# The 24 Types of Libertarian **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 30, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120 "2010-06-30T21:50:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/41 "2010-07-01T16:24:20Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > 1. All that said, it wouldn’t surprise me if the libertarians who are anti-choice were mostly republicans at heart. Lately I’ve come to the conclusion that ‘libertarian’ and ‘fiscal conservative’ are just labels which some repubs have adopted to try to distinguish themselves from the batshit wing without having to repudiate the republican party altogether. I’ve also heard Libertarians defined as “Republicans who smoke pot.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/42 "2010-07-01T16:25:51Z")
Tangentially relevant GD thread: [Based on their political and economic platform are the Ku Klux Klan “semi-libertarians” or not?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=569218) ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/43 "2010-07-01T18:08:33Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I’ve also heard Libertarians defined as “Republicans who smoke pot.” 😉 And support gay marriage, immigration, women’s rights to abortions, etc. At least, that’s my view as a Libertarian and all the Libertarians I know personally are the same way. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/44 "2010-07-01T18:24:40Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > And support gay marriage, immigration, women’s rights to abortions, etc. At least, that’s my view as a Libertarian and all the Libertarians I know personally are the same way. Do Libertarians even want “marriage” to exist, as a government-recognized-and-regulated institutional relationship legally distinguishable from an ordinary commercial contract? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/45 "2010-07-01T18:29:27Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Do Libertarians even want “marriage” to exist, as a government-recognized-and-regulated institutional relationship legally distinguishable from an ordinary commercial contract? As with all political parties there are degrees of extremism. I’m a social liberal and an economic conservative. If there’s something other than ‘Libertarian’ that defines that, I’ll gladly switch titles. :3 ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/46 "2010-07-01T18:41:33Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > And support gay marriage, immigration, women’s rights to abortions, etc. At least, that’s my view as a Libertarian and all the Libertarians I know personally are the same way. Hah. When I attended the Institute for Humane Studies on scholarship probably 80% of my fellow students were anti-abortion rights. After a debate on the subject one of our professors did a quick show of hands, and I expected to be in the majority…no chance. I don’t know what they thought about immigration, but I can tell you from the amount of homophobic slurs I heard addressed towards a fellow student that I doubt gay marriage would have been welcomed. And, yes, there were almost no non-white, non-male students at this LibertarianFest. I think there were three women. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/47 "2010-07-01T18:45:00Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > Hah. When I attended the Institute for Humane Studies on scholarship probably 80% of my fellow students were anti-abortion rights. After a debate on the subject one of our professors did a quick show of hands, and I expected to be in the majority…no chance. I don’t know what they thought about immigration, but I can tell you from the amount of homophobic slurs I heard addressed towards a fellow student that I doubt gay marriage would have been welcomed. > > And, yes, there were almost no non-white, non-male students at this LibertarianFest. I think there were three women. I guess I’m just one in a million, then. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/48 "2010-07-01T19:16:48Z")
> [@A.Selene](#): > > It’s worse than that. Most Yanks are broadly liberal, but “Liberals” have ruined the term. I’d say that conservatives have made it a dirty word, rather. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/49 "2010-07-01T20:31:47Z")
I’ve cut the transcription of the comics captions from the OP, as it was a bit too extensive to constitute fair use. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/50 "2010-07-01T21:05:47Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I’ve cut the transcription of the comics captions from the OP, as it was a bit too extensive to constitute fair use. Well and good; but I can’t think the author would mind, or he would not have included a textual “script” under the cartoon (what else could it be used for?). ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/51 "2010-07-01T21:06:24Z")
Not to mention tediously long. Could you perhaps edit in the link I posted, which will direct people to the comic even once it falls off the front page of the site? ---
**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/52 "2010-07-01T21:15:32Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > (what else could it be used for?) Getting people to his site via google. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/53 "2010-07-01T21:22:33Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Hmmm. My former co-worker called himself an Anarchist. He believed that we should all live in small villages with no form of government whatsoever, in which everyone would do what they wanted to do and barter for what they needed. His answers to my questions about what you would do with serial killers, burglars and famines were absolutely mind bogglingly naive and uninformed. Let’s not even get into the idea of how 6 billion people could all live in small villages - he insisted we had enough land on Earth to do it and support everyone. I hope you beat him up and then stole his wallet. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/54 "2010-07-01T21:49:36Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > In any case, Anarchists and Libertarians are generally not on speaking terms. Indeed, one of our own libertarians is [ready to engage in fisticuffs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=568769) with the anarachists. > [@A.Selene](#): > > It’s worse than that. Most Yanks are broadly liberal, but “Liberals” have ruined the term. You mean that conservatives have ruined the term. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/55 "2010-07-01T22:31:41Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Not to mention tediously long. Could you perhaps edit in the link I posted, which will direct people to the comic even once it falls off the front page of the site? That’s not a bad idea. Any objection from the OP before I edit his post further? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/56 "2010-07-01T23:58:42Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > That’s not a bad idea. Any objection from the OP before I edit his post further? None at all. But the impact of the “hee hee hee :D” will be tragically lost . . . ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/57 "2010-07-02T00:49:58Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Note to Mods: I’m not exactly **Pitting** Libertarians here, just twitting them . . . Reported for trolling. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/58 "2010-07-02T03:37:36Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Reported for trolling. At last! A truly Pittable Libertarian piece of shit! Stick around, why dontcha! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/59 "2010-07-02T07:05:21Z")
I like this Deutsch fella. Perceptive, righteously didactic, and assumes people read. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-types-of-libertarian/545120/60 "2010-07-02T08:04:50Z")
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