I Was a Card-Carrying Libertarian: Confessions of a Black Sheep Republican
I am a card carrying Libertarian, I DONT vote Libertarian ever though.
I am a member because in the future I see this party as the one to go to when the crazies are pushed (ever so gently) out.
The USA needs this conversation on Libertarianism to continue, what IS a Libertarian? Do we allow Iyn Rand to continue to define this?
In my opinion the Libertarian party is NOT Libertarian, it is Anarchist. It is confused.
Open borders is NOT a Libertarian value, it is an Anarchists value, as is all drugs legal, all porn legal. Those of you that support these planks need to form your own party, call it what you want but the term Libertarian will undergo a sea-change in public perception in the next few decades. We have already purged many of the insane planks from the platform, others will follow until the Anarchists leave on their own.
To get a grip on what a real Libertarian should look like, the bulk of the Republican party that isnt Religious Right is Libertarian to one degree or another.
The Libertarian party in it’s present & even past form has never been serious about winning seats, it’s glorified debating club with notions so off-beat as to never stand a chance of implimentation.
You want to be Libertarian? HELP CHANGE THE PLANKS TO REFLECT SANITY AND REALISTIC GOALS. Pie-in-the-sky politics is childish or insane.
