I'll add some context. Once upon a time (or at least so I thought), big-L Libertarians were actually libertarians. This was
back when truly independent (i.e. crazy) people were welcome and celebrated at Libertarian conventions. It used to be "the
party of principle". So, in the good old days, it was not a joke at all. The Libertarians could be counted on to refuse
privileges that were obviously "dirty" (like tax money which is "forcibly" extracted from unwilling
citizens). But somewhere along the way, the Libertarian party (and the word "libertarian") was hijacked and
infiltrated by standard right wingers who saw an opportunity to make their repugnant views more socially acceptable. When that
happened, the Libertarians lost their principles and became a kind of softer set of right wingers. And those people are
perfectly willing to engage in "dirty" dealings (like accepting federal funding) when it suits them.
On 11/04/2016 01:21 PM, Roger Critchlow wrote:
Just joking that Libertarians (ie libbies) should refuse to take campaign
funding from the government and refuse to participate in government run
elections, or they're clearly acting as LINO's (Libertarians In Name Only).
Sorry, it was an old joke the first time.
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Aren't the libbies constitutionally required to disdain funding from the
government? Seems like they should disdain elections, too, hold out for
victory by acclamation?____
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☣ glen
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