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Lively little debate going on at one of last week’s posts with Libertarianism put under the microscope.
ocLiberal:
I know I am in sketchy territory here, (start the indignant shouting now) but I want to comment on the use of the Constitution as the preeminent example of civil perfection. I just get tired of hearing people tout the Constitution like it was written by God. It most certainly was not. I don’t need to rerun the same old BS about how the original Constitution treated blacks, women or non-land owners – you all know about that. I guess the signers, our founding fathers did the best they could at the time. They were, after all only men. We have spent the last 200+ years tweaking it for a good reason.
This is one of my problems with the Libertarians and the Tea Party. They are just pulling the same shit with the Constitution as the religious right pulls with the Bible. Most of them don’t even know what is in it. [...] I am speaking in general about the folks I so often see on the idiot box. Stop slapping people with the Constitution like it was designed to bludgeon dissenters. If you want to rail against the eroding of the document, speak out against travesties like the Citizens United ruling, not the EPA. Grandma doesn’t need any more fracking problems…
The Constitution was a damn good starting point. We have done pretty well at fine-tuning it. But spare me the spectacle of worshiping the Constitution as a false idol.
Unfortunately, those shouting loudest about constitutional abuse are the ones with the least understanding of what the document actually says. It has become little more than a partisan tool for the right, pulled out from the back of the closet and used to bludgeon Democrats whenever one is sitting in the White House.
Mario, I know you would never do it, but is there anyway to alert us when there is a lively tussle going on. Some of us love to tussle. Especially when they are clean and somewhat civil as is often the case on your pages.
Libertarianism is really bothersome to me. I actually know people who claim they are liberal libertarians and will stand up and are that a corporation is a living entity. Or, they will defend the exorbitant compensation of the CEO. No, any libertarian is a conservative and their “states rights’ B./S is dangerous.
I agree Mario, among all the great commentary contributions recently, Ocliberal touched on something that all apparently wanted to say at one time or another.
Thanks OC for expressing it so eloquently,
“No, any libertarian is a conservative and their “states rights’ B./S is dangerous.”
How so, Pardu?
Keep in mind gang, the Constitution is meant to protect individuals from the abuses of government, to protect us from the government getting too powerful. It doesn’t give us rights, it keeps government from taking rights away. The Constitution helps us keep the government in check so it can’t quash our best interests.
Not interest in arguing the virtues of , or lack there of of Libertartianism. I am really not one to arguing points with ideology that I see has having no merit. I will say, though, if Ron Paul is a Libertarian, I stand by my statements and as I read more about his NEWS REPORTS, I triple down on my disdain for the ideology. . If States’s Right’ is at the roots of Libertarian-ism (after we accept that States have governments also and some have proven to be very very vile across US History), the belief systems and school of thought is fit for nothing more than a toss to “FILE 13″., Nothing persona. I suspect you know that…my simple opine!
This is one of my problems with the Libertarians and the Tea Party. They are just pulling the same shit with the Constitution as the religious right pulls with the Bible. Most of them don’t even know what is in it. [...] I am speaking in general about the folks I so often see on the idiot box. Stop slapping people with the Constitution like it was designed to bludgeon dissenters. If you want to rail against the eroding of the document, speak out against travesties like the Citizens United ruling, not the EPA. Grandma doesn’t need any more fracking problems…
KUDOS ocLiberal
Mario, I know you would never do it, but is there anyway to alert us when there is a lively tussle going on. Some of us love to tussle. Especially when they are clean and somewhat civil as is often the case on your pages.
Libertarianism is really bothersome to me. I actually know people who claim they are liberal libertarians and will stand up and are that a corporation is a living entity. Or, they will defend the exorbitant compensation of the CEO. No, any libertarian is a conservative and their “states rights’ B./S is dangerous.
OC – Most excellent. A tip of the hat!
I agree Mario, among all the great commentary contributions recently, Ocliberal touched on something that all apparently wanted to say at one time or another.
Thanks OC for expressing it so eloquently,
GoldenSun
“No, any libertarian is a conservative and their “states rights’ B./S is dangerous.”
How so, Pardu?
Keep in mind gang, the Constitution is meant to protect individuals from the abuses of government, to protect us from the government getting too powerful. It doesn’t give us rights, it keeps government from taking rights away. The Constitution helps us keep the government in check so it can’t quash our best interests.
Not interest in arguing the virtues of , or lack there of of Libertartianism. I am really not one to arguing points with ideology that I see has having no merit. I will say, though, if Ron Paul is a Libertarian, I stand by my statements and as I read more about his NEWS REPORTS, I triple down on my disdain for the ideology. . If States’s Right’ is at the roots of Libertarian-ism (after we accept that States have governments also and some have proven to be very very vile across US History), the belief systems and school of thought is fit for nothing more than a toss to “FILE 13″., Nothing persona. I suspect you know that…my simple opine!
OOPS …. “NOT INTERESTED”..; forgot my past tense (ED)..Sorry Tommy Pane