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Seems the Ron Paul Contingent Did Well Last Night
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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 1052524" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Ah, the million dollar question. The problem however is those who say they are "libertarian leaning" how do they themselves define libertarian. My "leaning libertarian" could be different, even radically so from what others would describe as "libertarian leaning." And is it "L"ibertarian or "l"ibertarian? Are we talking in the colloquial use of the word or are we talking in the historical and etymological use of the word? Are we talking the Americanized version or the older European version with it's solidly french roots? Are we right libertarians, Libertarian partiarchs, left libertarians, libertarian socialists, libertarian communists, green libertarians, market libertarians, minarchist libertarians.....the list is so long you just forget where you were going and give up.</p><p></p><p>Once you set the terms and the definitions, then you can get down to brass tacks and what exactly "leaning libertarian" might actually mean. I pretty much ignore the colloquial use and stick to the historical and etymological use of the word. In this most general sense, everyone to some degree is libertarian. The problem is as pointed out, the word libertarian was transformed into a political ideology which in it's colloquial sense has all but destroyed it's effectiveness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 1052524, member: 2189"] Ah, the million dollar question. The problem however is those who say they are "libertarian leaning" how do they themselves define libertarian. My "leaning libertarian" could be different, even radically so from what others would describe as "libertarian leaning." And is it "L"ibertarian or "l"ibertarian? Are we talking in the colloquial use of the word or are we talking in the historical and etymological use of the word? Are we talking the Americanized version or the older European version with it's solidly french roots? Are we right libertarians, Libertarian partiarchs, left libertarians, libertarian socialists, libertarian communists, green libertarians, market libertarians, minarchist libertarians.....the list is so long you just forget where you were going and give up. Once you set the terms and the definitions, then you can get down to brass tacks and what exactly "leaning libertarian" might actually mean. I pretty much ignore the colloquial use and stick to the historical and etymological use of the word. In this most general sense, everyone to some degree is libertarian. The problem is as pointed out, the word libertarian was transformed into a political ideology which in it's colloquial sense has all but destroyed it's effectiveness. [/QUOTE]
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