then they will want to legalize kiddie porn, open the border, abolish the idea of citizenship itself, abolish the age of consent
all of these ideas come from libertarians too
they are all nuts
The vast majority of libertarians do NOT want marijuana available to children or child rape. They want the Government out of *adult’s* business.
I have no idea what the average libertarians want with the borders, but I do know that abolishing welfare, ending the practice of ‘anchor babies’, and stopping the war on drugs will go a long way to stop illegals from coming here.
I think a lot of people mischaracterize libertarians with libertines or anarchists. Most libertarians I know believe there is a role for the government to protect our civil liberties and defend the nation against military attacks.
For me, I think that if a law lacks is so cavalierly broken and commands as little respect as it does, we should evaluate whether the law is proper. The amount of people I know who smoke shows to me that even though it is against the law, no one really respects the law.
In my case, I am against Interstates having a speed limit. If the thought is “as long as Im only 5 or 10 over the limit, the cop wont stop me” then what is the effect of having the limit?
I dont think opening the border or abolishing citizenship is in keeping with the role of government protecting the rights of the citizens, so I dont fall into that camp.
And we dont have a national age of consent law. Each state has its own laws, and some of the more conservative states like Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, and South Carolina have the lowest age, of 16. I wouldnt call those states “libertarian.”