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[–] MacGuffin94@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

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

[–] dmonzel@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago (2 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".

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years 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

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

He also isn’t libertarian on social issues.

[–] Fishroot@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

every libertarian is a failed neocon

[–] buh@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago
[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

Libertarianism has to become something on contact with reality

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

Oh no it's diarrhea instead of fecal impaction!

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Can't be a free market guy without a frontier to exploit