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To: Truthsayer20
What is this 'libertarian' you speak of?

Rightwing Libertarianism is a political philosophy on self-government; leftwing libertarianism is an ideology based on abstract rights. There is broad spectrum of debate, far wider than the facade of Party A taxes us as 47%, Party B taxes us at 49%.

Rightwing libertarians believe in local cultures and don't believe in using the power of coercion to change how local cultural behave, even if they are acting 'silly' (Clarence Thomas's words).

24 posted on 07/10/2003 7:30:20 AM PDT by JohnGalt (They're All Lying)
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To: JohnGalt
"Rightwing Libertarianism is a political philosophy on self-government; leftwing libertarianism is an ideology based on abstract rights."

But Rothbard claimed he was a proponent of natural rights! As did Jefferson. In other words, the two men most paleo-libertarians hail as their ideological predecessors claimed to believe in abstract human rights. Both were hypocrits, however, as are many of their contemporary proponents.

33 posted on 07/10/2003 7:43:37 AM PDT by Truthsayer20
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