Yeah I thought it was a dumb article. And I have a quibble with you!
Neither one of those guys are libertarian. I don't think they ever were. If they ever were, they simply converted to something else. Hey, I could come up with at least two examples of capitalists who became communists - far more than two I'm sure if I looked hard enough. That does not mean there is a pipeline!
If you say that 95% of all black people are criminal, you are not a libertarian. Plain and simple.
If you are for "economic nationalism" you are not a libertarian, particularly when you don't tolerate people who disagree with you.
Many people are getting pissed with Libertarians because they think nazis and the KKK should be allowed to have their say. And I think some of the more libertarian posters here have hurt their cause by so resisting the call for Trump to be much more definitive and strong in his denunciation of the racism and bigotry dominating just one side (thuggery on both sides, sure. But racism and bigotry was the organizing principle of only one side). That is very different from tolerance for violent attempts to silence the racists and bigots.
I think the alt-right may count as members many people who liked to claim they were libertarian, but never really were. If you think it is ok to discriminate against all Jews or all Blacks because "they" are attacking your rights, I'm sorry, but you were never a Libertarian no matter what you call yourself.
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Posted: 09/20/2017 at 1:37PM