Top 5 Reasons Why The World Needs More Libertarians

4. They like freedom for freedom’s sake.

A Libertarian will fight tooth and nail for your right to espouse a belief that he condemns.  They won’t call for censorship of ideas they find undesirable, objectionable, tasteless, or obscene.  When the state tries to ban certain thoughts, opinions, or voices, because they are unpopular, it’s the Libertarians who will proclaim that the right to free speech doesn’t mean the right to not be offended.  Whether you fly the Confederate Flag, the Rainbow Flag, or a flag with a pot leaf on the front, you have the right to express your opinions unmolested by the state.  The world today is rife with people eager to ban anything and everything with which they may not agree.

In Ireland a pastor was threatened with six months in jail for comparing Islam with Satanism.  In France several Muslim women were forced to strip off their “burkinis” after a city ordinance was passed banning the religious attire.  While some on the left cheered for a successful prosecution for “hate speech,” and some on the right showed their support banning burkinis, it was the Libertarians who proclaimed that both situations were outrageous infringements upon individual rights by the state.  For Libertarians, freedom isn’t just a pithy bumper sticker slogan.  It’s a philosophy of life.