Posted on 07/02/2021 6:03:37 AM PDT by DoodleBob
It's every parent's worst nightmare: your kid comes out as a libertarian. Don't worry -- we can help you nip it in the bud. You should be closely involved in your teen's life to make sure he doesn't suddenly start believing in freedom and personal responsibility. Make sure to constantly check for these 9 warning signs:
1. You walk into his room late at night and he frantically tries to hide the video he's watching: Ron Paul's Liberty Report. - Caught red-handed.
2. He asks for his allowance in Bitcoin. - Dogecoin can also be a red flag.
3. He screams, "AM I BEING DETAINED!?" when you ask him to come downstairs for dinner. - Also during detention, when you make him go to the grocery store with you, and pretty much anytime anyone asks him to do anything.
4. You check under his mattress and sure enough, he's been hiding the worst thing imaginable: a copy of Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell. - Talk to your kids about Sowell before it's too late.
5. While his schoolmates are shooting each other in Call of Duty, he's plinking targets from 150 yards with his AR-15 - He's only interested in the real thing.
6. You catch him texting girls "Taxation is theft." - Always check your kids' electronic devices so you can be alerted to these telltale signs of libertarianism.
7. He plays Grand Theft Auto but spends the whole time ranting about police violence against him for flying a military helicopter around Los Santos. - "I thought this was AMERICA."
8. You get a call from school that he got thrown out of economics class again for arguing with his teacher about the unsustainability of the U.S. Dollar and the failure of Keynesian economics. - Trouble at school might mean he's been radicalized by the Austrian school of economics. Not good!
9. He has no friends. - This is perhaps the surest sign of all.
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And the poster of RUSH 2112 - Niel Peart was highly influenced by Ayn Rand in this album.
*lol bump*
Nice R. Heinlein title there as well.
Okay, that was good.
I live in rural Florida and there are a lot of decent conservative, hard working kids. It’s a joy to see and talk to them.
“Am I being detained?!!!”
The hair is all wrong though.
My son is tending towards the Libertarian side. “Government should just be abolished.”
“Then it becomes mob rule. Communism. We just need to get back to the Constitution.”
My son is very conservative. I understand the allure of Libertarianism though.
17. You ask him to drop something off at the local post office and he mutters something darkly about Poster 7.
There is a huge division in the Libertarian world right now. Constitutionalism against the open border crowd. Caused by misunderstanding and misapplication of Ron Paul’s messages and statements over the years.
Libertarianism originally started from the left, went Constitutionally right, and is now infiltrated by the left again. They will never be an influence because they are scatter brained and will never agree on anything amongst themselves. It is semi-organized Chaos...
Has your state allowed "legal" Marijuana yet?
“My son is very conservative. I understand the allure of Libertarianism though.”
A good way to start. Young folks will hear out a Libertarian. On paper it’s perfect. The left has demonized the word conservative & republican. Most republicans are libertarians at heart so it’s like the slippery slope of socialism to communism. Socialism has a siren call to it and sounds romantic. Just listen to bill Clinton/Obama. It’s called dealing with what w’re up against.
Oh man... it certainly is. This is pretty much a dead on assessment of my oldest with exception of having no friends. He has plenty and he’s turning them all into patriots. I’m getting calls from dad’s asking me if it’s true that I’m going to let him carry concealed at 18. I tell them I would let him carry concealed now, but the law dogs have diminished our 2nd amendment right so much that he has to wait... he’s wearing off on me I guess.
Hehe, love it!
A few years ago maybe, Now they have been infiltrated by young leftist globalist anarchists. The common sense they once had is now gone.
Can anyone identify the book next to the calendar in the photo?
It looks like a Tuttle Twins book.
The Tuttle Twins Learn About The Law, and I learned about Tuttle Twins books!
Thanks, Bob!
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