Quote (Santara @ Nov 5 2020 05:48am)

The notion that the two major parties are entitled to all the votes is preposterous. The notion that 100% of libertarians would rather vote Republican than Democrat is also preposterous. Libertarians are generally closer to Democrats on social issues and Republicans on fiscal ones, so if social issues are more important to you, you might be more inclined to vote Democrat.

Quote (Bazi @ Nov 5 2020 01:24am)

Can’t imagine their ideology policy wise would be more in line with Biden than trump?

Quote (Kayeto @ Nov 5 2020 06:38am)

ok then by that logic

Trump cost Libertarians the election

Quote (Kayeto @ Nov 5 2020 01:38pm)

ok then by that logic

Trump cost Libertarians the election

Quote (Leevee @ Nov 5 2020 08:05am)

It isn't even that crazy. In 2016, Hillary cost Hillary the election.

Quote (Leevee @ Nov 5 2020 05:43am)

Is there any chance that some libertarians perhaps dislike Trump as a person, or that they dislike the idea of voting for the Republican party?

I dunno, just offering the possibility that people aren't as one-dimensional as you might think.

Quote (Skinned @ Nov 5 2020 06:25am)

Also the appealing ideas in the Republican party are limited government and low taxes. They have gotten away from that. Now they are mostly big government social conservatives And there goal has been to prevent people from having the same rights that they have.

Quote (GLYC123 @ Nov 5 2020 02:24pm)

I literally said that in my post.

If you think Trump is a classic Republican from the 80s, you're completely wrong. He's a New York Republican, he's extremely moderate.

Not liking someone based on personality is fine and choosing not to vote for them is valid because of it -- though I'd say it's definitely worth looking past.

To vote against a Politician solely based on their personality is dumb however.

It also is hard for me to imagine a real Libertarian being pro the current Social Justice Movements occurring. With things like BLM, Equity Pacts, We must be actively Anti-Racist, etc.

Add in the mandatory Lockdowns. Mask Mandates. None of these policies sound like Libertarianism, it's authoritarian.

Whereas the current Republicans are moreso just do your own damn thing as long as you're not hurting anyone -- which is basically the main basis for Libertarianism. The one exception is that they're more vocal about being pro Life. But I haven't really seen them make active steps towards achieving that recently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JaFFKzqR4M

Quote (GLYC123 @ Nov 5 2020 07:24am)

I literally said that in my post.

If you think Trump is a classic Republican from the 80s, you're completely wrong. He's a New York Republican, he's extremely moderate.

Not liking someone based on personality is fine and choosing not to vote for them is valid because of it -- though I'd say it's definitely worth looking past.

To vote against a Politician solely based on their personality is dumb however.

It also is hard for me to imagine a real Libertarian being pro the current Social Justice Movements occurring. With things like BLM, Equity Pacts, We must be actively Anti-Racist, etc.

Add in the mandatory Lockdowns. Mask Mandates. None of these policies sound like Libertarianism, it's authoritarian.

Whereas the current Republicans are moreso just do your own damn thing as long as you're not hurting anyone -- which is basically the main basis for Libertarianism. The one exception is that they're more vocal about being pro Life. But I haven't really seen them make active steps towards achieving that recently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JaFFKzqR4M