If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals -- if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.-- RONALD REAGAN, Reason Magazine, Jul. 1, 1975
LOL, not much to cling to is it?
1975 Candidate Reagan speaking to a libertarian magazine and trying to win them over just paragraphs before he proceeds to disagree with libertarianism and show himself as a social conservative and strong on national defense, yet here we are almost a half century later, and that quote is all you have.
Here is something more appropriate and relevant to this thread, the 2012 libertarian platform on homosexual marriage and the overall homosexual agenda what they are promoting with the GOP.
“”1.3 Personal Relationships
Sexual orientation, preference, gender, or gender identity should have no impact on the government’s treatment of individuals, such as in current marriage, child custody, adoption, immigration or military service laws. Government does not have the authority to define, license or restrict personal relationships. Consenting adults should be free to choose their own sexual practices and personal relationships.””
Well, Reagan was wrong. Libertarianism is about removing the moral compass, so that anything goes. I call it the perverts’ party. I wish they would go over to the Dems where they belong.