From: Olga Bourlin (fauxever@sprynet.com)
Date: Tue Jun 19 2001 - 23:02:09 MDT
> Harvey Newstrom wrote:
>
> > Spike Jones wrote,
> > > Libertarian, but still carrying some heavy Republican baggage.
> > >
> > Wonderful description, Spike! I am the opposite: ... I come from a
Liberal
> >
> > background and can slip back into it when I'm not thinking.
Having been under the impression that I came to my own liberal foreground
because of a propensity to think (at least I've thought so, all these
years), I decided to investigate libertarianism a bit, and what I found were
many sites where libertarians, gun advocates, Branch Davidians, homegrown
militias and the like are linked. What's the difference? What are the
similarities? Even in the best light, libertarianism seems like such a
throwback. Is there are contradiction here? Extroprians looking forward by
looking back? (Arty, in any case.)
This is just one example of the type of stuff I found:
They are Not Libertarians
We are tired of groups like the ACLU and the NAACP being referred to, and
referring themselves as "civil libertarians". While we could debate the
"civil" part, there is no debate on the "libertarian" part. These
"libertarians" believe that you have no rights under the second amendment.
These "libertarians" believe that you should be forced to pay to educate (or
not educate) other peoples children. For these "libertarians",
free-expression only counts for vulgar art. True libertarians see the Second
amendment as important as the First. They see education as a private and not
a "village" affair. To the real libertarians free expression does not mean
you should be forced to fund art you find objectionable. From now on, we
should call these people what they are; liberal socialists.
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