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In reply to the discussion: Do libertarians ever piss you off more than conservatives? [View all]Daniel537
(1,560 posts)9. Not really.
If they're anti-war and pro-civil liberties, they don't bother me too much. I'll never agree with them on economics, but i definitely have more in common with them than with mainstream Repubs.
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They are right-wing fanatics who pretend to be open-minded as some sort of con.
onehandle
Dec 2012
#1
Exactly which of their selfish destructive policies are you trying to defend?
Vincardog
Dec 2012
#78
Yeah, go back on the gold standard, audit the Fed, free market everything
TexasBushwhacker
Dec 2012
#96
For people who want to be left alone they sure like to steal my time telling me about it.
Gidney N Cloyd
Dec 2012
#13
Hah! We should develop a 'Libertarian Meter' that we can start running when
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#49
People who call themselves Libertarians but then turn around and say they are pro-life just
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#15
They think Ron Paul is cool! For Pot, Hookers and against war. “Simplification" you say, Correct!
busterbrown
Dec 2012
#44
Good point. I'd like to put in a pitch for utopianism that isn't deranged. (The word
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#50
I'm pissed off that the media has turned the word Libertarian into only RW Libertarian.
athenasatanjesus
Dec 2012
#25
Libertians want to throw the 2nd Amendment into play but want less government
Thinkingabout
Dec 2012
#36
I have known a lot of "Libertarians". I think they are mis-named. They are Contrarians.
patrice
Dec 2012
#52
The Big L libertarians should more accurately refer to themselves as "minarchists."
Norrin Radd
Dec 2012
#67
Many "libertarians" don't really want less government. They want less federal government.
NYC Liberal
Dec 2012
#84
Welcome to DU. Who are you supporting for the next election, even undeclared, and tell us about
uppityperson
Sep 2014
#100