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Why is it every time I take a libertoid like you seriously, you guys all show yourselves to be posting in bad faith?
The woman with the twenty-dollar bill. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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If you read above you started the fight by calling names, first with libertoid and then with flaky.
The woman with the twenty-dollar bill. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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When the libertoid movement gets over its ego and decides to be a team player the Republican party, and therefore American politics overall, will shift in its direction.
The woman with the twenty-dollar bill. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Or on moderately liberal websites, making stuff up when they're not repeating the same libertoid talking points
Buffalo Pundit 2009
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It’s almost as if his whole libertoid line of b.s. is just a smokescreen to advance a partisan agenda.
uselessness commented on the word libertoid
Jonah Goldberg's not-so-nice name for libertarians like me.
June 24, 2007
seanahan commented on the word libertoid
Wouldn't the already existing libertine have a bigger sting?
June 25, 2007
reesetee commented on the word libertoid
Interesting question. An "-oid" at the end of a noun usually puts me in mind of a kind of automaton, someone who doesn't have the capability or will to think for him/herself. Maybe that's the point of this definitely not-so-nice word.
June 25, 2007
uselessness commented on the word libertoid
Yeah, I first came across Mr. Goldberg's article in the National Review last week. In all fairness, he presents the best argument I've yet heard against libertarianism, because he actually understands the principles behind libertarianism. Many are quick to throw out the (somewhat cliché) word libertine but I respect Goldberg for realizing that's just a short-sighted dismissal. I'm not on Wordie to debate politics, but I'll say there are a couple tiny but major flaws in his logic, so I haven't abandoned my position yet. :-)
He uses the -oid ending because he perceives libertarians to be zealots (that part's usually true, I admit) who just say the same thing over and over and over again (I guess that depends on the libertarian in question). I would hope that I personally have more depth than that. An interesting article, anyway, though I disagree with it.
June 25, 2007