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In reply to the discussion: What's with all the libertarians on DU? [View all]Zorra
(27,670 posts)does not make us libertarians.
Just for your information, that inalienable rights thing is a line from a historical document know as the Declaration of Independence, which is a document primarily concerned with freedom, rights and liberty, and was in large part written by Thomas Jefferson, who is universally considered to be the founder of the Democratic Party.
I strongly suggest that if you want to learn what it means to be a Democrat that you study the Declaration of Independence, as well as the writings of Jefferson. I assume you don't know these things, or you would not have posted such a clueless OP. You see, Democrats, unlike republicans, believe in collective and personal liberty. There is another Party, known as the Third Way, who claim to be Democrats, but, like republicans, do not believe
in the aforementioned inalienable rights, or in individual and collective liberty for all people.
You seem to be coming from a Third Way perspective, because you are clearly confusing Democrats with Libertarians.
I had to assume from your OP that you are unaware of this vital historical information. I have noticed that many conservatives seem to be lacking an education in history these days.