Freedomist vs. Libertarian—A Debate challenge  [First published
January 16, 2005] When I wore my heart on my sleeve as a youth,
I was a democratic socialist, but in the early 1970s I gave up
the socialism for democratic libertarianism under the hammer
blows of von Mises, Hayek, and Milton Friedman. Libertarian is
what I called myself until recently. I remain libertarian in
domestic policy, which is to say the more domestic freedom from
regulation, government control and taxation, and oppressive
laws, the better up to a point. I am not an anarchist, but
believe social justice means minimal government consistent with
protecting and guaranteeing all have equal civil and political
rights.   On this, the libertarians are blinded by their desire
for freedom, not realizing that everything, including freedom
demands contextual qualification (should those with a dangerous
infectious disease remain free, when they could spread it far
and wide, killing maybe hundreds with it?). But their
isolationism, libertarian are ma