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Saturday, October 16, 2010

One man's idea of a centrist position

Through a posting on the "Big Tent Revue" I recently was led to another post by Mark McKinnon. Though I can't agree with all his ideas, he makes some points I consider valid. I will discuss these issues on this blog.

Opinionator at 1:00 AM

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Opinionator: Randolph Hills, Maryland, United States; I find myself uncomfortable with being labeled a liberal or a conservative, though I'm with the conservatives on most of what I call the important issues. But while I can agree with conservatives on economic and foreign-policy issues most of the time, I can't stand the typical conservatives' attitude that they must be able to impose their opinions on religious and social issues on everyone else, and I usually find myself agreeing with the liberals on those religious and social issues anyway. But even dividing the issues into economic versus religious and social, I can't go along with either completely. So I give up on a label. Perhaps I might be termed a libertarian. I'm more comfortable with that label than the others. But many people who call themselves libertarians seem to be anarchists, wanting even things like schools and police forces to be totally private. I can't agree. The government is necessary to provide those things that private enterprise won't, or won't at a price that people can afford. Nobody ought to go without an education or protection from crime, even if they are penniless.

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Saturday, October 16, 2010

One man's idea of a centrist position

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