tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256879375380353936.post3983201065689471066..comments2024-01-02T18:43:12.325-08:00Comments on Libertarian Intelligence: Ruwart: More Libertarian Than ThouBrian Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284822676116941984noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256879375380353936.post-71510326490380622312008-05-16T23:47:00.000-07:002008-05-16T23:47:00.000-07:00Okay, I wasn’t sure where I stood. But I’m clear. ...Okay, I wasn’t sure where I stood. But I’m clear. I don’t like you and wish you’d go make to the Republicans or whatever swamp you came from. <BR/><BR/>Wait a minute? Now I remember. I’ve seen you arguing for statists positions before. I don’t mean moderate libertarian positions but openly conservative positions. And rather badly so in my opinion as well as rather arrogantly so -- informing all that you were smarter than any one who disagreed.<BR/><BR/>But let me get to the main fallacy of your Right-wing rants. The question is not whether one should be an anarchist or not or can’t be an anarchist or not. I don’t care. I’m no anarchist myself. But I am a libertarian.What I feel is happening is that some conservatives are now claiming that being libertarian on issues like gay rights, sex laws, immigration, etc. is really just being “anarchist” and that no “anarchist” should be allowed in the party.<BR/><BR/>You are playing a game of bait and switch. You define moderate by being conservative and anarchist by being libertarian -- which explains why you think Root is so peachy. He is a neo-con who donated to Joe Lieberman and publicly said that he had wished the GOP had run a McCain/Lieberman ticket. There are things I disagree with Mary about. But at least I know she is Libertarian. The disagreements are not over major issues. The problem with conservatives like Barr and Root is that they simply aren’t libertarians. <BR/><BR/>A libertarian is not a different version of conservative anymore than its a different version of socialist. It means free markets, social liberalism and non-interventionist foreign policy. Your type seems to equate libertarian with being conservative. You want free markets (just don’t go too far), you want a tiny bit of social tolerance (not much really), and your kind tends to support war making. Sounds like what George Bush said he was for. Please join the Republicans again -- if you ever really left them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com