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To: Tailgunner Joe
Libertarians never find any cause worth America fighting for because everything is “not our problem.

I disagree. That's a caricature used to dismiss what in many cases is legitimate criticism regarding the use of force.

There are many, more moderate, if you will, libertarians who are rather strongly in the hawkish camp when it comes to issues of war and peace, national security, and the like.

Similarly, there are numerous Christian groups who fall distinctly into the pacifist school.

These camps are not monolithic. They both have great respect for this Constitutional Republic which was formed over 2 centuries ago, and want to see it preserved and perfected. And any believer in ideal Liberty should have legitimate criticisms regarding the many specters of arbitrary authoritarianism which have reared their ugly heads throughout US history in a myriad of ways.

Anybody who doesn't have profound respect for the Constitution, and the Republic in general, I am dismissive of, because such people are truly lost.

45 posted on 07/24/2014 10:45:45 PM PDT by sargon
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To: sargon

For a “caricature”, I have not seen too many libertarians diverge from it.

John Adams said that the US Constitution could not rule anyone who was not both moral and religious.


47 posted on 07/24/2014 10:51:31 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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