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To: Philistone
"You should be able to buy and sell to/from anyone. And if that means restricting what you sell to whom, or who you buy from, it's none of government's business."

Except social conservatives all too often want to restrict what you sell to whom, if they find the what or the whom immoral. See Playboy, alcohol, etc.

"Social conservatives and libertarians agree that people should be responsible for the consequences of their actions, and not be bailed out by taxpayers."

Unless it comes to churches accepting tax-exempt status, and then being challenged for their political stands in violation of federal law which denies tax-exempt status to political groups.

"While social conservatives believe that it is not the role of government to indoctrinate people in liberal socialism, libertarians believe that it is not the role of government to indocrinate anyone in anything."

However, social conservatives all too often believe it is the role of government to indoctrinate people in what they believe are good morals, or worse, their version of the Good Book.

"While there are differences, there are many areas where libertarians and social conservatives can find common ground to advance their agendas without infringing on the others' rights."

Agreed. The problem is that those are rarely the areas the national GOP seems to have on top of the agenda, and social conservatives and libertarians are so eager for the political scraps we do get we're at each others' throats over relatively minor policy issues. We should be hanging together, and hanging the weasels who promise constitutional government and deliver politics as usual.

50 posted on 10/31/2006 8:40:24 PM PST by LibertarianInExile (When personal character isn't relevant to voters or party leaders, Foley happens.)
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To: LibertarianInExile
At the risk of repeating myself ad nauseum, social conservatives find themselves (as do libertarians) in a situation in which politically correct liberals attempt to ram their philosophy down their throats.

Except social conservatives all too often want to restrict what you sell to whom, if they find the what or the whom immoral. See Playboy, alcohol, etc.

Most social conservatives understand that pornography is here to stay. They simply want it labeled as such so that they can avoid it if they don't want it. As for Alcohol, the worst offenders are "feel good" liberals who prey on guilt in order to raise taxes for their socialist schemes. MADD is a textbook example of a group that could care less about the results of their efforts as long as money keeps pouring into their coffers.

As to "tax exempt status". if, as libertarians wish, there were no property taxes, this question would be moot.

Social conservatives do NOT believe that it is the role of government to "indoctrinate people into good morals". This is absurd. Who could possibly believe that the government is good at anything, much less indoctrinating people into good morals..."

To finish, the GOP is a political party, and, as such, is much more interested in perpetuating itself than in addressing real issues. That being said, the GOP is somewhat more than marginally better at confronting the existential crisis which faces us than are the democrats.

51 posted on 10/31/2006 9:00:26 PM PST by Philistone
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