I'm with you 100% Geoff!! Best thing to do is invite as many people as possible into the libertarian movement, rather than run them off cause they're not "dogmatic enough."
Here's a question you'll never get an extremist libertarian to answer. If you want to restrict libertarianism to just the purists, than what label do you give to advocacies of partial libertarianism; basically inconsistent fiscally conservative yet socially tolerant? They hate this question. Puts them in a corner. Forces them to admit that deep down they are advocating exclusivity. --- In [email protected], "Geof Gibson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "steven linnabary" > <linnabary51@> wrote: > > > > > > But referring to yourself as "libertarian" (or anything else for that > > matter) doesn't make it so. > > > > > > This brings up the question of whether Libertarianism is subjective or > objective. Why would we want to discourage people who consider > themselves Libertarian? There are many Catholics out there who > support abortion. The Catholic church has not seen fit to > excommunicate American Cathloics who support abortion. > We need as many Americans as possible to self identify as Libertarian. > Let's bring them in with open arms. Once we get them to think > outside the two party box, the more philosophically minded can > introduce them to Rothbard, Hayek, Rand, etc. > There is no point in the philosophical Imams of Purity 'expelling' or > 'exposing' those who are not 'true believers.' This party will never > grow beyond the 2% fringe if we expect every member to pass > philosophical muster. > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
