Not a social liberal
So how does a troglodyte conservative change into a libertarian? Well let me clarify a few things.
Contrary to the Libertarian nominee, I think actually most people are not socially liberal. I certainly am not. What distinguishes us from conservatives, and certainly progressives, is that I feel that the government should have no business in most of these issues, or at a minimum, the federal government.
I have been studying for our Book of Mormon sunday school lesson next week, and reading about how the Nephites were transitioning from a King, to a system of self government, with Judges adjudicating the law. That is right, no ruler. Only judges. The law was set to protect both those who belonged to the church, and those that did not. What a way to live. The church could not enforce its laws on the other people, and the people could not interfere with the activities of the church. I know, I have repeated it several different ways. It is important as that is the crux of how someone could be socially conservative, and yet support a Libertarian.
All those things that the religious right tried to enforce on the American people have merit, in my view, but all the government in the world cannot change a culture. A lesson that the right has not learned, but are learning, but the left will never learn. But they don't have to. They have control of the education systems, the entertainment industry, and on and on. However, they are not about live and let live, and that is why they are evil They are about control. All about control. It is not enough for them to be able to live as they wish. They want to enforce their lifestyles on others.
All of the issues that the religious right campaigned on are issues that, if people were left alone, wouldn't be issues.
Marriage: I have written enough about that. You let me believe what marriage is, and let me practice it, and we are good. You tell me that I can't believe what I do, or, in business, force me to cater to your ceremony, we have problems. It goes back to the let me live, and I let you live.
Bathroom issues: My guess is that people who identify as something other than what they are have been using the bathroom of choice for years. The issue that I have, as well as many others, is that the whole idea of "self identifying" in the moment, could allow for sexual predators to "identify" as a woman to access the women's restroom. Don't say it doesn't happen, it does, and now it does under the auspices of the law.
Justice is supposed to be blind. The law administered in equality and fairness. Obviously, that is not the case. There is no room for made up "hate crimes" in the law. That takes the blinders off of Justice, and tips the scales. Murder is murder, regardless of why, other than whether it is premeditated or not.
Don't think I am out of the fight, we just have to find a different venue for the fighting.
Leave me alone, I leave you alone. Let me practice my religion, and I won't force you to practice my religion. Deal?
Contrary to the Libertarian nominee, I think actually most people are not socially liberal. I certainly am not. What distinguishes us from conservatives, and certainly progressives, is that I feel that the government should have no business in most of these issues, or at a minimum, the federal government.
I have been studying for our Book of Mormon sunday school lesson next week, and reading about how the Nephites were transitioning from a King, to a system of self government, with Judges adjudicating the law. That is right, no ruler. Only judges. The law was set to protect both those who belonged to the church, and those that did not. What a way to live. The church could not enforce its laws on the other people, and the people could not interfere with the activities of the church. I know, I have repeated it several different ways. It is important as that is the crux of how someone could be socially conservative, and yet support a Libertarian.
All those things that the religious right tried to enforce on the American people have merit, in my view, but all the government in the world cannot change a culture. A lesson that the right has not learned, but are learning, but the left will never learn. But they don't have to. They have control of the education systems, the entertainment industry, and on and on. However, they are not about live and let live, and that is why they are evil They are about control. All about control. It is not enough for them to be able to live as they wish. They want to enforce their lifestyles on others.
All of the issues that the religious right campaigned on are issues that, if people were left alone, wouldn't be issues.
Marriage: I have written enough about that. You let me believe what marriage is, and let me practice it, and we are good. You tell me that I can't believe what I do, or, in business, force me to cater to your ceremony, we have problems. It goes back to the let me live, and I let you live.
Bathroom issues: My guess is that people who identify as something other than what they are have been using the bathroom of choice for years. The issue that I have, as well as many others, is that the whole idea of "self identifying" in the moment, could allow for sexual predators to "identify" as a woman to access the women's restroom. Don't say it doesn't happen, it does, and now it does under the auspices of the law.
Justice is supposed to be blind. The law administered in equality and fairness. Obviously, that is not the case. There is no room for made up "hate crimes" in the law. That takes the blinders off of Justice, and tips the scales. Murder is murder, regardless of why, other than whether it is premeditated or not.
Don't think I am out of the fight, we just have to find a different venue for the fighting.
Leave me alone, I leave you alone. Let me practice my religion, and I won't force you to practice my religion. Deal?
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