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Can a Libertarian be Pro Life?

Can a libertarian be pro life?


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I disagree with the entire premise of your post. A Libertarian can be religious, they just aren't going to try and convince you to follow their beliefs because every person has the right to make their own choice.

I didn't say a Libertarian can't be religious. I said a Libertarian would never tell another person what he should believe. Your poll is about what people believe (pro-life verus pro-choice). Libertarians can be one or the other, and no other Libertarian would say one view is wrong because he/she has a different one.
 
I say no. A Libertarian believes in individual choice, even if it is a choice they don't agree with.

That's ridiculous, Can a libertarian be free to murder? Or will he agree to respect laws against murder?
 
I didn't say a Libertarian can't be religious. I said a Libertarian would never tell another person what he should believe. Your poll is about what people believe (pro-life verus pro-choice). Libertarians can be one or the other, and no other Libertarian would say one view is wrong because he/she has a different one.

Sorry I missed the "not" in your post.
 
Not everyone who calls themself a libertarian is actually a libertarian. Liberalism is whatever liberals say it is and is therefore subject to change. The same goes for conservatism. The definitions of those words change from time to time and place to place. From a linguistic perspective, libertarianism isn't like that. You can't change the definition of libertarianism without changing the definition of liberty.

Some of my favorite moments on sites like this are when one libertarian explains to other libertarians that they are not really a true libertarian. They seem to enjoy pretending that they and only they are the official Vatican authority on all things libertarain.
 
*Yawn* Better than throwing in with your lot.

And that smug contentment with finishing far far far behind and never getting any real power makes me very happy.
 
So what's the difference between Libertarians and Republicans?

well from what i see, there are more then 1 kind of republican..

social...religious
neo-conservative.....................IE john McCain...imperialist.....nation builder.
constitutional......follow the law
conservative, with some left wing thought....both Maine senators
moderate.
 
And that smug contentment with finishing far far far behind and never getting any real power makes me very happy.

Glad to make you happy.
 
A libertarian can be personally pro-life, but politically pro-choice. That is my own position.
 
So use your link for Libertarians, and then go look up the GOP and do a side by side comparison. In short, GOP want to continue a war on drugs, Libertarians don't. GOP wants to continue to project power overseas, Libertarians primarily do not. The GOP wants to increase the military and military spending, Libertarians more or less do not. The GOP wants to grow the government just slower than Liberals, the Libertarians want smaller unobtrusive government and to be basically left alone (less regulation).

So basically your a Democrat but don't like the regulations that the Dems do because they do more in your eyes.
Democrats are more open to weed, want a smaller military, don't want foreign wars.

I am all for less regulation, but we also have to balance it with the needs of society. Not all regulation is bad, but not all freely regulated things are good either.
 
Some of my favorite moments on sites like this are when one libertarian explains to other libertarians that they are not really a true libertarian. They seem to enjoy pretending that they and only they are the official Vatican authority on all things libertarain.
I leave it up to the dictionary. Like I said, some words have new meanings all the time, but trying to change the definition of libertarianism is like trying to change the definition of aluminum.
 
A libertarian can be personally pro-life, but politically pro-choice. That is my own position.

Most reasonable post I have seen, another trait of your awesomeness. Ironically it is my own belief on Abortion as well. Maybe I am a left leaning Libertarian, whatever that is :lol:
 
well from what i see, there are more then 1 kind of republican..

social...religious
neo-conservative.....................IE john McCain...imperialist.....nation builder.
constitutional......follow the law
conservative, with some left wing thought....both Maine senators
moderate.

I'd actually place Susan Collins from Maine in the "moderate" group.

There are lots of kinds of Republicans. Look at the people who tried to get the nomination in 2012. Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Jon Huntsman, Herman Cain, Michelle Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty....talk about a mixed bag.

Just like Democrats are across the board. One the one hand you have Joe Manchin who would die before he'd give up his gun, then you have Nancy Pelosi who hates guns.

Nobody in any party agrees on every issue. Your list was a good one.
 
Most reasonable post I have seen, another trait of your awesomeness. Ironically it is my own belief on Abortion as well. Maybe I am a left leaning Libertarian, whatever that is :lol:

It seems that the primary difference between what we in America call a liberal, and a libertarian, is our position on fiscal responsibility. Libertarians (although not all of us) tend to be conservative fiscally, and believe that personal responsibility implies that the taxpayer has no obligation to fix your life, when you screw it up yourself.
 
It seems that the primary difference between what we in America call a liberal, and a libertarian, is our position on fiscal responsibility. Libertarians (although not all of us) tend to be conservative fiscally, and believe that personal responsibility implies that the taxpayer has no obligation to fix your life, when you screw it up yourself.

Nicely done.
 
Most reasonable post I have seen, another trait of your awesomeness. Ironically it is my own belief on Abortion as well. Maybe I am a left leaning Libertarian, whatever that is :lol:

The Libertarian party homepage has a simple and effective ten-question test to determine exactly where you are on the political spectrum. I recommend trying it if you're curious about it.
 
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