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In reply to the discussion: Left wing libertarians. [View all]Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)73. Don't let the right-wing hijack our language
The word means the same here as it does in Europe, the only reason people think it means different is because the right-wing has hijacked the language in this country. Just because the majority of people think it means something different does not mean it actually does mean something different.
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What is the contradiction? Without economic power the individual has little power or
TheKentuckian
May 2013
#6
Gets boring sitting in a coffee house hoping for a long day of traffic collisions and medical aids
Brother Buzz
May 2013
#26
The way I read that was *instead* of getting fire calls, given the context of the first line.
Electric Monk
May 2013
#50
I guess hopping for a day when nothing crappy happens is to much to ask for
Brother Buzz
May 2013
#61
I suspect that if she did then you and sad-cafe would simply accuse her of being lazy, instead. nt
Electric Monk
May 2013
#63
But the funny thing is, in my experience, the righties aren't aligned with their voters either.
truebluegreen
May 2013
#36
More and more since I first said it, it is an 80-20 world with the extreme fringe being 20
graham4anything
May 2013
#18
Actually Jefferson wanted to go further with the declaration, but was overruled
davidn3600
May 2013
#45
The majority of people on this site are left wing libertarians even if they don't realize it
Bjorn Against
May 2013
#52
At the very least I think this site was majority libertarian during the Bush Administration
Bjorn Against
May 2013
#55
but we are NOT in Europe, we are here, and Ron Paul libertarians in US are 100% racists.
graham4anything
May 2013
#70
Everything in that 3rd paragraph describes either a "Denial-ican" or an "Apostle" . . .
HughBeaumont
May 2013
#75
Terms such as left libertarian, libertarian, liberal, progressive, conservative, socialist...
Agnosticsherbet
May 2013
#56
It really is a contradiction in terms, because the economic side of Libertarianism
pnwmom
May 2013
#60