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To: Dead Corpse

Libertarians do not believe any of us could be responsible enough to know what is harmful to others and what is not which is why they continually push for no laws at all on issue after issue.

Libertarians would rather strip us all of our ‘right to representation’ and replace it with their utopian anarchical style rule.


22 posted on 02/10/2012 9:55:25 AM PST by TheBigIf
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To: TheBigIf

Wow... So much fail in that first sentence. Especially since libertarianism is based on Objectivism and reason.

Most of the “l”ibertarians I know would be happy to just get us back to a Constitutionally limited Republic with a Bill of Rights that is enforced at all levels of government.


27 posted on 02/10/2012 9:58:13 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Steampunk- Yesterday's Tomorrow, Today)
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To: TheBigIf

No one is trying to take away your right to representation. Your complaint seems to be that if your representative isnt in line with you, then you arent represented. But that is not true. If you follow your representation plan to its logical conclusion, you support direct democracy where everyone in the nation votes everytime on the issues.

Representation doesnt guarantee that you will get people who represent your beliefs. There are liberals in Lubbock and conservatives in Austin whose representatives dont really represent their views. Do you think they have no representation?

In the same manner, if your district elects a libertarian who tries to make activities that you find destructive legal, you are still represented. Libertarians do believe that people are responsible enough, and that is why they want to remove as much governmental restrictions as possible. You seem to think the only way to let people be free is for their representatives to determine what is proper.


42 posted on 02/10/2012 10:34:25 AM PST by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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