Comments on: Know Your League Average

By: Mike K

Mike K — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:30:53 +0000

@David: “‘These people are afraid that Libertarians are going to take over and leave them alone.’” Yes, alone without any of the niceties and essentials government provides: an adequate police force, good public schools, affordable health insurance, a healthy environment, and protection from rapacious businesses. But hey, I could spend my money on guns instead of taxes, so why would I complain?

By: Shaun P.

Shaun P. — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:50:27 +0000

Given that Libertarians’ ultimate goals are to remove ALL government regulation of everything, yes, I would say I am very scared of Libertarians taking over, because when they dismantle the FDA and the EPA (among other things), they certainly won’t be leaving us alone.

“This is a center-right nation” - hmmm. Seems like you lost that last national election, Johnny, and you lost it by a rather large number of votes. So if this is a “center-right nation” like you claim, where were your peeps on November 4, 2008? How did you lose? Logic thrown out in favor of buzzwords; I’m shocked McCain would say so.

If he wasn’t being primaried from the right, you think there’s a chance in hell McCain appears anywhere with Sarah Palin again?

By: David in Cal

David in Cal — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:37:58 +0000

No party in America is fascist. But, fascism is more like an extreme extension of left-wing than right wing philosophy. As the book Liberal Fascism points out Mussolini was quite popular among the American left, in the days before he joined with Hitler.

Tea Partiers favor smaller, less intrusive government. To see why they’re nothing like fascists, consider this amusing comment from another blog about people who fear Libertarians: “These people are afraid that Libertarians are going to take over and leave them alone.”