"The problem is that liberals do not even make a g...

2010-03-14T00:16:06.516-05:00

"The problem is that liberals do not even make a good faith effort to actually support liberal neutrality."

Can't argue with that. Political parties are generally mashups of people who can form a compromise, and the democrats are no exception. Liberal neutrality, while arguably the basis of liberalism, is a fairweather friend to most liberals, there when it's fashionable and gone when it's not.

"Are people allowed to choose for themselves who has moral status and who can be freely oppressed?"

In some cases, yes; in some cases, no. As it can be evidenced that blacks are equal to whites, public manifestations of racism are, rightly, illegal. As it we cannot know (or at least, I do not know!) the exact moment when life becomes morally significant, or what degree of intelligence/genetic relation to humans grants moral status, abortion and meat-eating should be legal, so people are able to make their own decisions.

"Are people allowed to own a gun? If the answer is no, then this is a flagrant violation of liberal neutrality."

Indeed it is.

"Are men free to have many wives?"

Perhaps they should be. But, we can't assume that, if polygamy were legal, all men would start collecting wives. Most would, for religious, cultural, and personal reasons, stick to one. After all, polygamy is legal now, as long as no marriage license is issued, yet monogamous relationships are still the norm.

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