I attended Freedom Fest last year and enjoyed much of it, but I think Dave Smith (the host) summarized the show perfectly when during his off site standup routine he said "if I have to pretend these Republicans care about liberty one more time I'm going to lose my mind" and the entire room agreed. I did generally enjoy the show as I got to see a lot of people I know and meet some others that were great.
It's not that it isn't a "libertarian" show, the problem is...it is. It's a Libertarian Inc show.
I still believe the greatest question you can ask anyone who says they are a liberty supporter is do you support the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Nobody should, but I bet at best you'd get some hemming and hawing out of most libertarians even. They believe it forces them to stand with racists in opposing it, so principle has nothing to do with their consideration of it. Society creating a punishment zone for beliefs these days doesn't help of course, nobody wants to be canceled.
God bless Jason for what he is doing, and fuck the LP as any kind of serious vehicle for change in America.
Also worth asking, who doesn't enjoy an INTERESTING subject and its coverage? I don't care what you think about Nick Fuentes, you don't think that story is at the very least INTERESTING? If you don't, you're fucked already.
I attended Freedom Fest last year and enjoyed much of it, but I think Dave Smith (the host) summarized the show perfectly when during his off site standup routine he said "if I have to pretend these Republicans care about liberty one more time I'm going to lose my mind" and the entire room agreed. I did generally enjoy the show as I got to see a lot of people I know and meet some others that were great.
It's not that it isn't a "libertarian" show, the problem is...it is. It's a Libertarian Inc show.
I still believe the greatest question you can ask anyone who says they are a liberty supporter is do you support the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Nobody should, but I bet at best you'd get some hemming and hawing out of most libertarians even. They believe it forces them to stand with racists in opposing it, so principle has nothing to do with their consideration of it. Society creating a punishment zone for beliefs these days doesn't help of course, nobody wants to be canceled.
God bless Jason for what he is doing, and fuck the LP as any kind of serious vehicle for change in America.
Also worth asking, who doesn't enjoy an INTERESTING subject and its coverage? I don't care what you think about Nick Fuentes, you don't think that story is at the very least INTERESTING? If you don't, you're fucked already.
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