Beyond Labels

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Topic 11 April Pro Choice/Pro Life

This week’s topic is the Texas abortion clinic case currently before the Supreme Court.

I did my homework, and since the dog didn’t eat it,  I posted it online.

You can find it here.

Or below.

Next week’s topic in our local discussion group, Beyond Labels, was triggered by discussion of the Texas abortion clinic case currently before the Supreme Court. The case, known to its friends as “Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt” revolves on the following legal point:

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Libertarianism revisited

I once described myself as a “recovering Libertarian.” Well, the recovery is over. I think I’ve found my intellectual roots and I’ve boiled it down to a couple of labels, which, as a member of this group I feel duty bound to go beyond.

One label that fits me is  “Bleeding Heart Libertarian.”

I didn’t invent the term. I found it during one of my online forays. This site, “BleedingHeartLibertarians.com” seems to be  a nexus for a whole lot of left libertarians — as different from the Ron/Rand Paul flavored right libertarians as Bernie Sanders is from Hillary Clinton. Or Donald Trump is from … well, everybody.

This essay from The American Conservative gives a good grounding explanation of the differences.  I encourage reading it. It may surprise a few people. It did me.

 

 

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