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Whatever happened to the libertarians on this board?

Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:48 pm
Posted by Eurocat
Member since Apr 2004
15046 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:48 pm
This board was very libertarian even two years ago.

Now it is filled with people being against sex outside of marriage, affairs, reading the "wrong" texts, not living a Christian life which is supposedly our foundation, etc.

Where are the libertarians, why are they not taking on the Trumpkins? Cowardice?
Posted by Parmen
Member since Apr 2016
18317 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:49 pm to
They wised up to how the real world works. Libertarians live in fantasy world like socialists
This post was edited on 12/6/17 at 9:50 pm
Posted by Iosh
Bureau of Interstellar Immigration
Member since Dec 2012
18941 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:49 pm to
quote:

Where are the libertarians, why are they not taking on the Trumpkins? Cowardice?
Pissing their pants about immigration
Posted by BamaCoaster
God's Gulf
Member since Apr 2016
5261 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:50 pm to
We've been drowned out.
It sucks.
Posted by Magician2
Member since Oct 2015
14553 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:51 pm to
quote:

Now it is filled with people being against sex outside of marriage, affairs, reading the "wrong" texts, not living a Christian life which is supposedly our foundation, etc.


Of all the things to call libertarians out on this board you choose this?
Posted by Maytheporkbewithyou
Member since Aug 2016
12623 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:51 pm to
Most of them were really just libs pretending to be Libertarian.
Posted by jamboybarry
Member since Feb 2011
32647 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:51 pm to
quote:

Now it is filled with people being against sex outside of marriage, affairs, reading the "wrong" texts, not living a Christian life which is supposedly our foundation, etc.


I don’t think you know what a libertarian is
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
81628 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:51 pm to
Many lukewarm libertarians like me abandoned Paul for Trump when we realized he was a once in a lifetime opportunity. I'll go back to that after Trump's glorious reign ends.
Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
11178 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:52 pm to
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Posted by Old Money
Member since Sep 2012
36353 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:54 pm to
Pick a side. Centrists and libertarians are cannon fodder
Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
27066 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:54 pm to
Present.

I do stand up to Trumpkins on occasion. With that said, getting called some permutation of evil Progressive gets old after a while, so I have to be in the mood
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
67079 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:55 pm to
Most were chased off by the tide of idiotic new Trumpkin posters that showed up during the GOP primary season. They ran around calling some of the most principled and conservative posters “cucks” over and over again until discussions on this board basically became impossible. We lost so many good posters in that time to the detriment of the board. It’s finally starting to recover these past couple months, but still not as intellectually diverse as it used to be.
Posted by MrCarton
Paradise Valley, MT
Member since Dec 2009
20231 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:55 pm to
quote:

Now it is filled with people being against sex outside of marriage, affairs, reading the "wrong" texts, not living a Christian life which is supposedly our foundation, etc.



A libertarian can believe all of these things. Ones personal preferences have nothing to do with libertarianism.

Libertarianism is about self ownership /private proper ethic. That is all.
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
101390 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:57 pm to
Resigned to baby steps. Trump's taken a few. Certainly more than anyone else in his position in recent memory.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
67079 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:58 pm to
Exactly. I can hate smoking, believe prostitution is wrong, and think that there is too much cursing and penis in comedic movies while at the same time opposing smoking bans, support legalizing prostitution, and believe in free speach for filmmakers. Just because I don’t like something doesn’t mean that others should be enjoined from enjoying it. I support the freedom of everyone to make their own decisions to as great an extent as possible without intruding on other’s rights to do the same.
This post was edited on 12/6/17 at 10:00 pm
Posted by TX Tiger
at home
Member since Jan 2004
35632 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:58 pm to
quote:

Where are the libertarians, why are they not taking on the Trumpkins?
Because talking sense to sheople is futile.
Posted by Rekrul
Member since Feb 2007
7946 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:59 pm to
Not a libertarian but I’m a staunch republican who happens to be agnostic, there are many more than me.

Sorry to bust your stereotypical post
Posted by Tiger4Liberty
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2015
2423 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:59 pm to
quote:

Now it is filled with people being against sex outside of marriage, affairs, reading the "wrong" texts, not living a Christian life which is supposedly our foundation, etc.


Of all the things to call libertarians out on this board you choose this?





Right on.

To answer OP's question with a question...what does any of that have to do with libertarian thought?

I don't think people should have sex out of marriage, have affairs, practice homosexuality, fail to pursue a relationship with Christ, etc.

That doesn't mean that I want any government to force people to agree with me or follow my path.

Libertarian isn't synonymous with atheism, or social progressivism or any of your other lameness.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
67079 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 10:02 pm to
A lot of libertarians simply don’t post here anymore. A lot of others don’t like Trump personally, but see him as the best chance for getting some positive change. The rule of law is important for libertarians, so getting regulatory agencies, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies purged, to an extent, of corruption is something libertarians can get behind.

Doesn’t mean we won’t criticize Trump when he does something stupid, like repeal Net Neutrality.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108256 posts
Posted on 12/6/17 at 10:03 pm to
Present, you Communist pussy.
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