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There are tons of libertarian support on HN and other Internet forums. They are about as persecuted as Christians in the US.
by kelukelugames 10y ago
There are tons of libertarian support on HN and other Internet forums. They are about as persecuted as Christians in the US.
- jfaucett 10y agoYou might be right. I don't know. A better phrasing might have been "anti-left" or "left-critical" viewpoint.
- eli_gottlieb 10y ago>A better phrasing might have been "anti-left" or "left-critical" viewpoint. Not really, considering that we on the radical left don't even consider the Democrats left-wing at all. They're just... liberals.
- pdkl95 10y ago> "anti-left" You might want to address your concerns to the party that just screwed up badly in the election, not "the left". The Democratic Party has spent the last few decades moving away from left-wing politics, with Clinton supporting a more mixed set of political views. Blaming "the left" for recent(-ish) problems in government isn't accurate when there hasn't been a lot of representation of the actual left in a while. That may be changing with Bernie and other recent support for liberal and progressive positions, but the current party is still very centrist.
- jfaucett 10y agoYou're right. This is why I mentioned not liking the whole left/right terminology in the first place.
- moyta 10y agoDefinitely, there are a ton of libertarians here, to the point that my prior comments in threads like this would fluctuate up & down by 5 to 10 points for a few hours after posting. Was quite fun to watch!