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That hasn't been my experience. On most conservative forums, most people--clearly conservative--describe themselves as "libertarian". Look at elected officials:
by iron0013 8y ago
That hasn't been my experience. On most conservative forums, most people--clearly conservative--describe themselves as "libertarian". Look at elected officials: who's more likely to describe themselves as a "libertarian", Republican politicians or Democratic politicians?
- thebooktocome 8y agoIt wasn't too long ago that Paul Ryan was considered a libertarian, and a positive direction for the Republican party.
- sigstoat 8y agoyou're talking about self-description. i wasn't.
- iron0013 8y agoWhat? I don't follow. Why would conservatives, who describe themselves as "libertarians", call libertarians "dope-smoking lefty hippies"? I'm saying your account of how conservatives describe libertarians rings false. Conservatives don't consider libertarians to be "them", they consider libertarians to be "us"--that is, they don't make a distinction between conservatives and libertarians.