Title: Bob Barr is a libertarian? Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Jun 7, 2008 Author:none Post Date:2008-06-07 20:54:41 by graindrops Keywords:barr, libertarian Views:318 Comments:19
Can someone explain to me how Bob Barr is a libertarian?
If I recall, wasn't he as of a couple of years ago a pro-life, pro-drug war, anti-gay marriage Republican?
I don't think Barr is credible as a libertarian; but on another note, I see no problem with someone being A Pro life /anti-abortion libertarian, for the defense of the innocent and of all life is perfectly in line with liberty. check out libertarians for life. http://l4l.org
It is possible that he has simply had a change of heart. I probably would have agreed with Barr's stances pre 9/11. I've changed a lot, he may have too. That said, I would have to see what he does in his new roll.
In arguing that abortion should not be legal, pro-lifers generally focus on proving that a human being's life begins at conception. This argument often fails to persuade, because it does not confront the right of the woman to control her own body. Many pro-lifers talk as if they have lost the rights argument — or worse that they can never win it — and they end up painting rights as irrelevant and running away from it.
Turning this weakness on rights to their advantage, abortion choicers contemptuously attack abortion opponents as "anti-choice" and claim that to be anti-legal-abortion is to be anti-liberty.
Actually, however, pro-lifers own the libertarian high ground. This article, "Abortion and Rights: Applying Libertarian Principles Correctly," shows why.
Using non-religious arguments, it shows why libertarian principles apply to human beings from conception. Libertarianism's basic principle is the obligation not to aggress against anyone.
It follows from this obligation that the prenatal child has the right to be in the mother's womb.
Many people are confused on abortion, because they see the child's rights as being in conflict with the mother's rights. This article shows why no such conflict exists.
It is possible that he has simply had a change of heart
Sure, just like "conservative Christian" /abortionist- gun-grabber open border Romney who goes from boasting 'I'm to the left of ted kennedy' to conservative stalwart in a number of months . Everyone can change! Change of heart!! it's possible! ;-)