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Originally Posted by Gahid  So let me get this straight: your main argument against me is that I incorrectly capitalized libertarian? |
What the fuck? The two words mean two VASTLY different things. Cato the Younger was a republican; he was NOT a Republican. Plato was an anti-democrat; he was NOT an anti-Democrat. Words have meanings, and in political discourse they often have very refined meanings. I hope you'll grasp this.
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My point is that Ron has packaged the Libertarian Party's values and served them to the youth under the guise of the Republican Party. This, you cannot argue.
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What does this mean? Libertarianism -- what used to be liberalism; now classical liberalism -- has been around since at least the 17th century. It is not from the Libertarian Party that libertarian ideals sprang. Ron Paul is advocating many of the same ideals the Libertarian Party espouses, but there is no causal relationship. Lew Rockwell also espouses many of the same ideas the Libertarian Party espouses, but there is no causal relationship. And he did nothing initially to serve his ideas to the youth. That the youth latched on is a testament to their presence on the internet and the attractiveness of the ideas of liberty to this certain subset of the population.
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Whether Paul is officially an undercover Libertarian? I cannot say. I can, however, speculate that his campaign is a joke and the only explanation is his desire to proliferate the ideology of the political party he would belong to if it were not for media bias.
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In what way is his campaign a joke? I am not claiming front-runner status for him, but by any objective measure his campaign is far removed from joke territory. And yes, he wants to get the message of liberty out there. But what the fuck does this have to do with the Libertarian Party, other than that they share the message. You would have no worse a case if you accused him of shilling for LewRockwell.com, the Mises Institute, AntiWar.com, or whatever other libertarian site you can think of.
To sum up, your point is asinine and I'm pretty sure if anyone else is reading our discourse, they've come to the same conclusion. Please just stop posting.
