7 Examples of How Liberals Misrepresent Libertarianism

3: Disenfranchisement

Once again, Christina begs her audience to be ignorant and not acknowledge the fact that her supposedly libertarian foes in these points are either just right-wing extremists who don’t actually represent libertarianism, or just entirely made out of straw. Here, she picks off various issues such as voter suppression and big money controlling politics, then she cites Republican politicians as her reason for blaming this stuff on the fiscally conservative, socially liberal crowd.

But why?

I can speak for only myself, here, but as a libertarian I certainly am not in favor of limiting voting power to the individual or rigging elections with rich highest bidders. In fact, I support efforts such as Wolf PAC, which fights to get money out of politics. Why wouldn’t Greta Christina just quote actual libertarians on these issues to better represent what we stand for? Well, frankly, because we might just end up agreeing with her, and she would have no case to make against our socioeconomic outlook. So instead, she frames Republicans as us and misrepresents our positions as a result. This is not only bad scholarship; it is nearing the realm of dishonesty.