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To: JohnM who wrote (29180)	5/10/2002 12:00:14 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

hate to use the left-right cut here The real cut here, in my opinion, is pro-democracy vs. anti-democracy. The problem with living in a democracy is that sometimes you have to live in a society that does not mesh with your own values, like it or lump it. To use an example that really gets the emotions going, homosexuality. If you hate homosexuals, being forced to tolerate homosexuality because it's the law just sticks in your throat, apparently. Is this a left vs. right issue? I guess it's framed that way, but I don't see it that way. I think of myself as being on the right because I favor the free market and minimal government, but I have no problem with homosexuality because I am a libertarian. Communism is another good example of the problem with the left-right cut. Communism is the opposite, in many ways, of libertarianism because they don't believe in the free market or minimal government, but there is no Communist position on homosexuality that I am aware of. Or abortion. There are two debates going on, one that has to do with individual liberties vis-a-vis the state, and one that has to do with economic freedom vs. a managed economy. The two are not necessarily related. I don't see Falwell, Robertson, Delay et al as being champions of civil liberties, nor do I recall ever hearing them preaching the virtues of the free market.