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Thread #111234   Message #2340882
Posted By: Ebbie
14-May-08 - 10:27 PM
Thread Name: BS: Racist T Shirt In Georgia
Subject: RE: BS: Racist T Shirt In Georgia
"If this country is libertine..."pdq

Libertine:

a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, esp. a dissolute man; a profligate; rake.
2. a freethinker in religious matters.
3. a person freed from slavery in ancient Rome.
–adjective 4. free of moral, esp. sexual, restraint; dissolute; licentious.
5. freethinking in religious matters.
6. Archaic. unrestrained; uncontrolled.

Libertarian:

a person who advocates liberty, esp. with regard to thought or conduct.
2. a person who maintains the doctrine of free will (distinguished from necessitarian).
–adjective 3. advocating liberty or conforming to principles of liberty.
4. maintaining the doctrine of free will.

Which one did you have in mind, pdq? :)