Dems (and others on the left), do you prefer to "battle" Libertarians or Fundies (user search)
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  Dems (and others on the left), do you prefer to "battle" Libertarians or Fundies (search mode)
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Question: Who would you rather have as your political enemies?
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Libertarians
 
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nclib
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« on: June 01, 2008, 05:57:13 PM »

fundies at least are doing what they believe is morally right and trying to live a lifestyle that is consistent with that (even though I believe that they are often wrong)

True in some cases, though there are many fundies which exhibit behavior hypocritical to their views (i.e. some have sex/adultery scandals, and Evangelicals have a higher divorce rate than the national average).

As for the thread question, libertarians can be allies on some issues, but seem to focus on the other issues (economic and guns--the one social issue where conservatives want less government). Fundies probably frustrate me more, but libertarian views on some issues are even more extreme.
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nclib
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« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2008, 10:23:32 PM »

Many of them [fundies] do seem to have economically liberal sympathies, but I don’t think its as ingrained in their philosophy as social tolerance is in Libertarianism. 

It does seem that most fundies are economically conservative, or at least those in Congress vote that way.

As for Libertarians, they seem to put far more emphasis on economics and the one social issue they care about (guns), is the one where conservatives support less regulation.
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