The Lily-White Libertarians vs. African Americans
“The Civil Rights Acts proposed to do something that libertarian ideology insisted was impossible –expand personal freedom by expanding central government power.”
forbes.com/sites/chrislad…
“The Civil Rights Acts proposed to do something that libertarian ideology insisted was impossible –expand personal freedom by expanding central government power.”
forbes.com/sites/chrislad…
"The black experience is a living reminder that government is not alone as a potential threat to personal liberty. It is possible, as in the Jim Crow South, to build a government so weak that no one’s personal liberties can be protected."
“The libertarianism Goldwater embraced had its eyes fixed firmly on Communism. In the fight against the tyranny of a totalitarian ideology, the right failed to recognize that tyranny can flourish under a weak state.”
“He had constructed a strangely circular, quasi-libertarian argument in which a right to oppress others becomes a fundamental right born of a religious imperative, protected by the First Amendment.”
— Chris Ladd
— Chris Ladd
#BlackHistoryMonth
The Black Libertarian Case For The Civil Rights Act
“Lack of a moral dimension for liberty is a libertarian Achilles heel and many wind up becoming apologists for imperiling the very freedom that they promote.”
blackconservative360.blogspot.com/2014/07/shamar…
The Black Libertarian Case For The Civil Rights Act
“Lack of a moral dimension for liberty is a libertarian Achilles heel and many wind up becoming apologists for imperiling the very freedom that they promote.”
blackconservative360.blogspot.com/2014/07/shamar…
"The op-ed by @BookerRising is from July 2004 (from her old blog), when the U.S. Congress hailed the 40th anniversary of the #CivilRightsAct and. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) was the lone dissenter. It remains applicable now that Rand Paul, Rep. Paul’s son is now in the U.S. Senate."
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