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On 8/2/2013 6:59 AM, Bugster wrote:

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George Plimpton wrote:

Here is what libertarianism - a coherent and the only principled
political philosophy - is. Unlike statist Republicans and statist
Democrats, libertarians really do believe that that government is best
that governs least. Libertarians believe that the burden of proof is
on those who want the state to act, and that there is a towering
presumption against state action for *anything* - those who want the
state to act in any sphere must make an absolutely compelling case for
it. Libertarians really do believe in liberty and the preeminent
rights of the individual person. The individual person endowed with
natural rights and liberty is paramount in the moral, legal and
political calculus of of libertarianism. Conservatives mouth some
platitudes about economic freedoms, and contemporary illiberal
"liberals" mouth some platitudes about "freedom" to listen to obscene
rap lyrics and kill fetuses, but both conservatives and liberals are
all about power and the exercise of control, and both jettison their
happy-talk about "freedom" when freedom comes in conflict, as it
always does, with the control they wish to exercise. Conservatives
and illiberal "liberals" alike believe in violent subjugation of the
individual person in the name of some greater value: the nation and
traditional values for conservatives; some vaguer and more malleable
"public interest" for leftists.
Libertarian political philosophy can be summed up easily and
coherently: leave me the fuck alone - you have no ethical right or
business interfering in my voluntary transactions with others.
Libertarianism is the only principled political philosophy.

Pretty good, especially about the controls/freedoms that libs and cons
want. +1

Libertarianism is nothing but utopian pipe dreams.

No more so than your shit-4-braincell left-wing sentiments. However, the libertarian ideal is good — it is the very embodiment of liberty and virtue. Your ideals have been demonstrated time and again to lead to mass murder, starvation and the annihilation of liberty. Your ideals are completely antithetical to human liberty. Humans want and deserve liberty, and they are endowed with rights that are only respected in a regime that protects that liberty. What you propose is the trampling of liberty. You want people to be slaves to the state.

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George Plimpton wrote:

No more so than your shit-4-braincell left-wing sentiments

Science says rightists are born inferior.



Study links low intelligence with right-wing beliefs



Researchers have found a possible explanation for why certain people are prejudiced: they're less intelligent.

Children with lower general intelligence are more likely to become
prejudiced
as adults, according to a Brock University study.

The study, published in the journal Psychological Science, examined data
from
two large-scale British studies, and found lower intelligence scores
in
childhood were predictors of greater racism in adulthood, which the
researchers controversially explain is brought about by adopting
right-wing
ideologies.

A secondary analysis of data from a U.S. study also showed those with poor abstract-reasoning skills were more likely to have anti-homosexual
prejudice,
partially linked to authoritarian attitudes.

Lead researcher Gordon Hodson told LiveScience that the results of the
study
indicate a vicious cycle, in which people with low intelligence are
drawn to
socially conservative ideologies. In turn, those ideologies can
contribute to
prejudices.

"Socially conservative ideologies tend to offer structure and order," he
said, explaining why those with lower intelligence may gravitate toward
the
right. "Unfortunately, many of these features can contribute to
prejudice."

The researchers found that people with lower intelligence also tended to
have
less contact with other races and groups, which, Dr. Hodson said,
supports
previous research that determined interacting with other groups
is mentally
challenging and cognitively draining.

Dr. Hodson explained the findings do not mean all liberals are smart and
all
conservatives are stupid, LiveScience.com reports. "There are
multiple
examples of very bright conservatives and not-so-bright
liberals, and many
examples of very principled conservatives and very
intolerant liberals," he
said.

Previous research has suggested that the brains of conservatives and
liberals
are wired differently.

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George Plimpton <[email protected]> wrote in news:mR16Q.557273$[email protected]:

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On 8/2/2013 6:59 AM, Bugster wrote:

2013?!! Talk about someone slow.

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