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It’s really unfortunate to see such an unchallenged application of the label “libertarian” here. Put aside your own feelings for a moment. Highlighting any con
by drewcon 6y ago
It’s really unfortunate to see such an unchallenged application of the label “libertarian” here. Put aside your own feelings for a moment.
Highlighting any connection between libertarianism with the alt-right, white supremacy, or anti-government militias seems as disingenuous as the superficial connection between atheism and fascist communism.
In either case, does the ideology overlap in convenient areas (to the negative ideologies), yes, probably. It’s easier to command absolute fealty of the state without god in the way. It’s easier to preach radical, violent white supremacist anarcho-capitalism with the state out of the picture. But does libertarianism espouse, promote, or a natural evolution that ends in The Boogaloo? Absolutely not, and it’s ridiculous for a journalist not to ask and answer those questions.
- someguydave 6y agoIt’s the same rhetorical trick that allows folks in all-Democrat city and state governments to blame Republicans for all the problems.
- stonogo 6y agoNot all of them are racists, but all of them are libertarians. The writer doesn't do a good job of clarifying that, but it's not like applying the label is inaccurate.
- flywheel 6y agoI've run into far too many aggressively toxic, self proclaimed "libertarians" on the internet. So when the article mentioned "libertarian" in the context of the "boogaloo" idiots, it didn't surprise me at all. Libertarianism has changed a bit with the times, as have Democrats and Republicans. All kinds of bad ideas have crept in, after fermenting on the internet.