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There seems to be a hang-up/mental block, among a few, on certain definitions of libertarian and even conservative.

Party platforms and modern dictionaries don’t necessarily help as they attempt to “define” those that reject being defined in their terms.

The few, that you addressed earlier, seem hell bent on defining small-l libertarians as being blind followers of some “Party Platform” that most have never read and certainly don’t agree with.

Our country was built by Liberals. Liberals in the classical sense. Conservatives, Constitutionalists and God fearing Individuals were once called Liberal.

Sadly, there are conservatives that find the need to “define” and “group” some like minded individuals based not on the individual, but on their understanding of what that “Group” represents.

There is a difference between an ideology and the politics. An ideology is the “what”, while the politics is the “How”.

The Tea Party represents the “what” while we currently use the Republican Party as the “How”.

IMHO, this debate or battle among ourselves comes down to faith. Faith in our fellow man. You either trust individuals to make decisions that are in their best interest or you place your trust in Government to force those decisions. Unfortunately, we have a Government and virtually every public institution that is “forcing” us to accept immorality by the force of law and peer-pressure. Conversely, we can’t use the force of Government to legislate morality. All we can do is remove the Government from these issues and then trust people as individuals to act according to their conscious.

Having “Faith” in our fellow man has become increasingly more difficult as certain small “groups” have sought and found protection from our Government. I think small-l libertarians are seeking to remove that protection. At least I am.

Our faith in our fellow man also requires a common foundation of belief that every person has, but all too many ignore.

Logically, I can’t help but to boil this down to a Creation/Evolution debate. I can’t escape this.