[bribriagain]

Libertarians are conservatives without morals or values.

[B Knotts]

Nonsense. The fact that some people think morals and values are better governed by Church and family does not make them hedonists.

The usurpation of moral authority by government, has, in fact, brought about the moral decline we now are experiencing. An example: the public school system. It's not terribly surprising, as government is hardly the best place to look for examples of moral rectitude.

[LizardQueen]

Garbage. I consider myself a libertarian and have morals and values that come from my upbringing, religous beliefs, and my internal code of honor, not from some nanny-state gov't trying to legislate them or the Defenders of the Public Morality trying to stuff them down my throat.

LQ

[tpaine]

bribriagain wrote:
"Libertarians are conservatives without morals or values."


Some time ago, tired of FR's neverending libertarian/conservative bash fest, JR established the RLC Forum, and posted their libertarian policy statement:

REPUBLICAN LIBERTY CAUCUS POSITION STATEMENT
Address:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/721810/posts

Why don't you boys take a look at it, and tell us all how 'immoral' & valueless it is?

I'll hazard a guess as to why you won't. -- Juvenile inablity.

[Katya]

"Libertarians are conservatives without morals or values."

That's just such an idiotic statment....I don't know where to start.

This is what I dislike about the political label "conservative". It's meaning is completely transient. In the former Soviet Republics a conservative would be a..........

Communist!

In that case you're right....I don't have the morals or values of a Russian communist.