[FrankR]

All the "libertarians" I know are just liberals, who want to balance the budget. Otherwise, all things liberal are to their liking and acceptance, including legalizing drugs, prostitution, homosexuality, etc.

Libertarians are basically cowards who walk the fence because they want the best of both worlds. They are basically afraid to take a stand on their beliefs for fear of isolating themselves from one side or the other.

People like Cary and other hollywood dorks may be complete conservatives, but fear for their careers if they say it out loud. The ones who value their careers are smart to stay as far away from politics as possible, and keep their beliefs to themselves.

If you claim to be "liberal" you lose lots and lots of fans, if you claim to be "conservative" you lose lots and lots of job offers, so "libertarian" is an on-the-fence, safe place to sit.

Most of us don't really care where the hollywooders come down politically, until they start running their mouths to slam conservatives and America, like Rosie O'Donnell, Tom Hanks, the Dixie Chicks, etc. They offend a lot of people, people who buy movie tickets and DVD's.

As long as I don't know that they are flaming liberals, I can pretty much watch their movies, but as soon as they slam conservatives and America, that is the only image I see when they are on screen...and I turn it off.

I guess claiming to be "libertarian" in hollyweird is like saying you "in the union" during a dockworkers strike...you do it, or get beat up.

But, if you look at a lot of the "has beens" in hollyweird right now, you can trace their demise to some asinine statement or liberal stand they have taken. No one wants to be entertained by, or support, people who support the demise of America...and that is the main cause of the democrat/liberal/progressive party.

[GL of Sector 2814]

"All the "libertarians" I know are just liberals, who want to balance the budget. Otherwise, all things liberal are to their liking and acceptance, including legalizing drugs, prostitution, homosexuality, etc.

I'm not a Libertarian as such, but I certainly lean that way on social issues. I don't want to just balance the federal budget, I want to reduce it enormously, while at the same time maintaining a strong defense. In this respect I differ from a doctrinaire Libertarian.

As for legalizing drugs, prostitution, and homosexuality...it's none of my business how people conduct their lives as long as they don't harm others.

[JimWayne]

All the "libertarians" I know are just liberals, who want to balance the budget. Otherwise, all things liberal are to their liking and acceptance, including legalizing drugs, prostitution, homosexuality, etc.

Not in my experience. The above is not an accurate description of liberals either. The big issues for liberals are government run healthcare, government run education system, destruction of the free-market and support for terrorists because all their ideas are based on racial identity instead of morals.

On all these libertarians are with conservatives.

The issues you have described are not issues that will have a major impact on society except for the homosexuals foisting themselves on us through government programs and schools. I have to concede the libertarian claim that getting rid of government programs and government schools will get rid of the menace of homosexuals foisting themselves on others.

The other huge item for liberals is that they are anti-America. Not so with libertarians.

[MrEdd]

Dead on.

Sane libertarians left the movement when Ayn Rand arived with her hippy commune crowd.