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Discussion in 'Elections & Political Parties' started by cashmcall, Feb 15, 2013.

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  1. PLC1 Super Moderator

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    When I say "civil rights laws", I'm speaking of the laws passed back in the late '60s outlawing discrimination based on gender or race. Before that time, you had to belong to the proper race and possess a penis in order to have the same rights as your neighbors. Before that time, it was quite legal to deny people their rights based on gender and race, or any other reason.

    Those laws were carried too far when the affirmative action laws came into being, thus effectively discriminating against white males. The pendulum is swinging back to the center, to the point where it doesn't matter what a person's gender or race may be, he/she has the same rights as everyone else.

    As for the rights of business owners to refuse service, that freedom impinges on the freedom of others. It is a clear case of one person's freedom ending where another's nose begins.
    PLC1, Mar 2, 2013
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  2. TheJPRD Active Member

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    I agree with most all of what you're saying. Your last paragraph, however, presents one side of an interesting debate. The question that comes to mind is, "Is it an infringement on the rights of individual business owners when the federal government dictates who they must serve"? Particularly if an indpendant business owner owns the property in which his business is conducted, it somewhat implies that his place of business is much like his home. In some cases, the place of business is the owner's home. I've never come to a final conclusion on this issue, as it's one that holds some authority on both sides of the argument.
    TheJPRD, Mar 4, 2013
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  3. cashmcall Well-Known Member

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    I wonder to what extent Democratic successes are related to libertarians not voting (or actually voting LP)?

    There used to exist a much stronger libertarian/Republican coalition, but Republican failures to be fiscal conservatives and doubling down on being social conservatives have disgusted many libertarians (myself included) such that it's hard to vote Republican. I sure won't vote Democrat..... Would the Republicans experience a resurgence if they conceded the culture wars and focused on reducing the scope of government? I THINK SO..
    cashmcall, Mar 16, 2013
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    when the GOP veered to become Donkey Lite is a fruitless stab at putting a stake in the heart of the dem oarty they sowed the seeds of destroying the silent majority.

    its not that they moved right but ran left.
    dogtowner, Mar 16, 2013
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