# Why are Libertarians more Manly?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-libertarians-more-manly/671604>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 18, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-libertarians-more-manly/671604 "2013-10-18T20:38:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-libertarians-more-manly/671604/101 "2013-10-19T23:03:53Z")

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> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#):
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> Libertarianism isn’t about freedom. It’s about property rights. Libertarians are perfectly fine with the most grotesque perversions of freedom so long as property rights are preserved.

Such as…?

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**Author:** ![IceQube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-libertarians-more-manly/671604/102 "2013-10-20T00:16:00Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Have you never seen a picture of Milton Friedman shirtless?

No but I’ve definitely seen Hayek shirtless and boxing.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-libertarians-more-manly/671604/103 "2013-10-20T00:25:22Z")

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> [@IceQube](#):
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> No but I’ve definitely seen Hayek shirtless and boxing.

Do you think he could deck Putin?

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**Author:** ![cornopean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cornopean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornopean)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-libertarians-more-manly/671604/104 "2013-10-20T00:28:51Z")

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I would suggest that the reason is b/c libertarians are people who value very highly self-reliance. They don’t think that the govt is the solution to their problems. The govt ususally IS the problem. This kind of thinking has an effect on people’s approach to life.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-libertarians-more-manly/671604/105 "2013-10-20T00:48:40Z")

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> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#):
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> I’m gonna go ahead and call this thread a wash.

You misspelled “waste.”

This “discussion” is so pointless that it makes most of the “There is not/too a god” threads look erudite.

Closed.

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