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Who is a Libertarian?

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Who is a libertarian?

Well, certainly not this guy:

 Florida Candidate For Mayor Wants 1,000-Strong Youth Spy Force

Falconer proposes swarms of citizen informers casing neighborhoods looking for suspicious behavior…"Matthew Falconer, who professes to be a Libertarian, has been handing out a business card to potential voters outlining his platform." You can read more here:

http://www.prisonplanet.com/florida-candidate-for-mayor-wants-1000-strong-youth-spy-force.html

I really wish that people who are not libertarians would stop calling themselves libertarians! Just go find another word to describe yourself. And if you’re not a libertarian – go find another party.

This is the definition that the real Broward LP uses -

Zero Aggression Principle ("Zap"):
A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being for any reason whatever; nor will a libertarian advocate the initiation of force, or delegate it to anyone else. 

Those who act consistently with this principle are libertarians, whether they realize it or not. Those who fail to act consistently with it are not libertarians, regardless of what they may claim. 
— L. Neil Smith, Formerly called the "Non-Aggression Principle", or "NAP" source -http://www.ncc-1776.org/whoislib.html

And it works. It separates the posers from the libertarians.

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3 Responses to “Who is a Libertarian?”

  1. bruce judelson on August 31st, 2009 10:24 am

    zero aggression would be a quantum improvement in life. the concepts inherent in man acting rationally (as espoused by rand) , or following (at least some form) of the golden rule such –as do not do that which is hateful to you, to others,– or even just basically following the 10 commandments, or for that matter our first 10 amendments would yield a society vastly improved over what we encounter these days.

  2. jim kearney on October 14th, 2009 9:58 am

    is this the ONLY thing wrong with this guy?

    I have not seen his website so I dont know for sure. I would venture to say that if he honestly believes what is posted here then the rest of his site is probably littered with more stuff just like it.

    I went to his site and didn’t find anything that so drastically pronounces what is said in the article you linked to. Maybe I just missed it. Visit his site and see for yourself, let me know where you find it.

    Go to http://www.matthewfalconer.com/

  3. seangalt on October 14th, 2009 10:45 am

    Jim,

    I just checked out the link you posted (his site) and let me ask you – what’s libertarian about it?

    He may have removed the part mentioned in the article above. I don’t know what happened to it. I’m not monitoring it.

    But, he doesn’t seem like a “Libertarian” to me. Maybe he’s not registered as one, I do not know. But if he is, it’s _another_ statist using the Libertarian label.

    I am wondering when you will be as alarmed as I am.

    As an example of what a libertarian might find wrong with him is this idea (from his blog) – that he “can and will fix our broken government”.

    What should libertarians find wrong about that statement?

    What about that statement should alarm them?

    Read over his site and tell me what’s libertarian about it or any of his “solutions”.

    In addition, you might want to google this – matthew falconer “COPs” program

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