Libertarian Thinking, and how it pisses off others
Now, I do not exactly consider myself a Libertarian because I do support Government spending and Progressive Taxing. I just don't support programs that benefit the poor at expense of the richer.
But I was reviewing older arguments and something caught my eye. Someone had said that deciding who deserves money is not the government's job (in view of redistribution of wealth). Ledhead (a major liberal on this site) responded by saying "right, it's instead their job to tell us who to marry, what to put in our bodies" and blah blah blah. Sure, that argument works against a Republican, and Republicans deserve a comeback like that, but it doesn't against a Libertarian. Libertarians are for same sex marriage (or against marriage in general), are against drug bans, against bans on all other vices. They're basically for the government butting out of our private lives.
This pisses off both Liberals and Conservatives, but I see Libertarians and Conservatives joining sides more often (mainly because Democrats aren't liberal where it counts). Let's face it, Libertarians have a consistent belief structure and it's very hard to come up with bullshit arguments (like Ledhead's) against a Libertarian. I am very close to a Libertarian except for the things I've said before, so this may be why I find their logic admirable. But look to people like Penn and Teller or Trey Parker and Matt Stone. They seem to be right about everything they bring up. And they're all Libertarians.
Although, don't get this confused with Geraldo Rivera or Bill Maher, who are basically just Liberals who think it's cool to call themselves Libertarians.
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