Libertarians are heartless bastards

[Hugabear]

I have a relative who keeps forwarding me libertarian bullshit. Usually I delete them without even reading them, but this one caught my eye with the headline "Paul Ryan is worse than Bill Clinton".

Basically the gist of the email is that they're upset with the rethugs for not cutting enough. Here's an excerpt from the email:

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Libertarians would cut the federal government down to less than 10% of GDP, and we'd keep cutting once we got there
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This is what we face if the teabaggers ever win control of the White House and a veto-proof Congress.

[Drale]

1. If they got the power and did that

they would have open rebellion on there hands within a few years with no military to help them put it down.

[Taverner]

2. Libertarians are Republicans who smoke pot

[baldguy]

3. Libertarians are 10-yr old children.

[crim son]

6. Yeah, I think you have a point. n/t

[blondeatlast]

8. Yup. nt

[leftstreet]

4. They help the Democrats look like they're actually "left"

It's brilliant when you think about it

[crim son]

5. My father was a libertarian when young.

He was/is neither heartless nor stupid, but he did not then nor does he now understand human nature, or human frailty. He isn't stupid, he was a physician/surgeon and it's not as if he's a sociopath either: he is just missing a critical piece of the puzzle. He is now a grossly disillusioned rethug who has figured out the Pox is not a news source. I'm mentioning this only because while it's tempting to demonize our political opponents, it isn't fair or accurate.

[uppityperson]

7. "while it's tempting to demonize our political opponents, it isn't fair or accurate." Thank you

[Hugabear]

10. When looking at their policies and the effects they would have, it's hard not to

Sure, it's one thing to say that you want to reign in government spending. But when you're talking about slashing social services that millions of Americans rely on, when you're talking about gutting education (remember, many Libertarians favor eliminating the Dept. of Education), without regard for the consequences of those actions, that seems rather heartless. They're more concerned with dollar signs than they are human lives. And just about every libertarian/teabagger I've run across really couldn't care less if someone was hurt by their policies. Their view is that if they can't help themselves, then fuck them.

[white_wolf]

9. Well I agree about Right wing libertarians

but I like the left wing variety, but you don't see those here in the U.S.