[Responsibility2nd]

Thanks Gene for your rational reply. But I would argue that libertarianism is about UNenforcement. I do understand the libertarian position about restricting the size of government and all that. There are indeed too many laws and way too many regulations.

But modern libertarians goes way beyond this. You know what got this current flame war between me and bama started? It was a Rand Paul thread from a day or two ago. Where Paul wanted to agree to disagree on social issues.

Understand that Rand Paul is THE poster child for modern libertarianism, and that his positions are definitely NOT favored here at FR. And so I used that springboard to expand on my contempt for other lib issues. Bama then went on to add me - without my consent - to his ping list and I went on to ping him to articles like this.

In the interest of semi-resolving this matter, I would ask that bamahead remove me from his ping list and I will quit pinging him for any reason.

[Gene Eric]

Got it, thanks. Hope this gets resolved (or diffused.)

BTW, not happy about Rand’s dismissal of moral concerns. I got the impression he was pandering to what you describe as the modern libertarian movement, RINOs, and moderates. Well, I guess that’s a lot voters, but still... there’s no substitute for moral fortitude.

[bamahead]

Agreed. Bon Voyage.

[FBD]

Most libertarian folks fall in the upper right quadrant, between libertarian and conservative. It's not a bad place to be.

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[Lazamataz]

I hate both of you.