Libertarians in the modern US are republicans that figured out saying that gets them no favors. At least that's what it seems like to me.
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There are two flavors of Libertarian. The one that is too embarrassed to admit they are GOP, and the other that thinks the GOP are a bunch of left leaning hippies.
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There is no such thing as a right wing libertarian.
Not by definition, but the right wing turds have co-opted it like they have so many other things.
I don't see why you should respect the claims to a term from people that don't even meet their own false standards.
Precisely. Claims as theirs can be discounted out of hand
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Libertarians, or as I prefer to call them, "stealth Republicans."
Republicans who want to smoke weed and abolish the age of consent.
And legalize lynch mobs.
The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire is cut fro the same cloth as the Westboro Baptist church. Their ideas are insane, and deep down I think they probably know they are, but instead of reflection they double down on the crazy and confuse outrage in others for validation. Mock, block, and roll is the way with these guys.
This is called "dog whistling".
Conservative says something offensive.
Conservative Base has a chuckle.
Progressives (rightly) try to hold them accountable.
Conservative base thinks its hilarious that progressives are so upset.
Mate, thats not dog whistling.
Dog Whistling is when you say something that has a hidden meaning to a group that they recognise.
This is simply overt racism.
As another poster mentioned, this isn't dog whistling. I think it's close to the card says moops
Also there is the famous quote by Sartre:
Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.
That's not dog whistling...
Relevant link for anyone wondering what the libertarian party can do for them.
This deserves its own post. Thanks for sharing! This part killed me..." "Some people just “don’t get the responsibility side of being libertarians,"...which is certainly one way of framing the problem."
Thanks! Definitely adding that book to my list.
Would be interesting to see if their attitudes changed after facing catastrophic, irreparable physical consequences for saying such things.
It always does.