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GoneOffShore

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7. From Christopher Hitchens -

Reply to Marthe48 (Original post)

Sat Mar 23, 2024, 02:07 PM

Mar 23

“I have always found it quaint and rather touching that there is a movement [Libertarians] in the US that thinks Americans are not yet selfish enough.”

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A post on fb: describe Libertarians [View all] Marthe48 Mar 23 OP

Really good. cilla4progress Mar 23 #1

Perfect! MiHale Mar 23 #2

Republicans who want to smoke pot and consort with sexworkers legally. marble falls Mar 23 #3

The libertarians I know are hypocrites Farmer-Rick Mar 23 #4

Wow, nailed it! PatSeg Mar 23 #5

anarchists - without any depth of conviction, vision, or desire to work and engage .. -(nt)- stopdiggin Mar 23 #6

From Christopher Hitchens - GoneOffShore Mar 23 #7

As conservative as Hitchens was... SergeStorms Mar 23 #11

I used to love when he'd appear on Maher's show. Xavier Breath Mar 23 #12

When he and Richard Dawkins..... SergeStorms Mar 23 #15

That's a great quote. sop Mar 23 #16

Rofl Joinfortmill Mar 23 #8

Ha! Sounds like Basset Hounds too. peppertree Mar 23 #9

Libertarians and 14-year-old boys seem to have the same world view. sop Mar 23 #10

Libertarians remind me of toddlers/preschoolers. 3catwoman3 Mar 23 #13

My wife had a cat named Carmel Xavier Breath Mar 23 #14

LibertarIanism czarjak Mar 24 #17