Reply #41: I got curious and read a Libertarian flier, and I was shocked

[tclambert]

when it said Libertarians believe the government should "help people to defend themselves against fraud and theft." They weren't saying government, that is, police, should defend people, but that people should defend themselves, with the government's blessing. In other words, police--no, vigilante justice--yes. But how are little old ladies going to get justice? And who's going to stop an armed gang? They want to bring back the Wild West, or make America into Somalia, a place with no functioning government. Libertarian is just another name for Anarchist.