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nuts and manipulated mdbl Dec 2013 #1
Exactly correct...manipulated. zeemike Dec 2013 #9
Clean up the quotes in that next to last paragraph. Lasher Dec 2013 #2
A very good description of the libertarians I have known personally. nt Nay Dec 2013 #3
Yes, they want less government but bitch if there's a pothole in their street. groundloop Dec 2013 #4
whenever I encounter a libertarian running for public office, I point out the hypocricy. somehow, niyad Dec 2013 #14
Ask any libertarian skepticscott Dec 2013 #16
not to take away from a great article but santroy79 Dec 2013 #5
Remember that "a stopped clock is correct twice a day." I also have reservations Nay Dec 2013 #6
A succinct quote from the linked article: Lasher Dec 2013 #10
yes... ensemble Dec 2013 #8
Welcome to DU, ensemble! calimary Dec 2013 #39
Welcome to DU, santroy79. calimary Dec 2013 #40
Oh, I love this quote: tanyev Dec 2013 #7
"Their saving grace is a complete lack of organizational ability" progressoid Dec 2013 #28
we have that problem too DonCoquixote Dec 2013 #32
Delightful! another_liberal Dec 2013 #11
Libertarians are visionary . . . and blind. freedom fighter jh Dec 2013 #12
The libertarian answer to that is skepticscott Dec 2013 #18
Like the people on the train in Atlas Shrugged treestar Jan 2014 #41
Libertarians had a lot more votes then Republicans want to admit. mitty14u2 Dec 2013 #13
Welcome to DU, mitty12u2! calimary Dec 2013 #38
I lost my label maker a long time ago. MyNameGoesHere Dec 2013 #15
Good point. You need not go any further than here, with a different opinion on something, 7962 Dec 2013 #17
kick valerief Dec 2013 #19
Those aren't libertarians; those are right wing looneys. Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2013 #20
That may be so, but are there any "good" libertarians left? starroute Dec 2013 #23
Yes, but it's a good question you ask as to where they are. Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2013 #30
That one person sounds more like an anarcho-syndicalist starroute Dec 2013 #31
More like "down with the federal government" truebluegreen Dec 2013 #25
Good article! The first time I listened to Ron Paul speak against our foreign aggression mountain grammy Dec 2013 #21
Thanks so much, DV for bringing this here. These 4 paragraphs say it all: freshwest Dec 2013 #22
Libertarians are utopians. Octoberfurst Dec 2013 #24
Well said. truebluegreen Dec 2013 #26
Welcome to DU, Octoberfurst! calimary Dec 2013 #37
I went to one meeting. felt no genuine human warmth. heaven05 Dec 2013 #27
I see libertarianism as political puberty RainDog Dec 2013 #29
Political puberty!!! calimary Dec 2013 #36
The 2 biggest threats to libertarianism: progressivism and persistence. Jamaal510 Dec 2013 #33
+1 freshwest Dec 2013 #34
LOVE this!!! calimary Dec 2013 #35
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