"jim rozen" wrote in message
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In article , Ed Huntress says...

There aren't many people who call themselves "libertarians" who have the
fortitude for it. More importantly, they don't really believe the
foundation
on which their supposed political position is based. For the most part,
they
just want to own any gun they want to, any time and anywhere they want
to.
Their "principles" usually fall like a house of cards when the issues
extend
beyond that.

I find it ironic indeed that the doctrines they gravitate towards
lead to increased govenmental meddling in private lives, reduced
privacy, unchecked government powers, and the concentration of
political power in the hands of only one or two men. If that is
truly being a 'libertarian' then count me out.

Well, libertarians come from a variety of places, but most of them come from
traditional (pre-neocon, pre-libertarian) conservatism. They can't easily
shake that authoritarian impulse, once they get beyond the 2nd Amendment and
anything to do with taxes.

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Ed Huntress