AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoI voted for Trump. I feel completely swindled.www.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1281arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1273arrow-down1external-linkI voted for Trump. I feel completely swindled.www.usatoday.comAmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-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-up14arrow-down2·edit-22 months 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-up14·2 months agoPescatarians out here catching strays.
minus-squareastutemural@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months 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-squareYiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI’m currently in that transitional period. Although I don’t think I’ll ever give up eggs.
minus-squareSuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months 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.
I’m currently in that transitional period. Although I don’t think I’ll ever give up eggs.
So to extend the analogy, conservatives are nazis that can’t commit to the title?