AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoI voted for Trump. I feel completely swindled.www.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1269arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1261arrow-down1external-linkI voted for Trump. I feel completely swindled.www.usatoday.comAmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square55linkfedilinkfile-text
In this edition, a libertarian who voted for Trump is surprised that Trump is going after Thomas Massie and Rand Paul.
minus-squareMourningDove@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·3 days agoLibertarians are just conservatives that are too chickenshit to commit to the bit, so they hide behind a different title to distance themselves. If it helps, think of them the same as how a “pescatarian” pretends to be a vegetarian. They’re a carnivore that won’t commit to the title.
minus-squareYiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 days agoPescatarians out here catching strays.
minus-squareastutemural@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI was a pescatarian for all of like two months. I was in the, ‘Ok, it’s still bad for the environment, but at least fish are dumber so it’s more ethical’ phase. It’s useful as a transitory phase into vegetarianism.
minus-squareSuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zonecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoSo to extend the analogy, conservatives are nazis that can’t commit to the title?
Libertarians are just conservatives that are too chickenshit to commit to the bit, so they hide behind a different title to distance themselves.
If it helps, think of them the same as how a “pescatarian” pretends to be a vegetarian. They’re a carnivore that won’t commit to the title.
Pescatarians out here catching strays.
I was a pescatarian for all of like two months. I was in the, ‘Ok, it’s still bad for the environment, but at least fish are dumber so it’s more ethical’ phase.
It’s useful as a transitory phase into vegetarianism.
So to extend the analogy, conservatives are nazis that can’t commit to the title?