Agreed, I hate that TV and news shows get to pick the “so called” expert for whatever subject, then parade the nut case out front then poke him with extreme questions designed to further erode the actual ideas he purportedly represents.
You nailed it with the “Hipster” reference. People will almost do anything to be cool when they’re young. I must confess I was an over the left cliff liberal when I was young and is probably why I tend to cut slack to the young libertarians.
Though they have maybe found fiscal conservatism they can’t quite drag themselves to the full conservative trough yet. It’s tough to give them a big hug like I fully agree with their developing points of view but I am willing to give them time and patience especially if we can keep people like our current president out of office.
I hate to sacrifice my core beliefs but I do want to elect better leaders. Sometimes I hate the color gray but...