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| - A libertarian is something like a Republican, except different. More precisely, libertarians are defined by the following equation: Smeared Libertarianism = Republican - Jesus - democracy spreading war + pot + hot sexy gun-toting naked chicks + gay activist judges. Others (like Mike Huckabee) say they suck.
- From [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Libertarian]] libertaire, formed from liberté (“‘freedom’”), from Latin libertas and the suffix -aire, from Latin -arius. First appeared in English in 1789 by William Belsham, in his Essays. This was contrasted with necessitarian, in the context of free will, and was not used in the current sense. The French word is first attested in a letter in May 1857 by French anarcho-communist Joseph Déjacque to anarchist philosopher Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, reading: “Anarchiste juste-milieu, libéral et non LIBERTAIRE…” In translation:
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| - From [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Libertarian]] libertaire, formed from liberté (“‘freedom’”), from Latin libertas and the suffix -aire, from Latin -arius. First appeared in English in 1789 by William Belsham, in his Essays. This was contrasted with necessitarian, in the context of free will, and was not used in the current sense. The French word is first attested in a letter in May 1857 by French anarcho-communist Joseph Déjacque to anarchist philosopher Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, reading: “Anarchiste juste-milieu, libéral et non LIBERTAIRE…” In translation: “A centrist anarchist, liberal and not LIBERTARIAN…” hence the sense is of “extreme left-wing”. The French term was popularized as a euphemism for anarchist in the 1890s, following the lois scélérates, when anarchist publications were banned by law in France. The sense of “pro-property individualist” developed in the US in the 1940s, and was popularized in the 1950s. In the 1940s, Leonard Read began calling himself “libertarian” to contrast with “classical liberal”. In 1955, Dean Russell also promoted use of the word, writing: “Let those of us who love liberty trademark and reserve for our own use the good and honorable word ‘libertarian’.”
- A libertarian is something like a Republican, except different. More precisely, libertarians are defined by the following equation: Smeared Libertarianism = Republican - Jesus - democracy spreading war + pot + hot sexy gun-toting naked chicks + gay activist judges. Libertarians are conservatives, but without the religiosity. Some say they are liberal Republicans, like Ron Paul and John Stossel. They take the economic freedoms that the Republicans advocate and the personal freedoms that the Democrats advocate and create one party that is not contradictory like the others, in that they always advocate smaller government. Others (like Mike Huckabee) say they suck.
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