We Only Have Hours Left to Stop the NSA Expansion Bill

Re:We Only Have Hours Left to Stop the NSA Expansion Bill by mindslight on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @02:39PM (#15972968)

> Rand Paul ... Bernie Sanders made similar promises from the far opposite end of the spectrum.

Referring to Libertarian and left-libertarian as opposite ends of the spectrum is a grave disservice, and feeds directly into our contemporary fallacious polarization.

Either view it as a two-dimensional circle, or just ignore the secondary "Left"-"Right" marketing and analyze the primary characteristic of libertarian-authoritarian.

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Re:We Only Have Hours Left to Stop the NSA Expansion Bill by Bartweiss on Thursday December 21, 2017 @11:09AM (#15979863)

I chose 'spectrum' since the comment I was referring to was starting from a "which party" question - the spectrum I was envisioning was "fringe to mainstream" within a given party.

I certainly agree that framing political beliefs themselves as linear is misleading, though. I should have been clearer about that.

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