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[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago

Libertarians aren't exactly know for being very honest... Or smart... Or reading the whole page when someone lays out policy positions.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago

He also isn’t libertarian on social issues.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Honestly, the No True Scotsman fallacy should be renamed the No True Libertarian. Ask one hundred libertarians what a libertarian is, and you'll get two thousand different answers. So it's no shock this guy "isn't a real libertarian".

[–] BakedGoods 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Libertarian just means "I just want to do whatever I want, no matter how it affects others".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Depending on who you ask, it also means "I'm a Republican who has no issues with drugs and minors".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

They got something in common: get those hundred talking long enough and it's likely they'll sooner or later start talking about how much they don't like age of consent laws libertarian-alert

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

There is nothing funnier than observe libertarians arguing over some small difference and quickly arriving at the point when they call eachother "socialist".

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

every libertarian is a failed neocon

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Libertarianism has to become something on contact with reality

[–] mindbleach 3 points 9 months ago

They're the same picture.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Oh no it's diarrhea instead of fecal impaction!