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To: firebrand
"He’s trying to bridge the (perhaps) unbridgeable gap between libertarians and traditional-values conservatives. Each one, if taken to its extreme, eliminates the other."

That would mean Libertarians = anarchy and traditional-values conservatives = fascist theocracy. I don't hold that position.

The beliefs can be identical (there are at least 2 types of Libertarians), but the path to implement is different. One believes government can compensate for moral deficiencies and the other believes government will reflect deficiencies and inhibit their correction.

Rand Paul on the issues

- My opponents call me libertarian but I'm pro-life. (Feb 2011)
- Life begins at conception. (Jul 2010)
- Opposes federal abortion funding. (Aug 2010)
- Prohibit federal funding for abortion. (May 2011)
- Opposes same-sex marriage. (Nov 2009)
- Opposes affirmative action. (Aug 2010)
- Supports Amendment to prevent same sex marriage. (Aug 2010)

109 posted on 04/11/2013 1:43:03 PM PDT by uncommonsense (more laws = more government = more coercive power = more crimes of consequence)
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To: uncommonsense

Yes, he is somewhat of a combination of the two (libertarianism and traditional-values conservatism). That’s usually what people are, of either stripe: a combination.

Ideologically, however, the two do not mix. It’s like socialism and free-marked capitalism. We have a mixture in the United States, but there is an inherent conflict between the two, and the complete domination of either one would eliminate the other.


110 posted on 04/11/2013 1:50:05 PM PDT by firebrand
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