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I’ve been informed that this Friday is the Day of Silence.  For those of you who don’t know what that is, it is an event conceived by an LGBT rights organization called the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network(GLSEN).  High school participants take a vow to not speak for an entire day to represent, and bring attention to, the silence that queer youth are forced into every day.  Now.  I think it’s great that we are involving youth in these kinds of awareness campaigns, and thereby facilitating valuable discourse about the plights of LGBT youth.   And that is where my issue with the Day of Silence arises.  I once parti

Here's a confession, even if it is not one I'm much ashamed of: I used to be a Libertarian.  I know there's a lot of definitions for that word, so for the sake of discussion, I am referring to the political position strictly opposing wealth-redistribution like tax-payer-supported healthcare, unemployment benefits, and welfare.  Smaller government, I believed, would make a healthier society because it would involve less interference with the earnings of the individual.  Personal accountability would be maximized, leading to more competition, more motivation, and a stronger nation.  After all, socialism and wealth-redistribution encourages comp