No better way to destroy an intellectual debate than prefacing your headline with Republican or Democrat: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;lesswrong.com&#x2F;lw&#x2F;gw&#x2F;politics_is_the_mindkiller&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;lesswrong.com&#x2F;lw&#x2F;gw&#x2F;politics_is_the_mindkiller&#x2F;</a><p>The fact the people involved in this are self described as &quot;anti-government&quot; and small-government, plus the entire issue is reducing federal control back into state law seems to only be an inconvenience... Trying to frame it outside of the scope of left vs right, rather than local vs federal control, doesn&#x27;t seem to fit well into mainstream political discourse.<p>Side note: single page article  <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;harpers.org&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2015&#x2F;02&#x2F;the-great-republican-land-heist&#x2F;?single=1" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;harpers.org&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2015&#x2F;02&#x2F;the-great-republican-land...</a> (admins?)