re: Do any former libertarians feel ideologically lost?

that's one of the issues i have with the current Libertarian party.

I've always liked the idea of libertarianism if only people I liked could live there

Nope, but I was always a constitutionalist and never an an-cap.

I think the confusions for today's right libertarians comes from their newly discovered understanding of government as a tool for violence, much like a gun. You can use violence for defensive purposes.

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Why can't we acknowledge that maybe the document just isn't great on some points.

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Isn't that why we've had amendments?

Which points do you dislike?

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Because I think libertarians that have abandoned their principles on immigration

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Where are you getting this? You must not read many libertarian editorials

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maybe if you keep wishing left-libertarianism isn't real, it will happen!

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It isn't real. Leftists see govt as the fiat power necessary to make life fair. Libertarians don't give a shite if life is fair therefore govt should be minimal or non existent.

The people I've known IRL who call themselves 'left libertarian' fall into these categories.

1. I'm a liberal democrat but I'm for gay marriage so I'm a libertarian.

2. I'm a liberal democrat but I smoke dope so I'm a libertarian.

3. I'm a liberal democrat but people hate liberal democrats so I call myself libertarian (Bill Maher is in this group).

Libertarians have one fatal flaw that can never be solved. If they agree on 49 out of 50 issues they go nuts on the one you disagree with and say "Well, you're not a reeeallll libertarian."

This one issue differs with each individual. For me it's the DH. If you call yourself a libertarian but you approve of the DH in the American League then in my opinion you're not a reeeallll libertarian. You are infringing on the pitcher's right to bat for his own damn self.

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It isn't real.

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plenty of literature out there that explains it. its there for those who want to not be ignorant.

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That's like Mandatory Volunteerism.

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not really. capitalism is great, but if you want to prevent an oligarchy from forming, you have to sprinkle in aspects of socialism.

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Do any former libertarians feel ideologically lost?

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Not me.

I used to be a libertarian then I did some deep thinking for a very long time and then I just concluded that libertarianism just doesn't work in today's world and is actually pretty counterproductive and now I actually consider myself more of a conservatarian that's not very religious, supports freedom like gay marriage and polygamy, opposes the war on drugs and still a desire for strict law and order on the border and problematic demographics that could threaten small government policies, and want to eliminate welfare as much as I can.