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That is a very progressive usedtobedemgurl Feb 2024 #1
Libertarians ARE the most insane self-affecting mofo John Birch variants of Republicans. TheBlackAdder Feb 2024 #116
That's not a libertarian viewpoint; it's an acknowledgment Ocelot II Feb 2024 #2
Well said. Aristus Feb 2024 #5
Libertarians break the binary. Igel Feb 2024 #32
Politics is at least 2D, not 1D left/right Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2024 #41
Doesn't this make Libertarians the Welfare Queens that Reagan ranted about? Kennah Feb 2024 #58
No. It makes them corporate welfare bloodsuckers, at least the false-front libertarians Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2024 #60
Thank you. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2024 #69
I think by those definitions The "libertarian" is a "moderate" oldsoftie Feb 2024 #163
Koch Brothers are libertarians KS Toronado Feb 2024 #44
David Koch died in 2019. Prairie_Seagull Feb 2024 #130
Oh, and just when I considered taking a nap Attilatheblond Feb 2024 #3
I just woke up from a nap a little while ago lovebugg Feb 2024 #10
You'll need to clarify that musette_sf Feb 2024 #4
I read this on it maybe I'm reading wrong? lovebugg Feb 2024 #6
This is the Libertarian Party platform: W_HAMILTON Feb 2024 #18
Here. Igel Feb 2024 #37
You are quoting an old, outdated platform. W_HAMILTON Feb 2024 #42
Correct musette_sf Feb 2024 #74
Nowhere...and supporting the Libertarian Party on DU...IE Democratic Underground Demsrule86 Feb 2024 #145
You sound very young, or at least not on sure footing with US politics ? Hekate Feb 2024 #90
The fact that the abortion issue is a medical issue it has no place in the hands Bev54 Feb 2024 #151
The Pauls are Republicans not libertarians lovebugg Feb 2024 #7
The RLC (Republican Liberty Caucus) musette_sf Feb 2024 #16
I have met a number of Ron Paul supporters a while back who claimed to be libertarians LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2024 #103
Well, yeah musette_sf Feb 2024 #107
Here's a link canetoad Feb 2024 #8
Thank you lovebugg Feb 2024 #13
That's adorable! dpibel Feb 2024 #22
What part of Government I "Controlling your life"? Cha Feb 2024 #34
What kind of conspiracy theories do you believe in? John Shaft Feb 2024 #48
They do not lovebugg Feb 2024 #73
A liberal libertarian. Marcus IM Feb 2024 #52
Beautiful. Add to that a photo of a Boeing Max shedding doors and passengers at high altitude. Whee! Hekate Feb 2024 #92
Those traffic lights do make driving more confusing. Torchlight Feb 2024 #71
What kind of government control are you referring to? Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 2024 #228
Most people here support some regulation and restrictions, so. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2024 #9
The Thing About Libertarianism The Magistrate Feb 2024 #19
I was talking only about abortion, but your point stands. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2024 #46
I've A Sentimental Fondness For Anarchism The Magistrate Feb 2024 #55
Sir, you contain multitudes. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2024 #76
left libertarianism has a long history Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #127
What Most Intrigued Me About Spain In That Period, Sir The Magistrate Feb 2024 #233
Government's primary duty is protection of people. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2024 #66
I must ask why? Abortion is a medical issue and nobody's business but a woman and her Bev54 Feb 2024 #154
Gestational limits are a restriction that many people have trouble letting go of. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2024 #157
Well it is time to let go. Maybe because I am Canadian and abortion has no place in our courts Bev54 Feb 2024 #193
I agree whole-heartedly. ShazzieB Feb 2024 #237
Well, scratch a libertarian TxGuitar Feb 2024 #11
Nope. Libertarians are diametrically opposed to fascists Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2024 #47
well except when they don't. Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #131
The short answer is no. Mosby Feb 2024 #12
Am I reading this wrong? lovebugg Feb 2024 #15
Libertarians aren't liberals. Ocelot II Feb 2024 #28
okay thanks I was not aware of that lovebugg Feb 2024 #30
So you have not read Ayn Rand, the patron saint of Libertarianism? Oh my. Hekate Feb 2024 #94
No have not lovebugg Feb 2024 #110
I thought they were a bit rude, and the drivers made my hair stand on end. Not like a "village" Hekate Feb 2024 #152
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Yes, wolves do kill people & they hunt in packs. Hekate Feb 2024 #185
Agreed hurl Feb 2024 #33
INFO: how are libertarians liberals? obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #132
Liberalism is a very broad ideological category. Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #138
Libertarians are not liberal obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #143
They most certainly are. Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #189
lol obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #206
Maybe do a little research? Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #246
Most libertarians in this country are nothing more than Republicans who smoke pot. madinmaryland Feb 2024 #14
I don't know what I am I have never voted lovebugg Feb 2024 #17
Why? ProfessorGAC Feb 2024 #23
The closest village was very far lovebugg Feb 2024 #26
Well, Ain't You Cute As A Bug In A Rug.... The Magistrate Feb 2024 #45
I don't know what that is but they sing nice lovebugg Feb 2024 #65
I'm sorry, but that sentence doesn't make sense. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2024 #84
Not So fast There, Sir The Magistrate Feb 2024 #85
Wolves taught him dpibel Feb 2024 #86
Wolves can be dangerous and people try to kill them here lovebugg Feb 2024 #111
What people? You said there were no people there. Four years without speaking to another person, you said. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #202
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Back to the village in Connecticut? RandiFan1290 Feb 2024 #213
I'm pretty sure they didn't fool much of anyone. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #217
So your friend is in foreclosure, sends a letter to the village elder who has "snow machine Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #214
PS: were you mean to the village elder? If he can contact you whenever he wants with his Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #219
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So you built her a house, then she didn't check if you were dead or alive for four years straight. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #221
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And lovebugg go back to Alaska village called Connecticut. There he and fish and pluck gold Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #235
Serious, sounds Torchlight Feb 2024 #222
LOL Ferrets are Cool Feb 2024 #184
But, my friend, did they build it and THEN grow up in it? Ferrets are Cool Feb 2024 #119
Me fail English? That's unpossible Brother Buzz Feb 2024 #176
"Village" ? Where in the US was this? Hekate Feb 2024 #93
Up north lovebugg Feb 2024 #108
Is English your second language? John Shaft Feb 2024 #141
Connecticut RandiFan1290 Feb 2024 #218
I feel a desire for popcorn coming on Hekate Feb 2024 #95
I find the tale of "Dances with Wolves and the Gold Rush" to be very entertaining! betsuni Feb 2024 #115
White Fang! AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2024 #200
From the very beginning. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2024 #122
I Do Declare, Ma'am The Magistrate Feb 2024 #126
Heap much Hekate Feb 2024 #142
I'm REALLY hoping there turns out to be a Door Buzzard in this story. Move over on the couch and Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #148
Oooh, maybe we'll get lucky! Hekate Feb 2024 #155
How did you build a cabin as an infant? obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #133
Maybe the bears helped Hekate Feb 2024 #153
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**** Hekate Feb 2024 #180
Goldpouchlocks and the Three Kodiaks obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #207
:-) nt spooky3 Feb 2024 #226
I love arguing water rights with Libertarians ismnotwasm Feb 2024 #20
No one should own the water that falls from the sky lovebugg Feb 2024 #25
That is not very Libertarian then lol ismnotwasm Feb 2024 #35
What happens to the water after it falls from the sky? Ocelot II Feb 2024 #54
I have never paid for a fishing license There was no one to pay lovebugg Feb 2024 #67
So you just help yourself Ocelot II Feb 2024 #75
As many as I want ? lovebugg Feb 2024 #78
Sounds Like A Lonely Life.... The Magistrate Feb 2024 #79
In city now to visit lovebugg Feb 2024 #81
Enjoy your stay Hekate Feb 2024 #97
Friends house nice but will be leaving soon lovebugg Feb 2024 #112
Your friend a member of the Democratic Underground forum here? KS Toronado Feb 2024 #125
Why are you talking like some 1950s "TV Indian" like Tonto? obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #134
I had a friend who taught himself Standard English by copying the Lone Ranger, not Tonto Hekate Feb 2024 #156
lol obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #173
The man had beautiful, well-modulated voice & could recite episodes. "Him dead, Kemo Sabe"... Hekate Feb 2024 #179
Improv is so cool dpibel Feb 2024 #82
Well spotted, dpibel Hekate Feb 2024 #98
Andy Kaufman is writhing in his grave. herding cats Feb 2024 #100
What the aitch does that have to do with being "allowed here" ? Hekate Feb 2024 #96
"You see, it's ok for corporations to hoard water and sell it for a premium, because they have the means to do so.' Oneironaut Feb 2024 #140
What other libertarian positions senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #21
I would have to check to see what other stuff they agree with lovebugg Feb 2024 #24
Then Why did you join DU which is a Democratic Cha Feb 2024 #38
I was reading it and everybody seemed friendly lovebugg Feb 2024 #39
We're Serious about Saving Our Democracy. Cha Feb 2024 #40
Just curious KS Toronado Feb 2024 #49
Doubtful you will get an answer to that one. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2024 #83
On another interesting thread dpibel Feb 2024 #87
I do not live here Boston is the city lovebugg Feb 2024 #109
How did you get to Boston? FreeState Feb 2024 #113
she told me ticket will be there lovebugg Feb 2024 #114
Do they have JustAnotherGen Feb 2024 #123
Screw that. Do they have pronouns and articles there? Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #147
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You confuse me. Blue Dawn Feb 2024 #162
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Thank you for responding. Blue Dawn Feb 2024 #167
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Here's one from lovebugg a couple days ago that dpibel linked to below. It's really very erudite. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #191
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Of course she did. In return for three bags of gold. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #195
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So you said. But... maybe it's time to go back to the cabin you built so you could grow up in it, and to your Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #199
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Probably a good thing. The persona has run its course. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #203
Don't be sorry way you speak. Way you speak was fine in early posts this thread. Seems since then Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #187
Okay, this is no longer funny because of your continous "TV Indian" speak obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #136
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Do you like anchovies on your pizza? Hekate Feb 2024 #190
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heap big pizza, crispy crust Hekate Feb 2024 #197
..... obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #210
Boston pizza may have cod on it -- or baked beans obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #208
Since that person lives in Connecticut they must be familiar with the famous white clam pizzas betsuni Feb 2024 #240
Just curious. By your manner of writing English and saying you traveled by boat Fla Dem Feb 2024 #177
Well, if you spread it all around it will make the flowers grow Hekate Feb 2024 #181
They grew up in a cabin they self built as an infant obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #135
And (this is really great) they pan for gold up thar in the Yukon & brought 3 pouches of same to Boston Hekate Feb 2024 #183
They read like Chuck Tingle AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2024 #205
I wonder if they bomb the moon in the Yukon? obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #211
That right there - the 3 pouches of gold - was where I fell over laughing! ShazzieB Feb 2024 #239
Jack Londontown obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #144
No, most libertarians are not pro choice. Ron Paul is anti choice JI7 Feb 2024 #29
ughhh senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #36
That's a civil rights and human rights position JI7 Feb 2024 #27
this might help WarGamer Feb 2024 #31
Libertarians don't understand that roads don't pave themselves lindysalsagal Feb 2024 #43
Government did NOT give the right to travel freely in your city Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2024 #50
Who do you think should have a say over a woman's body? limbicnuminousity Feb 2024 #51
What would make that view point Progressive dog Feb 2024 #53
My screenname is a fictional "rational libertarian" Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2024 #56
Well Said, Professor! The Magistrate Feb 2024 #61
A kind word from you, your Honour, is especially treasured. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2024 #62
Well-stated, Bernardo Hekate Feb 2024 #99
So I'm not the only one. Mosby Feb 2024 #192
Thanks. I'll have to keep an eye out for that book. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2024 #227
Thom Hartmann says, "Libertarians are just Republicans who wanna smoke pot and get laid." Kennah Feb 2024 #57
I've heard it said there are RW libertarians and LW libertarians Kennah Feb 2024 #59
Yes. Everybody leans. Nobody is pure. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2024 #63
In An Older Parlance, Sir, Anarchists Were Refered To As Libertarians The Magistrate Feb 2024 #64
RW libertarians want to free the wealthy and powerful from the constraints of the state DBoon Feb 2024 #70
Are we allowed to express a Republican view point here? No DBoon Feb 2024 #68
Of course one must differentiate between what I consider the 'classical libertarian' view DemocraticPatriot Feb 2024 #91
That's not libertarian. It's common sense and what this board is about. brush Feb 2024 #72
Agree republianmushroom Feb 2024 #77
Libertarianism czarjak Feb 2024 #80
We are Democrats -- and supporters of Democrats Hekate Feb 2024 #88
I think most Democrats take a "libertarian" view on social issues--- DemocraticPatriot Feb 2024 #89
This sounds like the beginning of a troll to me. Arthur_Frain Feb 2024 #101
O....M....G!!! dpibel Feb 2024 #102
Is this you? blogslug Feb 2024 #104
RFK Jr. is evidently considering running as a libertarian LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2024 #105
In a word? No. herding cats Feb 2024 #106
Fuck libertarians Ohio Joe Feb 2024 #117
"Dances with Wolves libertarian and the Pouches of Gold" will make a fabulous movie. betsuni Feb 2024 #118
No words JustAnotherGen Feb 2024 #121
The "TV Indian" talk really oversold it obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #137
The Tonto-speak appeared mid-journey dpibel Feb 2024 #165
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You pan gold obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #171
Well said obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #170
How? AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2024 #216
Believe we could use some of this on this OP KS Toronado Feb 2024 #146
Check this early post from our friend dpibel Feb 2024 #175
Even better dpibel Feb 2024 #178
Maybe they have gold poisoning obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #212
That's a Democratic Party Statement JustAnotherGen Feb 2024 #120
I don't understand the OP. betsuni Feb 2024 #124
Emergency Pizza JustAnotherGen Feb 2024 #139
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So, did you pan for the gold in the Yukon? obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #169
Charlie Chaplin too Hekate Feb 2024 #188
Going through the thread, there appears to be a lack of understanding on your part as to the Torchlight Feb 2024 #128
"But this rule is persistently violated in the "Deerslayer" tale." ok_cpu Feb 2024 #129
Libertarians are like house cats: Swede Feb 2024 #149
I like that, a lot Hekate Feb 2024 #204
I once got asked to leave a libertarian town hall meeting, simply because I niyad Feb 2024 #244
A little off topic, but is there a link to a list of things that we are allowed to disagree on without getting banned? Polybius Feb 2024 #150
Absolutely. The answers to all your questions are in the Terms of Service. Hekate Feb 2024 #186
Why I love this thread: it is unifying obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #174
A little boy said to his mother... GiqueCee Feb 2024 #182
Love this thread! beaglelover Feb 2024 #215
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Going back to the Cave, huh? beaglelover Feb 2024 #225
LOL. Does that still exist? // omg I just looked it up and it does Hekate Feb 2024 #229
Yep, those deplorables are constantly trying to infiltrate DU. Losers. LOL! beaglelover Feb 2024 #231
I smell a sequel dpibel Feb 2024 #230
Hilarious! beaglelover Feb 2024 #232
I was actually just about to check over there to see if they'd post about this, but nothing yet. betsuni Feb 2024 #234
What exactly is the Cave? ShazzieB Feb 2024 #241
The Conservative Cave. betsuni Feb 2024 #243
Thanks! ShazzieB Feb 2024 #245
Ohhhh. They're gone? That one was original!!! Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #236
I believe he is enjoying his second pizza Brother Buzz Feb 2024 #238
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