[wagglebee]

Read my posts. I wasn’t discussing the big-L libertarian party — I was discussing the traditional small government/libertarian faction of the GOP, and Constitutionalism in general. My point was that just as some in the libertarian faction mischaracterize the entire socon faction as fascist zealots, some socons mischaracterize the entire small gov/libertarian faction as libertines. Further, I said that this wasn’t productive because the GOP needs all its factions — socons, libertarians and national defense hawks — to win.

IIRC (without reading back through all of the posts), on this thread you have endorsed gambling, drugs, and pornography. Which portions of the Libertarian platform do you OPPOSE?

[ellery]

IIRC (without reading back through all of the posts), on this thread you have endorsed gambling, drugs, and pornography.

Wrong! I oppose unConstitutional federal bans on such things. Big, huge, giant difference. IMO it is not conservative to unConstitutionally use the federal government to solve social problems.

The poster claimed that social conservatives are also small government conservatives. I agreed that in many cases that is true, but in some cases it is not -- and used unConstitutional federal involvement in the social issues I mentioned as an example.

Too many people think that if you oppose a social ill, you must use the federal government to try to "fix" it. If you don't advocate a big federal government "fix," well, then you must advocate said social ills. That is the mindset that I see too often, even around here.