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Originally Posted by Robbie
Not only that...but Ron Paul is NOT a Libertarian.
He's "close" I guess. But he's not for what the Libertarian party stands for.
Or as Libertarian Pres. candidate Gary Johnson said: "I'm 'Pro-Everything'"
Ron Paul? He's against abortion. He's against people being able to decide for themselves if they want to use recreational drugs. And despite the things he said about cutting back the govt., we would STILL have a huge govt. involved in our lives from cradle to grave.
A real Libertarian doesn't accept Ron Paul as a Libertarian at all.
He's "close". But not in the ways that really matter to me.
And "close" only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. lol
It would be like taking a RINO Republican from the NorthEast and trying to tell Democrats that he's "really" a Democrat.
Nope.
Or taking a "conservative" Democrat and trying to tell Republicans he's "really" a Republican.
Nope.
Ron Paul isn't a Libertarian. That's just a tag that his political opponents put on him to make him look unacceptable to their bible thumping base.
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Excellent points, except for the Abortion issue. There are many splits in the libertarian party that disagree on the abortion side of things, based on the thought that the view of a minarchist government would always still include protecting people from other people that would do harm to them, and that would include protecting viable children that happen to be in the womb. Not based on any religious silliness, but rather on an individuals right to not be killed by another person.
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