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Scuba

(53,475 posts) Wed Dec 18, 2013, 09:14 AM Dec 2013

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For the fools who take libertarianism seriously ... [View all] Scuba Dec 2013 OP

Well, that's ignorant GladRagDahl Dec 2013 #2

no seriously? VanillaRhapsody Dec 2013 #6

It's one school, and certainly not the one I subscribe to. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #7

OHHHH certainly not... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2013 #8

Yes, one school. I'm a collectivist anarchist idealistically. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #10

of of course....nothing in common at all...right... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2013 #35

I wouldn't say lots....Almost all Democratic support is because VanillaRhapsody Dec 2013 #37

Just Ayn Rand disciples in white sheets. nt kelliekat44 Dec 2013 #32

Wrong abelenkpe Dec 2013 #26

'Selfishness is a virtue' according to A Rand nt duhneece Dec 2013 #31

Reminds me: ProSense Dec 2013 #3

rather ignorant PatrynXX Dec 2013 #9

Capital L Libertarianism is anarchism. Specifically anarcho-capitalism. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #11

ha PatrynXX Dec 2013 #17

This was definitely not directed at the Tea Party. Scuba Dec 2013 #13

Actually, Tea Party types are big-government corporatists but don't know it. Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2013 #16

the general tea party members PatrynXX Dec 2013 #22

Like my former mechanic who put a big sign on his garage mountain grammy Dec 2013 #12

For fools (your wording) that take caricatured labels as the real thing ... Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2013 #14

Excellent post, Prof... First Speaker Dec 2013 #23

It's where team politics mixes with ignorance (willful or otherwise). NuclearDem Dec 2013 #24

Civil libertarians are not what progressives attack abelenkpe Dec 2013 #27

Points to the Snowden threads nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #29

Yeah? abelenkpe Dec 2013 #38

All political ideologies are unworkable if implemented. FarCenter Dec 2013 #15

Libertarianism has been picked out of the trashbin of ideologies HoosierCowboy Dec 2013 #18

Eggzaklee! Scuba Dec 2013 #21

Ron Paul 2012 ctsnowman Dec 2013 #19

those who subscribe to libertarianism are a collection FatBuddy Dec 2013 #25

You do realize that there are Libertarian Democrats. ... spin Dec 2013 #28