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To: presidio9

IOW, you have no idea what you are trying to “conserve”...

Here’s a hint, it starts with an “L”... Our Constitution was founded to preserve it.


19 posted on 05/02/2013 5:12:36 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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To: Dead Corpse; ansel12; Monorprise
OK, I'll play along for one hand and give you a hypothetical:

The so-called "libertarian conservative" pro-life argument is that the life or death of the unborn child trumps the personal liberty of the mother, correct?

It therefore stands to reason that if I hold the patent on a medication that will save thousands who can not afford it, the government is also within its rights to seize that medication because the lives it will save outweigh my own personal liberty. Most libertarian conservatives I know would agree with the first scenario and reject the second. Do you see the inconsistency here? In your fantasy world issues can be boiled down to predetermined outcomes that always favor "The Big 'L'." In the real world, things are usually not that simple. So, again, that's why most of us on this website grew out of libertarianism at some point in our early 20's.

An honest libertarian is pro-abortion. Period.

66 posted on 05/03/2013 2:30:50 PM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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