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Most Libertarians are 1960s hippies who discovered that they still love dope and free sex, but don't like paying taxes. Or, if younger, you have been indoctrinated into these patterns by the hippies. Most of you are cultural extreme Liberals, geopolitically naive, and marginally Rightist on economic and governing matters. That makes you overall Leftists in my book.

Can I borrow that wide paint brush when you're finished? I need to finish painting my house by tomorrow.

Most Libertarians... are cultural extreme Liberals, geopolitically naive, and marginally Rightist on economic and governing matters

I agree with you that most libertarians are culturally "liberals" and many (especially the large-"L" Libertarians, and those at LewRockwell) are geopolitically naive, but it's grossly innaccurate to say that libertarians are "marginally Rightist on economic and governing matters." Libertarians do really believe in getting rid of 80% to 90% of government.

I, like I think most libertarians, believe that the only important functions of the federal government are maintaining the military and the criminal justice system (and a smaller criminal justice system at that, that leaves most such work to the states). Those 2 functions should amount to maybe 98% of federal expenditures and employees.

Libertarians do disagree on whether the current armed forces are of a suitable size (as I do), or whether we should become more isolationist and cut the armed forces as well. That question makes the difference between cutting total federal expenditures by about 75%-80%, or by 90%-95%.

Until the Libertarians (aka "confused Liberals" ... Thanks to Michael Savage for that little phrase...) can convince the true Rightists such as myself that you are not allowing that particular Jacobin, 1960s enfant terrible faction in your party to run the show and to keep eroding what is left of our traditional American (really Western, British based) norms, then I shall continue to use that particular brush!