The Libertarian Party’s Big Tent

Written by Dixie Flatline

The Libertarian Party’s Big Tent is more like an umbrella.  These are some of the most petty, insecure, somewhat retarded, self-aggrandizing and unimaginative people in the world.

Courtesy of Last Free Voice, the LP takes down a poll that gets a radical response, after being chastised for not being radical enough.  You’d think they would learn their lesson, and stop putting up polls about liberty, when they don’t even understand the basics of libertarianism themselves.

IT IS NOT LEW ROCKWELL’S JOB TO EDUCATE YOU!  Even if he is your libertarian daddy.

Seems to me, the LP has one flavour, and that is vanilla.  They are so vanilla, someone could mistake them for white latex paint, and as David Nolan recently alluded to in a Lew Rockwell podcast, there is no point in having a 3rd party if it is not going to be radical.

With the money drying up and the results stuck on stuck, seems to me the LP is just a big parody of what a radical 3rd party should be.

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2 Comments »

  1. Jim Davidson

    I would agree. Although, white latex paint can be fun if applied carefully to the right body parts.

    Anyway, I didn’t like the lack of free radicals in the LP, as far back as 1998, so I stopped paying dues to them. When Tom Knapp formed the Boston Tea Party in 2006, I joined up.

    We had some fun this year. You might like it.

    Comment — December 20, 2008 @ 1:59 am

  2. Eric Dondero

    Pro-Defense Libertarians and Libertarian Hawks are almost entirely unwelcome within the Libertarian Party these days. Thus, the reason for the Republican Liberty Caucus, Libertarian Defense Caucus and other Pro-War on Islamo-Fascism libertarian groups.

    If the LP had a truly Big Tent they would invite Pro-Defensers in. But they’ve been hijacked by the Radical Bush-hating Leftwing.

    Until the LP moves more towards a more rational position on foreign policy, you’ll see a continued split among libertarians, with most choosing activism within the GOP.

    Comment — December 20, 2008 @ 1:52 pm

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