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BocaHoo91

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While I'll be the first to admit that Libertarians are not the most


pragmatic in their views and many of their theoretical beliefs don't work in practice, I think there's a HUGE difference between holding a libertarian view that people should be free to associate (or not associate) with whomever they want to (i.e. free to discriminate) and saying people should specifically NOT associate with certain other people (people of color, jews, etc) and even worse, that those other people are inferior, should be segregated, eliminated, etc (i.e. the views of white supremacists)

The first position is a bit naive and it certainly would not have allowed us to end the widely held practice of the second position 50 years ago during the civil rights movement (i.e. gov't intervention and laws were needed), but the first position can absolutely come purely from a perspective of freedom, and the person holding that perspective can absolutely not be bigoted and not discriminate in his or her dealings. That's a VERY different animal from someone holding white supremacist views and I don't see any linkage other than the libertarian view would make it easier for the white supremacist to legally discriminate.

(In response to this post by WahooRQ)

Posted: 09/20/2017 at 12:46PM



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  I need some of the author's crack. ** -- hoothat 09/20/2017 10:59PM
  Please keep your fetishes to yourself -- HoozOnTop 09/20/2017 11:29PM
  All manifestations of the fucking John Birch Society. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 09/20/2017 10:56PM
  You really think that? ** -- hoothat 09/20/2017 11:03PM
  His conclusion is a straw man -- Beerman 09/20/2017 2:13PM
  That's not how I read it -- Beerman 09/20/2017 2:28PM
  "Self-interest as a moral center"? -- HowieT3 09/20/2017 4:01PM
  It's the essence of capitalism -- Beerman 09/20/2017 4:05PM
  Well done. ** -- Hokie5150 09/20/2017 3:58PM
  WADR, I think you completely missed the point. -- WahooRQ 09/20/2017 1:37PM
  Wow -- hoothat 09/20/2017 10:48PM
  You have outdone even yourself. Wow, just wow. ** -- Hoodafan 09/20/2017 2:30PM
  Hmm. I did not get that message from the article. -- hoolstoptheheels 09/20/2017 2:00PM
  Yep -- Beerman 09/20/2017 2:21PM
  Well said. ** -- Hokie5150 09/20/2017 1:45PM
  So many strawmen, so little time... ** -- Hokie5150 09/20/2017 1:40PM
  That is certainly not what i took from his column -- 111Balz 09/20/2017 1:17PM
  Libertarianism is anarchy for rich people. -- HowieT3 09/20/2017 1:07PM
  "Anarchy for rich people" is a great line. ** -- hoodeyo 09/20/2017 1:53PM
  LOL! ** -- Hokie5150 09/20/2017 1:15PM
  Oh that's not true. Libertarians get a bad name. -- hoolstoptheheels 09/20/2017 1:14PM
  Utopians have never gained much traction in this country. -- Chuck Taylor 09/20/2017 1:48PM
  And thank goodness for that! ** -- hoolstoptheheels 09/20/2017 2:02PM
  ...Yep, that is authoritarian... ** -- hoothat 09/20/2017 10:58PM
  Was that a response to me? Seems very off topic to -- 111Balz 09/20/2017 12:27PM
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  Um...OK. ** -- Hokie5150 09/20/2017 1:21PM
  People are free to discriminate, but there is nothing -- Faz d. Hoo 09/20/2017 12:25PM
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