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Subject: Re: Re: Whither Are We Drifting? - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 23-Jun-84 03:41:17 EDT
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ism780!judy    Jun 19 15:20:00 1984

Well, I will not make uneducated generalizations as some have (oooh, what
a nasty cut :-) ).  But I can only assume that the person who said that
libertarians are wealthy and trying to hold on to it is a democrat.  That
is usually the complaint about republicans.

So, I will tell you why I, personally, am a registered libertarian (which
means nothing much).  And it is NOT becuase I am ostracized from society.
I cannot be a democrat because I do not beleive in a welfare state.  I
cannot be a republican because I do not beleive in legislating morality.
Therefore, I am a libertarian.  I consider it economically conservative
and morally liberal.  Now, I may differ some from the "Libertarian Platform"
but it is the closest middle of the road party around.  And as far as
focusing on the evils of government, again I think you are a democrat.  This
is the focus of the republican party and less centralized government has
been part of the republican platform since Thomas Jefferson.

I guess I am a republican who believes in drugs, sex among consenting
adults, and abortion.   I thought there were
other libertarians like me.  I didn't know we had to step around geese,
though.  Why?  What happens if I step on one?