Fuck you I'm a dragon! ...Err...Libertarian

[towyncoyote]

Lame attempt at witty title aside...

Just thought i'd clear that up. I generally just call myself republican online to avoid having to explain the difference to people who only know about the two main parties.

So yeah, I'm a bisexual libertarian furry, and I fart in your general direction! :3

p.s. This was spawned by seeing furs on Twitter claim

Comments

[freakylynx]

I switched to Independent / Conservative years ago after so much disgust with the Republican party (which incidentally got worse under the George Bush years). I don't know what they stand for anymore, it certainly isn't Smaller Government or Fewer Taxes.

[vakkotaur]

Hardly an oxymoron, it's a pretty simple idea really: Even if the Republicans do damage on that/those issues, some believe that correcting those errors will be far easier than correcting errors (economic, military) of the Democrats.

I do like the Libertarian view, overall, which takes the "keep out of my private life" line that the Democrats try to claim AND the "keep out of my wallet/business" that the Republicans try to claim. I don't agree with them on foreign policy, which looks to me like isolationism and history shows that fails and fails very badly. Still, I'd like to be able to vote Libertarian, but so few run for office. The closest I got was, and this might surprise you, was voting for Jesse Ventura when he ran for Governor.

[thrashbear]

Democrats believe big government knows what's best for you.

Republicans believe big business knows what's best for you.

Libertarians believe YOU know what's best for you.

[tabernak]

and that's why both sides HATE them :B

[tabernak]

Welcome to the political stance of "you'll never be happy" haha

[gremy]

[vakkotaur]

...libertarian, fancy word for anarchist...

Not really. There is a difference between "just enough government" and "no government at all."

That's not an oxymoron, unless you assume that fiscal and religious/social conservatives are identical. That combination of things (both groups under the Republican banner) took the modern form around 1980 or so, but wasn't immediately evident. I recall during the Reagan campaign that detractors want after his "warmongering" with a tune 'Pass the Lord and Praise the Ammunition' which seems an unlikely thing now.

NOTE: I would love for the Republicans to ditch the religious nuts and return to the combination of fiscal conservatism they once had AND the freedom for all leadership they once could lay claim to. I'd also love for the Democrats to discover the principles of basic economics... hey, I can dream.

[taren_]

Aren't shallow people awesome? Labels are just sooooo important...

[huscoon]

This.