[OFB Cafe] Chris's Politics...

[Timothy Butler]

> That's easy.  I've been at times a card-carrying Libertarian.  OK,  
> that might
> be just a touch awkward to reconcile with my generally socialist  
> values, but
> politics isn't easy...  Anyway, I remember discussing candidates  
> with close
> friends 20 years ago, and when I said I was voting for the  
> Libertarian, one
> said "How can you vote for Nazis?".  Unfortunately, he has a point.   
> Nazis
> and others who want to hold outrageous and abhorrent positions, are  
> drawn to
> a party that wants government interference kept to a minimum, and many
> Libertarians can't figure out how to tell them they're not welcome.

	That's a good point, Derek. I wonder how one could avoid such a  
problem? Unfortunately, in part, I think it might be a feedback loop.  
When no one who is part of the mainstream of politics will vote for a  
certain party, who is left to support that party but those on the  
fringes?

	-Tim

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