ButIWantedAPony wrote:
I would show my face a lot more regularly in political discussions if they were less Democrat vs. Republican. I consider myself a classical liberal (read: John Locke sort of liberalism, which used to mean that you just wanted the government to stay the hell out of your life). A lot like libertarianism, and I did vote for Ron Paul, but I have a lot of trouble identifying myself with any one party, because the people end up becoming synonymous with the party and that can ruin the purity of the political philosophy (i.e. the Republican party now).

True true. I feel that same a lot of time; I hate that it becomes Dems vs. Reps and everything just deadlocks from there--it ends up the policitians get their say, and Americans get screwed.

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
Albert Einstein


"A politician is a person who can make waves and then make you think he's the only one who can save the ship."
Ivern Ball

Why do most liberal political arguments boil down to someone shoving their pointy little nose in my face and saying "Well, you see, we've decided that personal responsibility, self-reliance, and independent thinking are old-fashioned and very passe'--not to mention dangerous and problematic!--so we insist you desist on all of the above at once!"