7 Examples of How Liberals Misrepresent Libertarianism

5: Drug policy and prison policy

Once more, a general overview is given of a very real crisis that plagues certain communities and corrupts certain systems, then an arbitrary connection made between that and libertarian-minded fiscal policy. And once again, this tactic shows its hairline fractures. I once wrote a paper in college all about how libertarian policies were in fact the most beneficial to oppressed minorities when it comes to issues such as social mobility, the criminal justice system, the drug wars, access to education, etc. As my exhibit, I utilized a bill that presidential candidate Rand Paul (one of those libertarian-leaning Republicans Christina doesn’t want you to know exist) wrote alongside Democrat Cory Booker with the express purpose of expunging the records of black and impoverished youth after being wrongfully imprisoned for victimless drug crimes. The bill was called the REDEEM Act, and it was absolutely libertarian through-and-through.

Sorry, Miss Christina, but once again your personal bias shows through anything else, and what remains is not a coherent debunking of the fiscally conservative, socially liberal position.