[Southack]

"How DARE you throw the cold water of FACTS on the robust fire of righteous indignation that fuels demidog!"

Libertarians tend to shoot down their own credibility without anyone else doing anything to them.

For instance, instead of sticking to clear facts such as "government has gotten bigger", on which open-minded people would at least hear them out, Libertarians tend to rapidly dive into the tin-foil land of lies such as "everything that government does is unConstitutional", or "everything that Republicans do is socialist", and other such nonsense.

But in the big picture, such wild-eyed, grossly misguided myths are just small potatoes compared to the really damaging flaws seen in 90+% of all known Libertarians (e.g. their poor people skills and tendancy to be overly argumentative, as well as their literal disdain for taking "baby steps" to solve any current problem - they want their Revolution and they want it all now).

[Robert_Paulson2]

Hey... cut it out... I am one republican who leans libertarian a lot... but I never thought Bush and Company were commies!

Bush didn't want our guns, our children or try to take more of our money.
After clintong and company... and their plans for our gulags... Bush looked like a libertarian to me... I know he's not, but in comparison to mr and mrs "it takes a village"!

[justshe]

You nailed it, Chris, re: Libertarians.

[Demidog]

For instance, instead of sticking to clear facts such as "government has gotten bigger", on which open-minded people would at least hear them out, Libertarians tend to rapidly dive into the tin-foil land of lies such as "everything that government does is unConstitutional", or "everything that Republicans do is socialist", and other such nonsense.

Hyperbole. The fact that the feds do quite alot of things that are unconstitutional is not "everything" and if you could just name one libertarian who argues the way you suggest, your claim would have much more credibility.