Liberty Maven

My mood has been swinging wildly lately as someone monitoring the verbal shots back and forth between those over at LewRockwell.com and those over at Reason Magazine and CATO. Frankly, it’s tiring and I just wish it all would go away.

I came to “libertarianism” in the mid-90′s thanks to Harry Browne. I’ve voted Libertarian ever since. With the accusations flying back and forth between the two libertarian “factions” I once thought were on the same page just a few weeks ago, it makes me sad to call myself a libertarian.

I’m not a “beltway libertarian” nor am I a “paleo-libertarian”. I’m not a Democrat nor a Republican. I’m not an anarchist, nor a socialist. I’m just a libertarian-minded American with the power of my single vote.

Reason Magazine and CATO should cease their attacks on Lew Rockwell and by association Ron Paul. Lew Rockwell and the Mises Institute should cease their backlash on CATO and Reason. Take a lesson from Ron Paul and stop attacking each other. In doing so you are doing irreparable harm to the slight chance of having a libertarian President.

I don’t expect anyone to listen to me. I’m not part of the libertarian inner circle, but from the outside it sure seems like a little “live and let live” philosophy should be followed.

I respectfully request the self-righteous bickering stop before more damage is done. Either that, or someone please explain to me how it is helping?