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Originally Posted by Caligari
wow really? so dems don't want to tell you where to smoke and what to wear when you're riding a motorcycle etc?
in other words i think you will find regulation-mongers on either side.
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That's what I was saying: there a difference between how parties position themselves (left/right) an how they really act.
Also, the fact that the media positions Libertarians on the right or the fact that minarchists and classical-liberals agree with some of the views of small-government republicans does not make libertarians right wingers.
Murray Rothbard once said that at one time he was regarded to be on the extreme left end of the spectrum, 20 years later he was regarded to be on the extreme right end of the spectrum, while in reality the essence of his idea's hadn't changed over the course of those 20 years.
Personally, I don't judge people by the labels they choose to put on themselves. I judge people by their actions.