Comments on: Liberaltarian Fissures http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/liberaltarian_fissures/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:13:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Doug Mataconis http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/liberaltarian_fissures/comment-page-1/#comment-107351 Doug Mataconis Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:15:23 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/12/tnr_to_libertarians_drop_dead/#comment-107351 Man it would be a lot easier to respond to Chait's argument if it weren't hidden behind a subscribers-only firewall. That said, as a libertarian (small-l only), I can honestly say that I see no real prospect of any real alliance with modern liberals who reject pretty much everything we believe in. I don't like the direction the GOP has taken in the last 6 years or so (and I don't think I'm alone in that opinion), but at least I know that I have a common philosophical grounding with Republicans. How a libertarian can forge an alliance with someone who rejects most of what (she believes in escapes me. Man it would be a lot easier to respond to Chait's argument if it weren't hidden behind a subscribers-only firewall.

That said, as a libertarian (small-l only), I can honestly say that I see no real prospect of any real alliance with modern liberals who reject pretty much everything we believe in.

I don't like the direction the GOP has taken in the last 6 years or so (and I don't think I'm alone in that opinion), but at least I know that I have a common philosophical grounding with Republicans. How a libertarian can forge an alliance with someone who rejects most of what (she believes in escapes me.

]]> By: Notes from the Lounge http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/liberaltarian_fissures/comment-page-1/#comment-124221 Notes from the Lounge Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/12/tnr_to_libertarians_drop_dead/#comment-124221 <!--%kramer-pre%-->The Corner there are reactions from Jonah Goldberg (who also has a longer column on the topic), John Hood, and Ramesh Ponnuru. Jonathan Adler comments at Volokh Conspiracy. James Joyner's contribution is at Outside the Beltway. And Ezra Klein gets in a few more shots from his sniper's perch at TAPped. There's so much consensus, maybe they should form a liberal-conservative alliance founded on mutual disdain for libertarians. The short version: Libertarians are are too<!--%kramer-post%--> The Corner there are reactions from Jonah Goldberg (who also has a longer column on the topic), John Hood, and Ramesh Ponnuru. Jonathan Adler comments at Volokh Conspiracy. James Joyner's contribution is at Outside the Beltway. And Ezra Klein gets in a few more shots from his sniper's perch at TAPped. There's so much consensus, maybe they should form a liberal-conservative alliance founded on mutual disdain for libertarians. The short version: Libertarians are are too

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