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bluesbassman

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6. There was a classic photo of a Libertarian during the Camp Fire in CA.
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 09:41 AM
Mar 2023

Grinning from ear to ear after Cal Fire saved his ass and property from becoming a pile of ash. He was standing there with wearing some Libertarian themed t-shirt thanking the government taxpayer funded firefighters. I often wonder how soon after the smoke cleared did he star badmouthing the big bad government again.

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Me too... FalloutShelter Mar 2023 #1
Libertarians are the biggest abusers of public largess-plug themselves into every program possible. TheBlackAdder Mar 2023 #20
Exactly right. FalloutShelter Mar 2023 #21
They are Republican's who refuse to admit it. Phoenix61 Mar 2023 #2
I am sure they exist (i thought Herman Cain was a libertarian).. TheRealNorth Mar 2023 #3
To be completely honest: I first read this as "LIBRARIANS" Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2023 #4
lol me too! GenXer47 Mar 2023 #10
Librarians Flatrat Mar 2023 #23
I Did Too RobinA Mar 2023 #27
Me too, lol! 😅 I didn't realize till I read your post Raine Mar 2023 #31
Any news on where they're building the Trump Presidential Libertary? JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2023 #36
the fatal flaw of libertarians are their selfishness and hypocrisy NewHendoLib Mar 2023 #5
There was a classic photo of a Libertarian during the Camp Fire in CA. bluesbassman Mar 2023 #6
Most libertarians believe military/police/fire are among the things tax $ should be used for (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2023 #7
True, because they perceive it as benefitting themselves. bluesbassman Mar 2023 #11
Fair enough. This is their dogma, but their dogma lacks internal consistency (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2023 #15
Absolutely NewHendoLib Mar 2023 #18
To Me RobinA Mar 2023 #28
My experience is the same, they call themselves libertarian but they are generally... Thomas Hurt Mar 2023 #8
There are a few but most are white hetero males from xtian backgrounds JI7 Mar 2023 #9
Definitely. I spent a lot of time in rural eastern Washington state in the Moses Lake/ brewens Mar 2023 #12
94% white and 68% men GenXer47 Mar 2023 #13
I've always found Liberatarians to be Anti-Tax Free Riders who... haele Mar 2023 #32
Most I see are white women. jimfields33 Mar 2023 #14
The OP is about libertarians, not librarians.nt. drray23 Mar 2023 #17
"Oh, that's very different...never mind!" Tanuki Mar 2023 #25
I absolutely read librarian Sympthsical Mar 2023 #26
IMHO there's some class selection built into the profession Retrograde Mar 2023 #35
Lower middle class for sure Johnny2X2X Mar 2023 #16
"But can't think of one that wasn't white." TheProle Mar 2023 #24
K&R for excellent point. UTUSN Mar 2023 #19
They're Republicans who dislike war and like to get high Freddie Mar 2023 #22
I don't know the political leanings of most people I'm aquanted with Kaleva Mar 2023 #29
Which kind of libertarian? Real libertarian is possibly a small, third personality type, Hortensis Mar 2023 #30
I know many lower middle class or working class Libertarians. xmas74 Mar 2023 #33
I know a Black woman who's a Libertarian Retrograde Mar 2023 #34
All the libertarians I've known have been poor, white, straight males. n/t Coventina Mar 2023 #37
The ones I know Patterson Mar 2023 #38
I've never met any personally. sakabatou Mar 2023 #39
Yes. A native American janitor at Bemidji State Univ. in Minnesota Model35mech Mar 2023 #40
I know plenty of blue collar WHITE self-professed "libertarians" tenderfoot Mar 2023 #41
There was a lower income white Libertarian who LeftInTX Mar 2023 #42
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