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cosmicvortex20 (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:08 AM Original message |
Liberals not for liberty? |
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freetobegay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. libertarians are more whacked in the head than neocons! |
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loveable liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. try telling him.... |
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cosmicvortex20 (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. Thats not exactly the cogent intelligent responses I wanted... |
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Northwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Personal liberty cannot be had by all |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. Ask him what 'tight controls' he means |
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cosmicvortex20 (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. So would that follow for social liberties as well then? |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. What I said was to deal in specifics, the real world. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. American "Libertarians" give "libertarianism" a bad name. |
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leftyandproud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. he's got it right |
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cosmicvortex20 (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. So once again, if hes right, then your suggesting... |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
35. You are purposely confuting the notion of 'liberty' ... |
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DieboldMustDie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. The world economy is dominated... |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
9. Technically, he is correct |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. Libertarians are just Republicans that want to smoke pot |
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cosmicvortex20 (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Ive heard that, but this one doesnt smoke pot or drink even |
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DaveSZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I think he's right to some extent |
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cosmicvortex20 (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. So the answer is yes... were philosophically inconsistant? |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 01:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
30. You get the media being owned by corporations that have an |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Life is less about freedom than happiness |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
15. Here's what you do... |
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cosmicvortex20 (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. That doesnt address why social freedoms dont need restrictions |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. See my post down below. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. My answer would be that |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 01:08 AM Original message |
Morality is debatable; exploitation is not. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
17. Ask him if he's ever heard of "The Gilded Age" |
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cosmicvortex20 (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Thanks, Ill do some research. I havent heard of that one. |
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DaveSZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I think |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 01:08 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. During the "Gilded Age" corporations gained "personhood" |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 01:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
28. An age of government corruption |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 01:17 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Why not? |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
20. In regard to social liberties... |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
26. It's great in theory |
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cosmicvortex20 (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 01:05 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Actually, I have used this one on him already... |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 01:27 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. He needs to understand |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
33. liberal comes from the word liberty.. |
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el_gato (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
34. Freedom belongs to people not Corporations |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
36. I feel like a psychiatrist listening to someone say 'I have this friend..' |
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