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To: elkfersupper
Why are you so opposed to facts and the concept of liberty?

Certainly not. That's why I'm still enjoying this thread so much. I'm hoping it finally dawns on you that Conservatism is a very different political philosophy from libertarianism. I'm hoping that when you do, you will finally realize that you're wasting your time hanging out on this website. Conservatism is well-established. It's views on government aren't going to change. You should find a nice libertarian website, and hopefully take a few idiot libertarians with you.

One of my favorite Democrats, my Senator Daniel Pat Moynihan once famously said "You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts." The liberals are currently basterdizing that quote, misquoting it, and otherwise using it falsely or inappropriately. It still applies to our own current disagreement. You have have chosen to adopt the naive and unworkable libertarian philosophy. Conservatism is based on libertarian philosophy, but recognizes it as unsustainable in everyday life. Most of the Founding Fathers were at heart libertarians, but that didn't stop Washington from putting down the Whiskey Rebellion, or Hamilton from creating tarriffs. Conservatism necessarily imposes restrictions on pure libertarian philosopy. Reagan understood this well, which is one of the reasons he is so reverered but Conservatives. Libertarians, in turn, should rightly hate Reagan, if they know their history. You read a quote by Reagan, and you distill it into a libertarian context. In otherwords, you allow your own opinions to color the facts. A proper historian, uses the facts to form his own opinions. Reagan fired the striking aircraft controllers, so that government could protect citizens from each other. I've given you ten other examples, but you refuse to listen, because you don't like what you're hearing. Ronald Reagan is not your guy. You don't even like him, you just hate to admit it. Find another playground.

215 posted on 04/03/2010 4:02:39 PM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does)
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To: presidio9

Thanks for the report there, Spiro.


216 posted on 04/04/2010 7:27:12 PM PDT by elkfersupper (Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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