I am not Left, Right or Center!

It bothers me when Democrats accuse me of being right-wing, or when Republicans accuse me of being leftist. Which is true, neither. Furthermore, I am not a centrist, nor am I in anyway middle of the road. In-fact I'm firmly not anywhere on your road, I'm off blazing my own trail. If you ask me nicely, rather than assuming you know, I'll gladly tell you what my politics are, I am a liberal.

All of my politics are informed by my deep belief in the importance of the individual's rights. I believe laws are only acceptable for the defense of the individual's liberty.

I am for ending drug prohibition because all consenting adults have the right to do whatsoever they want with their own bodies. If you want to do stupid things to yourself, that is your right, and I'm ethically required to act in defense of that even though I think it's stupid.

Likewise, passing laws against suicide are not only absurd (in reality you cannot punish suicides, only attempted suicides), but abhorrent. Not because taking your life is good, but because its your own damn business.

While I don't condone marriage, I believe that if the government is going to support heterosexual marriage, it should also support and recognize homosexual and polygamous marriage, so long as all individuals are consenting adults. The best thing would be to remove marriage from government control, they have no place in peoples relationships.

Nor should the government, nor anyone else for that matter, be able to coerce individuals into spending their hard earned money for things they don't want. If I want to help financially support someone, I'll do it of my own free will thank you. If I want to pay for someone's medical bill, I'm able to make up my own mind about that. Nor should I be able to use the government to shake down others to help clothe, feed and heal me when I'm in need. We all have the right to fail too.