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PermatexNo.2

(45 posts) Mon Jun 9, 2025, 11:48 PM Jun 2025

Remember simpler times when Barry Goldwater's convention speech told us that "Extremism in defense of..... [View all]

......liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue"? I know what Trump's misguided take on this is, exponentially worse than Goldwater's libertarian bloviatings. But given our prospects here in America today, Los Angeles comes to mind, I'll admit that this has left me scratching my head.

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Remember simpler times when Barry Goldwater's convention speech told us that "Extremism in defense of..... [View all] PermatexNo.2 Jun 2025 OP

I liked Goldwater when he got older videohead5 Jun 2025 #1

Not sure he moderated exactly ITAL Jun 2025 #2

He did become more moderate when he marybourg Jun 2025 #5

Yep. He also said that the governent had no business in your bedroom, doctor's office or church. PermatexNo.2 Jun 2025 #6

Goldwater planted the seed in 1964 DavidDvorkin Jun 2025 #3

Senator Joe McCarthy planted the seed. andym Jun 2025 #4

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