"Ed Huntress" wrote in message news:...

"Rich Grise" wrote in message
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David R. Birch wrote:
On 6/2/2011 6:09 AM, Ed Huntress wrote:

Now, that's libertarianism as an ideology. Conservatism, liberalism,
and
any other ideology you can think of has equally disastrous failings.

You oversimplify. That's libertarian right. Just as there are
authoritarian left and right, so there are also two sides to
libertarianism.

Maybe this can help clear things up on that matter:
http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz

Hope This Helps!
Richard the Dreaded Libertarian

It's interesting, but the subject here is ideology and ideologues, not
leanings. Most of the people I associate with lean one way or the other,
but ideologues use an ersatz kind of deductive reasoning to reach absolute
and extreme positions.

An ideological libertarian, according to the Libertarian Party Platform,
opposes pharmaceutical certification, meat inspection, public education,
monopolies, and free-wheeling securities trading.

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Ed Huntress

Correction: An ideological libertarian would ALLOW monopolies and
free-wheeling securities trading. It's the other things he would oppose.

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Ed Huntress