[forum moderator] Terry does not like countless debates as to who is and who is not a libertarian.
I would only respond that I'm a big believer in a broad definition of libertarianism. My foe Paul Ireland is a believer in a very well- defined and narrow definition of libertarianism. My feelings basically are that hell, if it's good enough for Liberals and Conservatives, it damn sure's good enough for advocates of libertarianism. Why should they get to have a very broad definition of their philosophy? And libertarianism's advocates have to be confined to a very narrow area? When Leonard Reed of FEE invented the New Political Spectrum with Four Quadrants back in 1959, he envisioned a day when "libertarian" would be as broadly defined as Liberal or Conservative. Dave Nolan, the Advocates for Self-Government and numerous others have carried on that tradition of libertarianism being as large a movement and as broadly defined as the other two, through the World's Smallest Political Quiz and the OPH. If you wish to narrow the definition for libertarian beliefs, fine with me, just use a Modifier. Call your perspective "Anarcho-libertarianism" or a "Hardcore libertarianism" or a "dogmatic libertarianism" or an "extreme libertarianism" But unless you completely reject the New Political Spectrum, YOU MUST acknowledge that other flavors of libertarianism exist, even Moderate libertarianism. --- In [email protected], "Andr� Kenji de Sousa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2006/4/7, Eric Dondero Rittberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Name some names. Here are a few names of authors and writers who I > > personally feel my "Neo-libertarian" views jive with near 100%: > > > > Neal Boortz > > PJ O'Rourke > > Tammy Bruce > > Charles Murray > > Andrew Sullivan > > Christopher Hitchens > > Ayn Rand > > Barry Goldwater > > Milton Friedman > > Daniel Pipes > > Steve Emerson > > Walter Williams > > Larry Elder > > Bruce Bawer > > > Pipes? Hitchens? Libertarians? > > 0_0 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > 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/
