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SasquatchGroomer t1_j1f8l77 wrote

Don't be assholes. Some of the libertarians who moved to the Keene area (a small portion) have made complete asses of themselves, effectively doing more harm to the cause of liberty than good. Since the 1980s I used to tell people that I was a libertsrian. I no longer am willing to use that word to describe myself because a small number of loudly offensive people have destroyed it for the rest of us.

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[deleted] t1_j1f91nv wrote

The nh libertarian Twitter also doesn't do the cause any favors

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DeerFlyHater t1_j1flzn5 wrote

+1 That twitter feed is trash and generally the entire organized NHLP is trash.

A couple libertarian or free state types that I know swear that those clowns are solely there to sabotage the lolbertarian 'party'.

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SasquatchGroomer t1_j1fj6br wrote

Yeah, whoever is posting on social media in behalf of the NHLP seems to have a pretty broad racist streak running through them.

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gmcgath t1_j1hj4zq wrote

These days I'm often more inclined to call myself classical liberal than libertarian.

Unfortunately, the news media will amplify the jerks in any group.

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SasquatchGroomer t1_j1pzpqx wrote

Agreed. But most people don't understand the phrase "classical liberal." They just think you mean "liberal but not a progressive liberal."

I believe in traditional libertarian principals: fiscal conservatism, social liberalism, and that government works best when it is closest to those it serves.

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