So you agree that the platform of the Tea Party is idiotic?
Rough Libertarian Critique of Conservatives
- Thread starter cawacko
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So you agree that the platform of the Tea Party is idiotic?
SmarterthanYou
rebel
I agree that you've totally grabbed on to the jacktivist bandwagon in assuming you know about the TEA platform. That's about it.
There is no official "platform" of the TEA Party, it isn't a political party.
dixon76710
New member
Its the view stated in the opening post. Its the view held by most libertarians. If you disagree, youll need to string together a few words and state why. So called libertarians are insisting that govenment license and regulate homosexual relationships and to encourage their formation with tax breaks and governmental entitlements.
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WinterBorn
Guest
I think most libertarians are of the mindset that the gov't should not be licencing or giving benefits for married couples at all. But if we are going to give those benefits out, then gay couples should be included in them.
Libertarians believe that the government shouldn't be licensing your relationships at all. You can't know much about libertarians if you think they want to license and control your relationships in some way. Are you confusing liberals with libertarians?
SmarterthanYou
rebel
what stupid assed website are you pulling that shit off of? most libertarians I know believe that the government has no place in regulating or licensing marriage of anyone.
dixon76710
New member
The opening post of this thread and every debate Ive ever had with a libertarians regarding same sex marriage.
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WinterBorn
Guest
I think the attempts to continue the ban on gay marriage is a waste of political capital for the conservatives. But then, I have never been a fan of social conservatism.
I am guessing the libertarians who argue the point with you must assume that governmental licencing of marriage will not go away, so we should allow gays to have the same access to the benefits and security that straights do.
cawacko
Well-known member
Whoever this poster is is trying to claim that the government gives tax breaks and entitlements to encourage people to get married and if you don't care if gays get married then you support the government giving tax break and entitlements to gay couples to get married.
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WinterBorn
Guest
He must agree with the "Gay Enablers & Encouragers Theory".
dixon76710
New member
Well, the opening post disagrees. Wikipedias page on libertarians disagrees.
And every libertarian Ive ever debated same-sex marriage with has disagreed in that they insited gay marriages be licensed, regulated and encouraged with tax breaks and governmental entitlements, even though in all our nations history prior to 2000, they had never been licensed and regulated before.
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
Dixon prepare to be demonized for speaking the truth.
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WinterBorn
Guest
In the entire history before 2000? A whole 225 years?
Many things change as we grow wiser. This is simply the next change.
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WinterBorn
Guest
SM, you weren't demonized for telling the truth. You were verbally beat down for being an asshole that demands the world see things his way.
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
You mean you tried and ended up looking like an asshole in the process.
cawacko
Well-known member
I like the spin you put on a simple do you support gay marriage or not question. So every Libertarian you have talked to supports legalized gay marriage?
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WinterBorn
Guest
Right. Thats why you claim you were demonized.
Would you like to tell Dixon about Argumentum ad antiquitatem?
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
You're still butt-hurt from me pointing out your logical fallacies. 
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WinterBorn
Guest
You're still butt-hurt from me pointing out your logical fallacies.
LMAO! Is that it? Funny, I seem to recall pointing out plenty of yours. And my accusations have accurately fit the description of the logical fallacy. Yours have not.