Everytime I read a thread where Republicans and Democrats debate a subject, the Republicans usually use very logical arguments and the Democrats just attack the Republicans. If a few Libertarians show up on the thread they also are usually logical and most of the time seem to back the Republican argument over the Democratic argument.
Everytime I read a thread where Libetarians and Democrats are debating an issue (I have seen it happen), the same thing occurs. Just read the above paragraph and swap Republican and Libetarian.
But what bugs me about the Republican party (I am a member) is that everytime I read a thread - where Republicans and Libertarians debate an issue - the percentage of logical arguments by Republicans decrease and the percentage of mud slinging increases as opposed to when Republicans debate a Democrat.
I do not mean to imply that Libertarians don't sling mud. However, Libertarians mud-slinging versus logical arguments do seem to be consistant whether they debate a Democrat or a Republican, unlike Republicans.
Just my observation.
Tell it to poor roscoe.
The more logical the argument presented against his position, --- the more he plays all the old illogical 'debating' games.
Apparently, he cannot understand that everyone can see through this pathetic ploy. - It's sad.
The reason Republicans loose their logic and start slinging mud when debating Libertarians, is mostly due to the Libertarian party costing the Republican Party control of the U.S. Senate. If I were a republican I'd be pretty angry about that also. Lets face it, the Libertarian Party is the single biggest threat to the Republican Party.
Additionally, many of the more radical libertarians (myself included), are not actually conservatives (by dictionary definition). Actually most conservatives aren't either. The true conservatives are Republican moderates, who seek to strengthen the institutions of the State in an orderly manner, against the onslaught of Democrats, who want to use it for their manipulative, corrupt and chaotic ideological social experiments. To this end, we libertarians and conservatives, confuse the divide between left and right, by our calling for a weakened government.
Moderate Republicans (true conservatives), correctly understand that united we can defeat the Democrats. Divided, we both loose. Thus to them, the more immediate threat are the libertarians who threaten that unity.
To this end, I denounce the Libertarian Party for the fantasy view that presents itself on the political stage as a "real party." It should remain outside the political arena, reserving its outreach activities to that educating people about its philosophy and further development of the presentation of that philosophy. L.P. candidates should be seeking to inform those who can understand, and not seeking votes from those who do not understand. If we are right in our philosophical outlook, then we will win the people necessary to become a real party in the future, without destroying the nation in the process.