Ryan ChartrandSo you know what really cheeses me about Nathan Giusti (besides his third-grade level writing capabilities and his inability to make a valid point) is his third-grade level understanding of Libertarianism and his inability to take a cliché from his own party and be “open-minded.”
There is really not one thing “smug” about being Libertarian. Libertarians value all individual freedoms equally and believe that the government (being the only entity that can obstruct personal freedoms) possesses no moral grounds to infringe upon the right of individuals to live the lives they choose.
Nathan, if you wish to marry another man, then that should be your choice, and the government should play no part in your relationship with another man. If you wish to give away all of your money to a cause you believe warrants your giving, then that should be your choice as well. Libertarians believe no one has the right to tell you what is best for you.
Libertarians are not “greedy” as you insist, but rather, Libertarians recognize the choice of how to spend their money is as much an individual liberty as is your choice to be in a relationship with another man. How can you claim to advocate individual liberties and exclude financial ones? Should financial liberties not be reserved for the individual?
Libertarians never force their morality on anyone else and believe the individual, not the government, knows what is best. Can your party say that? No. Maybe you should check out ours.