I have to in order to keep up with all of the rhetoric being used to try and discredit what is actually not a bad philosophy for governance. The logical lapses, red herrings, and outright silliness on this thread alone kind of gives the lie to the title that libertarianism is "practically irrelevant". If that were true, this thread wouldn't be crossing the 400 posts mark.
Threaten you?!! Who called Jim? It wasn't me!
You have outright stated that libertarians need to be expunged from FR and you keep reposting snippets from Jim's posts as a threat. Unlike you, I'm not trying to put words in his mouth.
Where is your proof of that? Give it or retract the accusation.
This whole thread has gone back and forth between States rights and Federal power. When one tack doesn't work, you shift to something else to try and bolster your arguments. When talking about a Federal issue, States having certain statutes is brought up to try and give credence to such an effort at the Federal level. When it doesn't work, then it's back to what the States have done.
The underlying philosophy is the same throughout. You want POWER over others. I don't. It's that simple.
How is posting Jim’s words or offering a direct link to one of his posts “trying to put words in his mouth”?
I have posted links and your own posts back to you. Why the hysteria?
You have outright stated that libertarians need to be expunged from FR
That's not what I said. Post 394
Truthfully, I wouldn't allow libertarians on my site. They are not conservatives and they work to undermine activism.
Where did I mention FR?
This whole thread has gone back and forth between States rights and Federal power
In Post 391you stated: you continue to twist between what States are allowed to do, and what the Constitution allows. Where did I do that?
The underlying philosophy is the same throughout. You want POWER over others. I don't. It's that simple.
Where did I state that? Post number and quote.
How is quoting Jim’s actual comment “putting words in his mouth”?
Another way to state your position might be that you want government to neuter the power of society e.g. see a government imposed moral anarchy?