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Entry: The Relativist Roots of Libertarianism Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_relativist_roots_of_libertarianism#25550 Post contents: M.Nucci, neocons are bad, but so are Rockefeller Republicans, who rely on a kind of cracker barrel libertarianism to justify some real stupidities: giving ground on abortion, gay marriage, and the death penalty, inter alia. The relativist view that we can't "legislate morality" underlies a great deal of bad policy in America today, and it's outrage over this assault on traditional morality that gets many conservative voters to the polls. This site, incidentally, is supposed to bring together conservatives who may sometimes disagree in order to have a discussion within a particular idiom. Intra-conservative debates, and conservative discussisons of first principles, seem thoroughly valuable in that sense. Sent at: 2008 08 08