When I think of myself as a Libertarian I don't feel that I fit in the conservative stereotype. A bit about me, I'm for individual rights and liberties, I'm for gay marriage (I just don't think they should steal the name "marriage"), I'm for the legalization of industrial hemp and marijuana, I'm against war and nation building yada yada and I'm atheist. I 'm basically for letting people do what they want or need to do as long as it doesn't offend or hurt someone else. I've done about 20 years or skating, 15 years of surfing, and a little snowboarding while growing up, I listed to punk music and metal among many other non-conservative things.
I personally don't think of myself as "conservative" but I think people that don't know much about politics throw me into that category because I'm a Ron and Rand supporter. It's very frustrating to be a libertarian when outsiders who don't know much about politics and group you into the same boat as Ted Cruz, George Bush, and the Koch brothers. I may have lost a few jobs over it too but I can't really prove it. I work in a very liberal city and industry and I think when people think of the Pauls they think of racists, white supremacy and bible thumpers. It sucks that Ron and Rand are forced to run in the GOP, because there really is no other choice but that may have a lot to do with people's lame perceptions. The only part of myself that I can think of that is conservative is being fiscally conservative but that doesn't mean that I support Republicanism.
So what about you, do you think you are conservative and do you think people mislabel you because you support Libertarianism?
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