2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Liberals aren't Democrats? [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)... principles, especially when Obama's administration and many Democrats have often stood against these issues with things like supporting the NSA and threatening Libertarians like Snowden for trying to tell us how our rights of privacy have been violated.
Yes, I believe as you do, that these have long been Democratic principles as well too! All the more reason we should make sure our representatives stand for them, and maybe at times align with Libertarians willing to do some legislation that might help us with these in the coming term to make sure that the message gets sent to young people that you don't need to vote for a Libertarian to get support on these sorts of issues. I think it would be smart politics too, if we can show that Democrats aligned with some Libertarians are one of the few cases where things get done then, and that the people will then elect reps in the following elections including a lot more Democrats and some Republicans/Libertarians that will solidify us in providing legal support for all of these principles then too.