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Re: liberals support civil liberties?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin THEOBALD)
Mon Sep 26 14:01:16 1994
From: theobald@duke.cs.mcgill.ca (Kevin THEOBALD)
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 13:59:16 -0400
In-Reply-To: hhuang@MIT.EDU's message [liberals support civil liberties?] as of Sep 26, 10:22
To: hhuang@MIT.EDU, libertarians@MIT.EDU
In your message [liberals support civil liberties?]
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| Were it only that most U.S. liberals were in fact
| predominantly in favor of civil liberties. But consider the following
| examples of regulations many left-liberal folks support:
|
| Discrimination law (subsumes harassment law):
| infringement on freedom of association
| Speech codes/anti-porn ordinances:
| infringement of speech and expression
HUD harassment of citizens for opposing them;
FCC regulation of airwaves (e.g., "Hush Rush" bill)
| FDA regulations:
| infringements on speech, drug liberty, and general freedom to
| do with one's body what one wishes
| Consumer protection:
| infringement on speech and general right to buy what you want
| Anti-NAFTA/eminent domain:
| infringement on the right of businesses to leave the country
| Gun control:
| infringement on right to bear arms
| Immigration control (a welfare state defaults to anti-immigration
| measures; California is a prime example):
| infringement on freedom of emigration
|
| Then, there are strange cases associated with the Clinton
| Administration such as:
|
| Favoring going to war over Bosnia (and Haiti)
While refusing to give arms to the Bosnians so they can defend
themselves (and making it illegal for private citizens to do the
same)
Kevin Theobald
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