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No, the logic error is yours, not theirs. They said "tea-partier ERGO fiat-money-hater". You're asserting the straw-man opposite.
by fche 11y ago
No, the logic error is yours, not theirs. They said "tea-partier ERGO fiat-money-hater". You're asserting the straw-man opposite.
- fixxer 11y agoBut apparently we share a common platform, so at what point am I de facto tea party? Serious question.
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- ctdonath 11y agoWhen your core sociopolitical axioms are generally dominated by strict Constitutionalism, Judeo-Christian ethics, Randian objectivism, and austere governmental fiscal policy (including gold/silver-based currency), you're probably a "tea party" type. Serious answer.
- fixxer 11y ago2/4. You're not helping. Need a tie breaker.
- ctdonath 11y agoLet's try some litmus-test questions (don't downvote if you don't agree with them, not looking to argue about their validity, I'm just identifying the "are you a tea partier?" line). Do you agree: the government may not operate beyond what the Constitution clearly grants & empowers? short of actual declared war, government should spend no more than tax revenue? currency should be commodity-backed (gold preferably)? direct federal taxation of citizens should be repealed? human life, including right of continued existence, begins at conception; the "choice" is to create human life, not end it? short of adjudicated felons & mental defect, ownership of weapons in defense of self/family/state shall not be restricted? short of conspiracy to commit non-victimless crime, contracts are binding and upheld, if needed, by the state? capitalism is, on the whole, superior to all other socioeconomic systems? insofar as capitalism isn't perfect, government should only interfere (minimally at that) to resolve chronic systemic problems? voter identification is a valid administrative process (ensuring only you vote as you, and you are entitled to)? financial "entitlements" are unconstitutional/inappropriate and should be ended (society has better solutions to the issues addressed)? government exists to protect & facilitate rights, not limit/suppress them? freedom *of* religion != freedom *from* religion? That's a start at trying to hit key points.
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