Apparently, Lots of Libertarians Don't Think Women are People Either

[paft.livejournal.com]

So The Mercatus, a right-wing think tank, has declared North Dakota -- which recently passed an incredibly restrictive anti-abortion law, one of the free-est of all the fifty states

Once again, we see that when right wing libertarians use the word "liberty," they're using their own extra-special definition of it. As Salon has pointed out reproductive freedom apparently isn't even entered into the calculations,

Women, you see, just don't count.



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Comments

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

Voting rights? How convenient of you to ignore the 8 hour waits to vote in some areas of places like Florida. But that only effected minorities, so not really important.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Voting rights are pretty universal, so I'm not sure how much illumination it could have given. I agree - it would have been nice to see them address some aspects of voting (like felons who have done their time, but still can't vote), but the ridiculous race baiting is unnecessary.

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you must mean the ridiculous race baiting on the part of the election officials. Because the demographics of the areas that had the long waits isn't up for debate.