South and maybe the Mountain West. If only the Southerners can realize what the Federal government has done to them.

 

[Kludge]

Mexicans are less authoritarian than Canadians/French???

 

[Matt Collins]

During the civil war

Did I miss a history lesson or something? The United States never had a civil war. We had a war against Southern Independence.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Did I miss a history lesson or something? The United States never had a civil war. We had a war against Southern Independence.

lolz...nah, you missed a brainwashing lesson.

 

[Stary Hickory]

Thomas Jefferson was a Virginian. Virginia is a Southern state, and the rest of the Southern states adopted the Jeffersonian view on government (i.e., the minarchist point-of-view). The tradition still lives on in some Southerners, but many of them are poor and live off the government and those who take the king's shilling are the king's men, therefore much of the South is enslaved to the Federal government. If the fire is going to be lit for freedom anywhere in this country, it is in the South and maybe the Mountain West. If only the Southerners can realize what the Federal government has done to them.

Exactly, one must follow where the Inflationary money goes and who benefits from Fascist legislation in government. Taxes play a much smaller role in thins when seen from this angle.

 

[ChaosControl]

Same reason I feel more of an attachment to the south even though I was born in the west. But then my father was born in Oklahoma, so I guess I do have southern blood in me.

 

[Pennsylvania]

Let us not forget where Ron Paul is actually from

 

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

We southerners know what tyranny is and we also know how the mainstream media and public education brainwashing machine works. Obama was able to brainwash people with three words "yes we can". The media and public education has been able to demonize the south and her people with one word, "slavery".

It is like Jefferson Davis said ""The principles for which we fought are bound to reassert themselves in a later time."

 

[acptulsa]

The South has the rebel heritage. The West has the pioneer heritage, at least those areas between the Mississippi and the Sierra-Nevadas which had to be settled by hardy people in wagons and couldn't be settled by rich people who could afford passage around the Horn. What they have in common is decade after decade of one-size-fits-all laws that only ever fit the populous Northeast--and a bucketload of resentment. What better breeding ground for liberty?

 

[malkusm]

Let us not forget where Ron Paul is actually from

True, but more to the point, he didn't get elected there.

 

[constituent]

The South has the rebel heritage. The West has the pioneer heritage, at least those areas between the Mississippi and the Sierra-Nevadas which had to be settled by hardy people in wagons and couldn't be settled by rich people who could afford passage around the Horn. What they have in common is decade after decade of one-size-fits-all laws that only ever fit the populous Northeast--and a bucketload of resentment. What better breeding ground for liberty?

that about covers it.

also, growing up around some deeply philosophical, independent spirited folks. Seeing them day to day in your actual life, and then seeing how people from the south (particularly Texans) are portrayed in radio, tv, film, creates whole populations that think everything establishment, everything "outside" is all bullshit.

i consider myself to be one of these people.

 

[sevin]

Also note that Obama didn't pick a single person from the south to be in his administration.

The South will rise again!

 

[georgiaboy]

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



Is there a reason for this?

Yes, just ask their (and my) mommas.

 

[Virginia Libertarian]

It also seems to be more popular in the Appalachian areas

 

[Crowish]

I think it is the Scotch-Irish/Appalachian influence.

George Washington: “If defeated everywhere else, I will make my stand for liberty, among the Scots-Irish in my native Virginia”.