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<blockquote data-quote="diesel96" data-source="post: 374171" data-attributes="member: 9859"><p>I know I should have put a smiley face<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy2:" title="Happy2 :happy2:" data-shortname=":happy2:" />, or a wink,wink<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink2:" title="Wink :wink2:" data-shortname=":wink2:" /> on that ribbing. But seriously, is Cheryl paying you to shed light and channel your informed rants and expose us for what we are?</p><p> </p><p> Don’t get me wrong, though. I’ve got nothing against informed dissent. In fact, it’s critical if this whole “government of, by, and for the people” thing is going to work. Look no further than Kennedy/Vietnam or Cheney/Iraq to see why lack of dissent is bad. But that dissent can take the form of that one politician in session who shoots down everyone else’s ideas without ever offering a better idea. Thats on par with whining.</p><p> </p><p>And indeed, there are parts of Libertarianism that are actually good and make sense, if kept within reason. Foreign policy, fiscal and constitutional reponsibility. There really are a lot of cases where we (and, by extension, the state) ought to lean on the side of leaving people alone. Behaviors that don’t hurt anybody shouldn’t be criminalized. Even self-destructive behaviors needn’t be criminalized or regulated. No, it’s not so much Libertarianism that’s the problem, it's their reluctance to offer solutions for society’s problems, because that might involve a bit of government, and government is a waste, right. </p><p> </p><p>Remember that ole' girlfriend<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/blahblah.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":blahblah:" title="blahblah :blahblah:" data-shortname=":blahblah:" /> you had growing up, who, whenever you suggested “Let’s do X,” no matter what X is, they didn’t want to do it, but when asked what <em>they</em> want to do, they say “I don’t know.” They’re the ultimate nic-picking nay-sayers. They never have to take any blame when things don’t work, because nothing was ever their idea, and they opposed all of everyone else’s idea. They can avoid accountability for any and all problems.</p><p> </p><p>BTW...What's with the movie Predator pregnating the country with Libertarian and Repulican-lite politicians who marry democrats? Were you an extra in that movie?</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group2/gunsmilie.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":gunsmilie" title="Gunsmilie :gunsmilie" data-shortname=":gunsmilie" /><----Jesse "the body" Ventura</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/weightlifter.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":weightlifter:" title="Weightlifter :weightlifter:" data-shortname=":weightlifter:" /><-----Arnold "Get to da choppa" Schwartzanegger</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group2/red_indian.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":red_india" title="Red Indian :red_india" data-shortname=":red_india" /><------Sonny "the big knife wielding Indian" Landham</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="diesel96, post: 374171, member: 9859"] I know I should have put a smiley face:happy2:, or a wink,wink:wink2: on that ribbing. But seriously, is Cheryl paying you to shed light and channel your informed rants and expose us for what we are? Don’t get me wrong, though. I’ve got nothing against informed dissent. In fact, it’s critical if this whole “government of, by, and for the people” thing is going to work. Look no further than Kennedy/Vietnam or Cheney/Iraq to see why lack of dissent is bad. But that dissent can take the form of that one politician in session who shoots down everyone else’s ideas without ever offering a better idea. Thats on par with whining. And indeed, there are parts of Libertarianism that are actually good and make sense, if kept within reason. Foreign policy, fiscal and constitutional reponsibility. There really are a lot of cases where we (and, by extension, the state) ought to lean on the side of leaving people alone. Behaviors that don’t hurt anybody shouldn’t be criminalized. Even self-destructive behaviors needn’t be criminalized or regulated. No, it’s not so much Libertarianism that’s the problem, it's their reluctance to offer solutions for society’s problems, because that might involve a bit of government, and government is a waste, right. Remember that ole' girlfriend:blahblah: you had growing up, who, whenever you suggested “Let’s do X,” no matter what X is, they didn’t want to do it, but when asked what [I]they[/I] want to do, they say “I don’t know.” They’re the ultimate nic-picking nay-sayers. They never have to take any blame when things don’t work, because nothing was ever their idea, and they opposed all of everyone else’s idea. They can avoid accountability for any and all problems. BTW...What's with the movie Predator pregnating the country with Libertarian and Repulican-lite politicians who marry democrats? Were you an extra in that movie? :gunsmilie<----Jesse "the body" Ventura :weightlifter:<-----Arnold "Get to da choppa" Schwartzanegger :red_india<------Sonny "the big knife wielding Indian" Landham [/QUOTE]
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