# Libertarianism: What is it? \[Title modified\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 25, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarianism-what-is-it-title-modified/686975 "2014-04-25T18:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarianism-what-is-it-title-modified/686975/11 "2014-04-26T01:45:47Z")
The original title of this thread was **Libertarian Topic of the Week 2: What is it?** When the “Libertarian Topic of the Week” was proposed, the idea behind it was to take specific issues addressed by libertarianism and discuss or debate them. There is nothing wrong with this thread in its intent, but the use of that title to expand the topic into one more wide ranging discussion in which the whole notion of libertarianism is up for grabs will tend to conflate this discussion with the more focused discussions envisioned in the original thread. In fact, the opening statement in that first thread was > [@Libertarian Topic of the Week 1: Civil Rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-topic-of-the-week-1-civil-rights/686118/1): > > This is the first of a series of threads on Libertarianism in practice. I’m hoping this helps get us away from endless debate about “what is Libertarianism” by focusing on specific issues instead of broad, sweeping generalizations. In order to keep the more directed threads separate from more wide-ranging threads, I have change the title of this one. [/Moderating] --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarianism-what-is-it-title-modified/686975)._