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  • n  an ideological belief in freedom of thought and speech

  • In the middle of a disquisition on libertarianism, Huckabee pauses to praise the musician Cher for tours that are "an amazing blend of rock concert, circus and fashion show.
  • How do you respond to people who think libertarianism is in league with Rush Limbaugh?.
  • And what is the opposite of libertarianism? Libertarians would say fascism.
News & Articles

  • Libertarians: Still a cult
    Simply note libertarianism's fatal flaw and you'll get an enraged, hysterical response. They still don't get it
    June 12, 2013 - Salon.com
  • Libertarianism’s Achilles’ heel
    Libertarianism doesn’t work in the real world.
    June 10, 2013 - Washington Post
  • Dionne: Libertarianism’s Achilles’ Heel
    WASHINGTON — In politics, we often skip past the simple questions. This is why inquiries about the fundamentals can sometimes catch everyone short. Michael Lind, the independent-minded scholar, posed one such question last week about libertarianism that I hope will shake up the political world.
    June 10, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
Quotes

  • Ronald Reagan in Times Online
    Gone are the days when Ronald Reagan said: "The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralised authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is."
  • Mike Huckabee in Los Angeles Times
    ...Huckabee, the Baptist preacher and former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate, complained in May to the Huffington Post that the greatest threat to the GOP is "this new brand of libertarianism" that says "look, we want to...
  • Kevin Rudd in AFP
    And this is where we get into this really stupid debate with what I'd describe as extreme civil libertarianism, which says any such move in that direction means the imposition of Soviet Communism a la 1980,Rudd said. "Look, it's not like...

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