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« on: July 05, 2011, 11:49:35 PM »

Id say thats about right. Just shows Ron Pauls awesomeness Smiley

Or his extremism.

I like how Bachmann is pretty much put in the middle of all of these.    If you put McCain, Dubya, Dole, Bush Sr, and Reagan on this list, they'd probably be the most leftist on a lot of these ranks sans Hawk/Dove.
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« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2011, 12:49:39 PM »

Id say thats about right. Just shows Ron Pauls awesomeness Smiley

Or his extremism.


To quote my other hero "Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no vice. And Moderation in the Pursuit of Justice is no virtue".

To also quote Barry Goldwater,

"Do not associate my name with anything you do. You are extremists, and you've hurt the Republican Party much more than the Democrats have."

-- Goldwater on conservatism, 1996.
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« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2011, 04:44:40 PM »

How is pro-life, anti-immigration Ron Paul a social liberal?

He isn't.  Hence why the words "social liberal" appear nowhere in my post.

So, if social liberal and social libertarian are also different things now, what galaxy does social left (which was in your post) reside?
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« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2011, 08:47:12 PM »

OK then, how is there anything "Libertarian" about Ron Paul's stance on immigration?

Ron Paul does not take Libertarian positions.  Libertarians take the positions of Ron Paul.
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« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2011, 05:08:57 PM »

Ron Paul is in fact much more socially authoritarian/conservative than what is popularly assumed.

Social conservatism and social authoritarianism are not the same thing just as social liberalism and social libertarianism aren't. Ron Paul is socially conservative, but socially libertarian.

Christ, in 15 years the Libertarian Diamond of Ideology will be so chopped up every American will have their own spectrum with axises in the third and fourth dimensions.
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