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I suppose first and foremost I am a civil libertarian, even if "social liberals" tend to be too much to the economic right for my taste.

By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jun 30th, 2010 at 06:56:45 PM EST
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Sorry, I was a bit snappy there.

I guess I am just disappointed that discussions on the Left turn to these issues.  

For all the rejection of neoliberalism that you get out of many people, I think that there's a serious problem in that many of these same activists have a problem with there being such a thing as society unless they are in charge.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Wed Jun 30th, 2010 at 07:29:31 PM EST
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ManfromMiddletown:
disappointed that discussions on the Left turn to these issues
Letfies are people too...

By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 1st, 2010 at 04:14:09 AM EST
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