Posted on 11/01/2002 1:12:37 PM PST by winner45
Ten Reasons to Vote for Libertarians
....even if you don’t like them!
1..Libertarians understand that freedom requires responsibility. Freedom can be denied to those who harm others or the property of others.
2..Libertarians ALWAYS vote against tax increases and ALWAYS vote for freedom.
3..Libertarians understand that freedom and equality go hand in hand. Your freedom to live as you please is given to you by the same authority which gives freedom to the persons who may have different lifestyles. You have to give them their freedom to do that to obtain your freedom.
4..Your freedom is not given by the Constitution. It is given from a higher power. Libertarians understand that the Constitution merely sets it down on paper.
5..Libertarians understand that God is of libertarian spirit. He gave humanity free will. He could have just as easily made humanity incapable of free choice. It is kind of arrogant for government to deny the freedom that God Himself has given. When the Israelites wanted a king, God was offended. Laws by man are petty and inferior.
6..If you are unhappy with both Democrats and Republicans, register your unhappiness with a vote for a Libertarian. If a Libertarian got 30% of the vote, it would scare the pants off of the ruling class. They would become more receptive to reason.
7..Libertarians understand that a good society is built upon hard working individuals doing their best in a responsible way. It seems that the ruling parties think that a good society is built upon government group efforts wherein people work (shirk) together.
8..Libertarians understand that the Bill of Rights is as relevant and crucially important today as it was over 200 years ago. Libertarians even think that our government should start observing it once more.
9..Libertarians realize that freedom has many limitations. The winners of elections do not have the right to lord the will of the majority over the rights of the minorities.
10..Libertarians are the only political people that believe that 98% of our citizens are morally good enough and intelligent enough to run their own lives. Basic laws are there to protect us from the other 2%.
Do you honestly believe that Utopian horses--t?
I used think along those lines, until my high-minded opinions were completely shattered by eight years of Bill Clinton's high approval ratings, and the fact that half the country saw nothing wrong with Al Gore trying to steal a presidential election in plain sight.
STOP. RIGHT. THERE.
You want to tell that to the women who are sexually and physically abused by men who watch the gross mistreatment of other women and want to duplicate it with the woman they "love"?
Believe me, pal, you do not want to go there.
TOUCHÉ!
Well, "Darth Sidious" is in the cooler until the day after the elections....it does happen here.
That kind of "missionary work" might not go amiss in places like Maine or Vermont either - where people just don't vote Republican.
However trying to take votes away from the Republican, which throws the race to an out and out socialist, who presumably stands in opposition to everything the Libertarians stand for, is beyond stupid.
And before we hear the same old Libertarian whinge about there being no difference between the two parties, answer the following questions:
More often than not, it's the Republican. Voting Libertarian in a tight race means that you are allowing the opposition to your own principles gain power and increase the stranglehold of the state.
America is a 2 party system. There may be pockets, such as the places for "missionary work" I've described, where it can be otherwise - but as a consequence of a "Winner take all" electoral system (known in political science as "first past the post"), there are generally only 2 parties of consequence. The most effective way to advance a Libertarian is to recognise the constraints of this system (and the wisdom of it, witness what proportional representation does in Germany) and work with it, rather than whinge endlessly.
Regards, Ivan
1. Twisting the heads off little kittens -- protected
2. Marry your own daughter -- protected
3. Masturbating in public -- protected
4. Child pornography -- protected
5. Meth for sale at your 7-11 -- protected
6. Explosives factory build next to your home -- protected
7. Public defecation -- protected
8. Playing baseball with live gerbils -- protected
9. Fisting your lover on a park bench -- protected
10. Walking naked on the streets -- protected
OK, your turn. Copy the list to your own post and add your favorites to it.
--Boot Hill
Ahhh let’s see your "wit":
POST #123 You jackasses
POST #123 sheer effing denial.s
POST #11 Idiot.
We'll let the others decide.
Regards,
Boot
Since when? There are many laws prohibiting cruelty to animals.
One other thing; while the "making" of child porn is abuse, one can state that distributing, selling, and viewing harm no one.
Also, let me clarify that these are not my positions.
I guess that's why Saddam has a Republican Guard. ;^)
Were I Republican we would have to face each other at 20 paces. But I'm an independent and side with the founding fathers and their dire warnings to never allow our country to degenerate into a political party system. A pox on all their houses.
Regards,
Boot Hill
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