Libertarians principles do not preclude belief in evil or supporting actions to fight it. I haven't ignored anything: You're attacking a straw-man and I am not obligated to defend the straw-man to hold my position.
Libertarian ideas tend to stress the fact that our elected officials -- and, indeed, our electorate -- are not nearly responsible or educated enough to "combat evil" responsibly. The notion that Bush or Obama or Clinton or Bush Sr. were remotely equipped to fight evil responsibly is laughable. They've killed more Americans and foreigners who were no threat to Americans than I care to think about. Combating evil is not out of the picture as a justifiable course of action, but Libertarians are stuck pointing out to murderous zealots like you that you're not doing a good job at fighting evil. Libertarians are stuck pointing out that murderous zealots like you frequently are evil. Maybe some of them would agree with you that evil must be fought, but they're too busy trying to point out to your sheep-like self that you're frequently part of the evil that needs fought.
"Ignoring evil is how Mao rose, Stalin, Lenin, Pol Pot, Hitler, Mousillini (sp?), dozens of African dictators, the Ayohtollah (sp?), Saddam, the Taliban, Bin Ladin, and Imperial Japan as well."
You forgot to mention recent actions in which we bombed the hell out of and even invaded nations which are barely out of the stone-age and were no threat to us. Or pressuring regime change where we're supporting the take-down of evil authoritarians by even more evil authoritarians. Do you know nothing of American history? Half of the time our meddling is unjust, only done in the name of corporate interests which are neither morally defensible nor economically beneficial to America at large. Not exactly free of evil. Half of the time our military matters are messed with by idiot politicians, getting countless Americans killed. Not exactly free of evil.
That you can mention a small handful of examples which were arguably done responsibly and free of evil is not evidence of innocence in the bigger picture nor is it suggestive that we're capable of getting it right more than a tiny portion of the time.
"It is how we grew from a forming nation to a nation needing a civil war... because the founders chose to ignore an evil rather than confront it at that time."
And here you confess absolute ignorance of American history. You obviously have no idea what the founders did, let alone why. You obviously have no understanding of what the civil war was fought over, let alone why. Maybe you shouldn't form opinions based purely on ignorance. You'll be right more of the time and avoid looking like a clueless idiot. Just a suggestion.
"I also showed how drugs can be abused, can be addictive, can result in negative actions on society, which you dismissed out of hand with no true evidence to show that I was incorrect."
I pointed out the ineffectiveness of drug laws in reducing usage by citing unchanged usage rates in nations which used to prosecute drug use and now have it decriminalized. You ignored this. I pointed out that billions are spent on the drug war for no gain. You ignored this. I pointed out that law enforcement personnel lose their lives in the drug war for no gain. You ignored this. I pointed out that innocent civilians not involved in the war are caught in the cross-fire (literally and, mostly, figuratively) lose their lives in the drug war for no gain. You ignored this.
You haven't responded to a single thing I've said on the topic. It's embarrassing.
You "showed" that you're an arrogant prick who thinks having been homeless makes him an expert on drug use and addiction. You "showed" that you think pot has all kinds of effects which science has shown it doesn't. You "showed" that you're an ignorant sucker who wants to bend the world to fit his view, who isn't willing to look at the real world, let alone look at it, think about it, and talk about it. You cited teenagers whining about tummy-aches on a forum as evidence of pot's horrible withdrawal effects. You cited what homeless junkies said as fact, while having no knowledge of science and academic study on the topic.
How cocky and arrogant you are with absolutely no knowledge on most of these topics is disturbing. It explains Bush, McCain, Romney, and Obama. Everyone who says you're right is a valiant warrior of freedom and justice and can be as socialist as he wants, bomb whoever he wants! Everyone who disagrees with you on some topics is evil, misguided, crazy, and clearly wrong. Nevermind that you have no interest in learning about any of the topics you so arrogantly talk about anyway. Nevermind that you're not equipped to nor even interested in educating yourself and being able to make remotely responsible judgements.
You're not even capable of discussing these topics. And you know it: You choose not to respond to them in any way. Yet you're committed. You don't know why you're right--and you certainly won't talk about it--but damnit, you know you're right!
