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From: orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER)
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Subject: Re: Democracy vs. Autocracy: "Libert"arian's freedom?
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Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 17:41:51 EDT
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> I'd recommend this book to everyone, but RAH espouses things so far out of
> fashion that the left compares him to the Nazis. Just imagine, thinking that
> personal responsibility and meeting your commitments are good ideas. Not to
> mention attacking the church, slavery, and espousing freedom in general
> 	 
 
As I recall it was revolutionaries like Thomas Jefferson and the founders
of this country via Revolution who first advocated freedom of religion and
promotion of free ideas.
It is right-wing Moral Majority followers who are advocating a return to
religion stuffed down people's throats and book-burning.
 
As I recall it was those "bleeding heart" "leftist" abolitionists who
advocated the abolition of slavery.  The right-wing was content to
hold onto its private slave property.
 
As I recall it was the right-wing Joseph McCarthy who ruined the careers
of thousands because their political beliefs differed from his.
 
As we have just seen "Libert"arians like Mike Sykora have no qualms about
abolishing freedom of speech in favor of private property.
 
Who really espouses "freedom"?
 
                tim sevener whuxl!orb