Head-Spinning Political Shit!

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Originally Posted by Bacardi

I'm a Libertarian....

...not a liberal or a conservative, as I carry both views in different ways on different issues.

This will be interesting. Anyone else not liberal?

I considered myself a libertarian for years, but I'm pretty far to the left now. My only hold-over is that I do believe in the right to keep and bear arms. I do consider myself independent, and it's possible I'd vote for somebody like Meghan McCain one day.

PS. Bacardi - do you feel like Tea Partiers have subverted the libertarian message at all? The Libertarianism I identified with was the "pro-choice on everything" type. But it seems like there is some cross-over in rhetoric between the Tea Party and Libertarianism / Objectivism and I do not see the Tea Party as pro-choice on most things.

PPS. The point at which I came to a dead stop with Libertarianism was the moment I began considering shared resources such as air and water. I have diverged further and further from Libertarianism since then. But, as a Libertarian, how do you think shared resources should be managed/treated by the government?

And another question: What should happen with those who are incapable of taking care of themselves - and who are far too unlikable to ingratiate themselves well with charities?

And what are your feelings on public education? on public libraries? on discrimination and hate crimes?

These are the questions that I couldn't answer to my own satisfaction through the Libertarian lens.