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Originally posted by bingle
Actually, I didn't say this. :-) I said that, when viewed with the mindset of a 2-dimensional political spectrum (right and left), Libertarian stances may *appear* inconsistent. This was simply meant to point out the failures of such a view!
I also said later that, when viewed on a government interference scale, both the basic left and right arguments appear inconsistent!
And I understand the distinction between the Libertarian approach and the leftist approach to civil rights. In fact, that was the point of my post: despite seemingly similar stances on many issues, the Libertarians are actually diametrically opposed to the Left on a basic philosophical level. This is why Leftists disagree with Libertarians, which is what the original poster was confused on :-)
I suggest you read my post again, this time more than the first paragraph ;-)
Bingle
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Actually, I read your whole post. You explicitly stated that their views regarding civil rights could be placed far-left. That's incorrect. They don't believe in protecting equal treatment for minorities and women. That's incorrect. Your conclusion that they believed that the government should be involved in the civil rights sector but not the economic one is incorrect. A more correct articulation is that they believe that the government should be removed from *all* sectors of private life. This does not claim to support equal treatment of individuals. This instead claims to support that there should be no *preferential* treatment of anyone. The distinction is subtle yet important--one protects minority rights, the other claims no one should be protected by the government and each should fend for his or herself in an open market. This is a far-right argument--in regards to both economics and civil rights.