“I am unalterably opposed to discrimination of any sort”, do you agree or disagree?

OK: let us begin with pro-freedom foreign policy.
During the 3rd World War the GOP was much more aggressive in funding anti-communist defenses,
whereas the Demos only grudgingly went along, with too many complaints.
In fact, Ronald Reagan ran the communist economy into the ground
with our Star Wars build up and other technological military improvements.
The KGB coud not steal American technology fast enuf to keep up.
We have Reagan to thank for the death of communism.

This has nothing to do with Libertarianism at all.

Qua domestic policy,
the first statutes that spring to mind are freedom of self defense statutes
including, but not limited to, the statute protecting the right of citizens
to take their guns thru anti-freedom States when travelling.
To that we add immunity of the gun manufacturers from nuisance litigation
whose purpose it was to ruin them financially.
Accordingly, citizens now remain secure in their liberty of access to the means of free self defense.

The GOP has also been more aggressive in lowering taxes,
thereby giving citizens the freedom to enjoy their own $$.
Demos hate and resist that, craving to rob citizens of their property to use it collectively.

This has little to do with Libertarianism.

I would point out that Republicans and the Republican party regularly support
and advocate policies which limit individual freedoms. How do you explain this?

Cycloptichorn

Cycloptichorn wrote:

I would point out that Republicans and the Republican party regularly support
and advocate policies which limit individual freedoms. How do you explain this?

I have no comment until u indicate what u r talking about.

I would point out that Republicans and the Republican party regularly support
and advocate policies which limit individual freedoms. How do you explain this?

I have no comment until u indicate what u r talking about.

Well, one obvious issue is the anti-abortion stance of the Republican party.

Yes. Apparently some Republicans follow religious beliefs that God is against abortion and thay vote accordingly.

Yes. Apparently some Republicans follow religious beliefs that God is against abortion and thay vote accordingly.

Yes. Apparently some Republicans follow religious beliefs that God is against abortion and thay vote accordingly.

Isn't that inherently anti-Libertarian? For the government to be involved in personal choices?

It seems that the vast majority of Republicans are not in fact Libertarians.

How do you reconcile this with your opinion that the Republican party is, in fact, a Libertarian party?

Not to mention: drug use, censorship laws, and the Terry Schiavo case.
It seems that the vast majority of Republicans are not in fact Libertarians.

Cycloptichorn

From the OmSigDavid online dictionary:

Faction (Facshun): The vast majority (of the Republican party).

Those r exceptions to the general rule

On March 21, Congress passed a bill, S.686, that allowed Schiavo's case to be moved into a federal court. The controversial law is colloquially known as the Palm Sunday Compromise. It passed the Senate on Sunday afternoon unanimously, 3-0, with 97 of 100 Senators not present. Meanwhile, in the House of Representatives, deliberation ran from 9pm EST to just past midnight during an unusual Sunday session.[14] The bill was passed 203-58 (156 Republicans and 47 Democrats in favor, 5 Republicans and 53 Democrats against), with 174 Representatives (74 Republicans and 100 Democrats) not present on the floor at the time of the vote at 12:41 a.m. EST. President Bush returned from vacation in Crawford, Texas to sign the bill into law at 1:11 that morning.[15]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_involvement_in_the_Terri_Schiavo_case

During the Civil Rights debate in Congress Barry Goldwater
said “I am unalterably opposed to discrimination of any sort,”

Cycloptichorn wrote:

How do you reconcile this with your opinion that the Republican party is, in fact, a Libertarian party?

Not to mention: drug use, censorship laws, and the Terry Schiavo case.
It seems that the vast majority of Republicans are not in fact Libertarians.

Cycloptichorn

Those r exceptions to the general rule
endemic to a faction of Republicans, to which I do not belong.

David

I am still unalterably confused as to what Barry G and his crew meant by,
“I am unalterably opposed to discrimination of any sort,”

Paul was not only invited to be a featured speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference but also won its presidential straw poll. ....
..These fault lines began to emerge when Sarah Palin earlier this month delivered the keynote speech to the national tea party conference in Nashville, and stood there spitting out one platitude after the next which Paul-led libertarians despise: from neoconservative war-loving dogma and veneration of Israel to glorification of "War on Terror" domestic powers and the need of the state to enforce Palin's own religious and cultural values.

I am still unalterably confused as to what Barry G and his crew meant by,
“I am unalterably opposed to discrimination of any sort,”