Introduction

[foxglovehp.livejournal.com]

I'm new here.  I was sent an invite, and I appreciate it.  I like this community's non-flaming, non-trolling all-parties attitude.  I have been avoiding posting on most of the political communities because, since I tend to be in both liberal and conservative, (and am thus libertarian) camps, I'll post to all of them if I have something to say.  Of course somebody somewhere will accuse me of trolling.

Anyway, I am a career soldier, now in the US Army reserve, and a lifelong Wiccan.  I am constitutionally conservative, and socially liberal.  Please drop by my LJ profile for more info.  Feel free to friend me as well if you like.  I have a fairly thick skin about most things and appreciate a good, reasoned argument where folks can disagree and not get their knickers in a twist about things.

Comments

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

There is a point of over-compensation for things where you actually do go beyond the reach of the Constitution itself.

Well, some people believe that the right to privacy goes beyond the text of the Constitution. However, many of these people don't realize that the word 'privacy' meant 'toilet' during the Revolutionary era. As a liberal, I consider privacy to be a penumbral right, one that without it the rights enumerated in Constitution could not exist period.

Consider me one of the liberals who does feel that the 2nd Amendment limits itself to those in a militia only. However, the Supreme Court disagrees with me, so I must conform my ideas to fit its ideals.

I really appreciate your in-depth response, and for the most part I agree with you. I believe the only point where I would diverge would be that I believe that government is the protector of rights, and therefore cannot "butt out" of most people's lives to the point often espoused by conservatives, because at that point rights are basically abrogated. See Rand Paul's views on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, for example. (Yes, I know Paul is a libertarian, but most libertarians are quite conservative, so I have no problem describing him as such.)

Thanks for the measured discussion.