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Old 10-19-2017, 07:36 AM
 
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Libertarians want the freedom to oppress others. They simply want the freedom to take away someone else's freedom. And they don't want the government standing in their way.

Libertarians dislike the government for the same reason that the schoolyard bully dislikes the teacher and the school principal.
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Old 10-19-2017, 07:47 AM
 
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Some. Others are conservatives who want the freedom to do drugs and see prostitutes.
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Old 10-19-2017, 07:49 AM
 
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If that is true of libertarians, it's true that liberals want an all powerful government that has complet control of everyone's lives.

It's an indisputable fact. I know exactly what liberals want just as you know what libertarians want.
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Old 10-19-2017, 07:52 AM
 
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Libertarians want the freedom to oppress others. They simply want the freedom to take away someone else's freedom. And they don't want the government standing in their way.

Libertarians dislike the government for the same reason that the schoolyard bully dislikes the teacher and the school principal.

Wow talk about have a zero understanding of what being a Libertarian is. Good going.

Of all the possible arguments against Libertarians you picked the dumbest one to try to argue against. Civil liberties.

First Libertarians are not against having a government it is necessary. Libertarians do not want to bully anyone. They just don't want to government to bullying its citizens.

Freedom is not some finite thing that there is only so much to go around. However the freedom to harm others is not part of Libertarian philosophy.

Libertarians want everyone to have civil liberties only entity restrained is government.

You clearly want government to control every aspect of life. Why?
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Old 10-19-2017, 08:01 AM
 
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Libertarians want the freedom to oppress others. They simply want the freedom to take away someone else's freedom. And they don't want the government standing in their way.

Libertarians dislike the government for the same reason that the schoolyard bully dislikes the teacher and the school principal.

Since a tenet of libertarianism is non-aggression,I posit the o.p. has a misunderstanding of what libertarianism really is.
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Old 10-19-2017, 08:04 AM
 
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Some. Others are conservatives who want the freedom to do drugs and see prostitutes.
They want these freedoms right up until the minute they need something from their fellow taxpayers. I know one libertarian who is into my pocket for over a million (health care).
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Old 10-19-2017, 08:06 AM
 
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Freedom is not some finite thing that there is only so much to go around. However the freedom to harm others is not part of Libertarian philosophy.?
Well, sure it is! The Top Libertarians in the world (Kochs, etc.) fight and win the ability to pollute more and harm others. Period.
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Old 10-19-2017, 08:07 AM
 
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This just made my day. Hilarious! Libertarians want to take people's freedom away...genius.
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Old 10-19-2017, 08:11 AM
 
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No idea how your rep meter has gotten so high, but I vote we shouldn't entertain this OP until we get some examples laid out on how libertarians are going about to accomplish this.
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Old 10-19-2017, 08:13 AM
 
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Rants never make for good topics.
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