I’ve been too busy to jump into this thread, just have seen a few comments the last couple of days.
If people insist on using the word “libertarian” and then repeatedly insist they don’t agree with (some/whatever) the Libertarian Party platform, and get mad when people talk about the LP platform, they’re just acting crazy.
Get a new word. If people keep using the word “libertarian”, it means they agree with the LP. If they didn’t, they’d use another word.
I like to call myself a “Constitutionalist”. Because the fedgov should limit itself ONLY to what its responsibilities are in the Constitution. The LP, otoh, is a pro-vice pro-open borders hodge podge of kookdom that makes a false claim of being for smaller government. Its positions are contradictory, puerile, impractical and downright harmful.
So libertarians must want to see the ruckus they create by using the word “libertarian” and then getting angry when connected with the LP.
More insanity.
The reality is that there is no difference, big L little l, party/not party, it is all the same, that is why they never disagree and go at each other’s throats here at freerepublic, and it is also why almost all their posting is a defense of the same positions as the party.
It also explains their both interchangeably raging at social conservatives.
I have never seen an FR thread where the little l and big L rage was not directed at the social conservatives, never is it a war between the two supposedly opposing enemies who call themselves libertarian, that is a phony cult-like tale.
>> Get a new word. If people keep using the word “libertarian”, it means they agree with the LP. If they didn’t, they’d use another word.
There is no reason to get a new word nor is there an obligation to accept your premise describing agreement. What’s lacking is the intellectual ability to differentiate definitions that concern enforcement from definitions that concern social values. I understand definitions can be an inconvenience when emotional commitments are at stake, but the definitions stand for reason.
Any ruckus or wrath that I express is usually directed to those outside the forum with the exception of those that recklessly project depraved traits upon their fellow FReepers.
FRegards, lj.
statism
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Political system in which central government has a major role
libertarianism
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Political philosophy that emphasizes the importance of personal liberty and political freedom, with strict limits on state activity
conservatism
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A political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
liberalism
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A political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
Don’t be a statist!