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Civil Liberties

kudzu22

(1,273 posts)

16. A lot of them are

Reply to grasswire (Reply #5)

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 02:36 PM

Jan 2013

I think there are really two spectrums of political thought. There's the liberal-conservative continuum, and there's also the libertarian-statist continuum. Whether a conservative (or a liberal for that matter) objects to intrusive government depends on whether they're from the statist end of their side.

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EYE IN THE SKY WATCHIN OVER YOU!! [View all] tomkoop Jun 2012 OP

A guy warned us about covert ,secret societies. orpupilofnature57 Jun 2012 #1

No friggin' WAY Plucketeer Jun 2012 #4

That sort of thinking died orpupilofnature57 Jun 2012 #9

and our citizenry collectively yawns Plucketeer Jun 2012 #2

Exactly crazyrayray Jan 2013 #13

As Empires Collapse, Security, And Control Reign Supreme - The Elites Protecting Their Fictions cantbeserious Jun 2012 #3

the odd thing is this: why aren't "conservatives" screaming their lungs out? grasswire Jun 2012 #5

WHAT? ret5hd Jun 2012 #6

I said civil liberties, not civil rights. grasswire Jun 2012 #8

Citizens have civil rights ,Human beings have liberties . orpupilofnature57 Jun 2012 #10

A lot of them are kudzu22 Jan 2013 #16

I don't hear any of them. grasswire Jan 2013 #17

As Rummy would say "targets, lots of targets". n/t 2on2u Jun 2012 #7

Our Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves skiptaylor Oct 2012 #11

Who's fault is this? crazyrayray Jan 2013 #14

You don't know the half of it WhoIsNumberNone Nov 2012 #12

Oh great more government intrusions in my life. Hanzip Jan 2013 #15