On the annoying habit of right-libertarians to use “Socialist” as a profanity.
Mimi and Eunice had a very funny comic today
The sad slash annoying thing is that this is done against everyone, not just against each other. Of course, most actual socialists, like Anarchists, don’t mind being called such, but it’s the implied definition of socialism that is the annoying part.
By “Socialist”, Right-Libertarians usually mean a very particular kind of Socialism: Marxism-Leninism and variants of such (Stalinism, Maoism etc) and by calling people socialist, they mean to imply that your ideas would end up resembling a totalitarian dystopia. They are unwilling and very often unable to entertain the idea that not all socialism needs to be or leads to totalitarianism and will vehemently reject any such argument.
This is one of the most common frustrations I have when having to deal with propertarians but it’s hilarious when I see them turning such an absurd rhetoric even against each other. That they can actually call people who praise Rothbard, Hoppe and whatnot “Socialist”. For example this vide, other than being comedy gold by itself, has a part displaying this mentality succintly.
“Leftists! Leftists! Leftists everywhere!”
Chuckles
That video is hilarious.
LEFTISTS EVERYWHERE!
The funny part is, there are American flags everywhere… no Leftist worth his salt would be caught dead holding an American flag, let alone a whole group of them.
No leftist would be caught dead holding a flag? I guess no right-winger would be caught dead using facts, because that would make him an intellectual elitist.
You probably don't realize, but Francois is on the left.
Leftists EVERYWHERE!
still we should respect them. They have their own freedom to shout about their own opinion of political views.