Wait is it wrong that my entire political identity was inspired by the 2010 Steve Carrell/Tina Fey action comedy Date Night
Astrology is at least rooted in something beyond just wild ass suppososition. Libertarianism can't hold a candle to the empirical rigor of astrology. It's just insufferable white men, self-deigned philosopher kings, smelling their own farts.
By the way, stop talking to people at parties, libertarians. No one's sure who invited you but some people are just too nice to tell you to GFY and it's clear you can't take a hint.
Who talks politics at a party? If someone’s political leanings are that important to them, they aren’t the type of person I want to hang out with at a party (or it’s a shitty party that I don’t want to be at).
This doesn't make any sense to me. Why wouldn't your political leanings be important to you? Are you supposed to treat politics like a casual hobby with a minor vested interest? I mean that would certainly explain your libertarianism but still...
If you're the type of person that cares about the world and society we live in I don't want to associate with you I prefer my friends to be exclusively passionate about vapid things like which amalgamation of sports colors is superior to another different amalgamation of colors.
I assume the premise of his statement is this a party where you are meeting people for the first time or only know casually as a friend of a friend. I’m personally not going out to meet people and trying to learn who they voted for or if their stance on a hot button issue like immigration (I’m in favor of more) agrees with mine. This is separate but somewhat related, I also don’t particularly care if people agree with me so if that is important to people, they aren’t people I would like to hang out with. What do you think is so important to know in your first 10 minutes of meeting someone?
I don’t want to get all sanctimonious, but this take is equally as ridiculous as what you’re quoting. If someone tells me they’re into Russian literature, as a random example, and that they prefer Tolstoy over Dostoevsky I want to figure out the how and why of that. I’m not up their ass about it (because anyone worth a shit knows that Dostoevsky>>>) but more than anything, politics define everything about our existence
I've got nothing against talking politics at parties when appropriate. I'm just saying one of the things libertarians are known for is not being able to shut up about it. Which was amusing since the libertarian was the one being dismissive of that
And that is based on what evidence? I’m sure you have a study that supports your assertion. Obviously you know immediately if someone is a libertarian because they talk about it, so there is no risk that some is libertarian if someone doesn’t talk about libertarianism when you meet them for the first time.
If your life leaves you with choosing between discussing politics or sports colors, I’m sorry that you don’t have more interesting things going on and that you’re not a more inquisitive person.
I wouldn’t take that account seriously. Nobody else does. It’s just too online Mises caucus people trying to be edgy.
Oh god no, they hate librarians. A tax funded building full of books people can walk out with for free? With computers they can use for free to do research or apply for jobs? Disgusting.
I’d define current Libertarians as someone who wants to eliminate every aspect of government in the hopes that they can rape children without any consequences.
Probably not a bad representation of the true believers who flocked to NH trying to make it a libertarian stronghold though. We had a guy on our home board who uprooted his whole family to do exactly this. Complete psycho.
What is it that they like about that state so much? Is it just that they don't pay income tax or are the age of consent laws really lax there?
After a few debate dinners on the meaning of being free, it is nice to have everyone in one place for the mass libertarian extinction event (pending results of the debate dinner of course)
That's the system working as intended, imagine how much cheaper labor will be now that half the country is completely destitute.