Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by gknoy 2827 days ago
I take "anti-government" to mean that one is opposed to the actions that the government takes, in some situations, rather than being against the idea of the government. One can believe that a government is legitimate, while also believing that the government's power should be limited. One might argue that this idea is one of the core ideas of American government.
1 comments

>"I take "anti-government" to mean that one is opposed to the actions that the government takes, in some situations, rather than being against the idea of the government."

That's silly, by that definition everyone would be anti-government then. Nobody agrees with the actions the government takes in all situations, not even within the same political party.