RE: [split]Ron Paul plays Yahtzee with Nazis
September 5, 2012 at 6:22 am
(This post was last modified: September 5, 2012 at 6:26 am by Creed of Heresy.)
You know, I should go ahead and put this out there myself; I am not against libertarian policies, myself. I'm a liberal, but after fairly extensive reading on Ron Paul, what he stands for, and what his stated goals were...I'm not opposed to the guy at all. In fact I was genuinely hoping he would go against Obama; I would have had to actually pay attention to the debates, I would have actually have had to be careful in who I voted for. But no, no, the RNC chose Mitt Romney because, hey, you hate the president who instated public health care?? Well why not make your presidential candidate the guy who implemented his own form of universal health care in his state...only unlike Obama, he fucked it up and made it mandatory with horrible taxes, fees, and penalties for not having it. Good going, RNC. So Obama, about your next four years in office...
But as a liberal, I don't find myself exactly opposed to libertarian ideologies. There are many common grounds between the parties, the only time we really split is on the ideas on the private sector, and we can butt heads about that til we come up with a solution. If I may be entirely honest, I would like to see a genuine Libertarian government in this country for at least 4 years, maybe 8. I would like to see the federal spending in this country utterly broken down and reduced to a minimalistic state so we can clear the clutter, and from there implement liberal ideologies on spending in their current forms. I would like to cut the conservatives out of the equation altogether; they're a relic, a party of contrarian idiots stuck in the Cold War era who can't get the fuck over themselves, who brashly proclaim themselves to be champions of small government while at the same time mandating things left and right about the government being able to force shit on you even harder than it's being forced on you as it is. Liberal government is about the government providing necessary services and no more nowadays. Conservative government is about the government backing those with money and forcing evangelical ideologies down your throat regardless of whether you like them or not. Libertarian government...is a government that stays the fuck out of your way. Cut the conservatives out and let's balance liberalism with libertarianism, it'd be a very good way to get this country back on track.
I suggest we have a liberal-libertarianism smoke-up party. That's another thing liberals and libertarians agree on, right? Smoking weed is ok? There, that's our meeting ground. Pass the bong and shoot the shit and fix the country over some Alaskan Thunderfuck.
But as a liberal, I don't find myself exactly opposed to libertarian ideologies. There are many common grounds between the parties, the only time we really split is on the ideas on the private sector, and we can butt heads about that til we come up with a solution. If I may be entirely honest, I would like to see a genuine Libertarian government in this country for at least 4 years, maybe 8. I would like to see the federal spending in this country utterly broken down and reduced to a minimalistic state so we can clear the clutter, and from there implement liberal ideologies on spending in their current forms. I would like to cut the conservatives out of the equation altogether; they're a relic, a party of contrarian idiots stuck in the Cold War era who can't get the fuck over themselves, who brashly proclaim themselves to be champions of small government while at the same time mandating things left and right about the government being able to force shit on you even harder than it's being forced on you as it is. Liberal government is about the government providing necessary services and no more nowadays. Conservative government is about the government backing those with money and forcing evangelical ideologies down your throat regardless of whether you like them or not. Libertarian government...is a government that stays the fuck out of your way. Cut the conservatives out and let's balance liberalism with libertarianism, it'd be a very good way to get this country back on track.
I suggest we have a liberal-libertarianism smoke-up party. That's another thing liberals and libertarians agree on, right? Smoking weed is ok? There, that's our meeting ground. Pass the bong and shoot the shit and fix the country over some Alaskan Thunderfuck.
