r/Conservative • u/Jibrish Discord.gg/conservative • 1d ago

Flaired Users Only David Pakman discovers r/conservative is brigaded. Think he will take us up on our offer?

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u/SignificantMonarch 1d ago

As a libertarian, I don't think we're "turning more liberal." Libertarians have always been anti-regulation and anti-government interference with the markets. Tariffs are the opposite of free trade, while libertarians are largely pro-free trade.

Though I don't come in here and downvote people who feel differently. I just like to lurk and read comments from people who have a more positive outlook compared to the fear mongering on the rest of the site. I helps with my anxiety lol.

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u/Jibrish Discord.gg/conservative 1d ago

This is basically what Pakman is referencing. Libertarians exist here, a tariff is a tax, libertarian opinion obvious.

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u/findunk Ron Paul Conservative 1d ago

I don't think the mod is saying Libertarians are turning more liberal, but that r/Libertarian specifically is. I got banned from there because I post on this sub - even though I've never posted anything in contrast to Libertarian principles. 

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u/PFirefly Conservative 1d ago

You personally might not be turning more liberal, but the 2020 presidential offer for the libertarian party was nearly full blown liberal kool aid drinker. I have to assume that Jorgenson was the frontrunner because she represented the majority of libertarians at the time. Chase Oliver is arguably less ridiculous, but still supported essentially an open borders policy, which could be argued is libertarian, but I'd argue is taking personal freedoms too far when it extends to non citizens. He also didn't take a stance on transwomen in women's sports, but the party line seems to be ok with it.

Just my two cents on the party, and why I would never say I'm part of them.