Very good points, my friend, and I would just like to add the People's Party of Canada, led by Maxime Bernier, a dissident of the Conservative Party. The PPC is relatively libertarian but is strongly against mass migration.
The last issue is that the term "pedophilia" gets thrown around so much these days, much like the term "fascist" to the point where it covers anyone under 25, basically.
Basically, any man these days who wants a lady under age 25 is treated like as such, as if anyone under 25 is just an immature child.
Actual pedophiles are extremely rare and almost unheard of.
Even I’m not exactly sure why libertarians are sterotyped as pedophiles.
After Jeffrey Epstein was arrested and prosecuted, there was more attention paid towards child sexual abuse and exploitation, and rightfully so. The film Cuties, which shows tween girls twerking, added fuel to the fire.
And then there’s the left’s defending of Drag Queen Story Hour, sexualised books in schools, and even defending actual groomers. James Lindsay has talked about how the left pushes the buttons of conservatives on purpose to goad them into reacting to frame the conservatives as the bad guys.
Unfortunately, a few people went into the witch-hunting mentality.
My other theories, some from Reddit;
. Esoteric Entity/Backalley Philosophy and Filthy Heretic evidently being attracted to minors.
I also want to mention that a significant percentage of libertarians are autistic or have autistic traits (I myself was medically diganosed with aspergers), and autistic people don’t understand and/or don’t care about taboos. The free and open-source software advocate Richard Stallman, who is autistic, let’s just say, has made comments regarding pedophilia/hebephilia. I don’t think he’s a bad guy, but he doesn’t understand and/or disreguards taboos.
Maybe I’m ‘looking too deeply’ into it. Maybe it’s a dead-simple, bad faith, poisoning the well, ad hominem attack, or just trolling. Some of the people who make those comments could be edgelords, who say things to get a rise out of people rather than intellectually improving people.
Like Mike Tyson said, “Social media made y'all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it.”
The internet is a double-edged sword. It does allow people to voice unpopular views and gives a greater voice to the voiceless. But on the same token, it allows people to be a complete ass because there are no consequences for being an ass. Related is the online disinhibition effect.
Bill Ottman, a co-founder of the social media networks Minds, in a talk with James Corbett, has talked about designing social media site to promote productive discouse over ragebait and trolling. That talk may behttps://corbettreport.com/interviewing-1357-bill-ottman-on-minds-com/, though I’m not entirely sure.
MentisWave has also talked about how forums are better than modern social media, as that unpopular opinions get more attention, and he remembers internet forum discussions are being more good-faith back in the day.
I think another thing is what I call the ‘unpopular kid’ effect. Think of the left and the right as being Two Bullies, and libertarians being the Unpopular Kid in the school or neighborhood. The Two Bullies will pick on the Unpopular Kid because he’s an easy target.
I also think most people’s political allegiances are more about fitting in then putting together the best ideas. I personally think that the majority of people are dumb conformists who just wants pats on the head. Nowadays from how dumb discourse has gotten, I just about assume that most people are intellectually half-lobotomized.
Ever since we stopped living in the tribal world, we looked for substitutes for tribes, such as sports teams, religions, gangs, and yes, political affiliations. This is talked about in StormCloudsGathering’s The Chain of Identity.
“Take the East Asian saying that ‘the tallest blade of grass gets cut down first‘, which basically tells people to not show too much initiative & differentiation from the group. The variable superstitious cult of the evil eye that has traditionally existed across Asia & the Mediterranean is a great example of envy“. “People desperately tried to avoid getting the evil eye, or the envious curse of their neighbors that will bring ills upon them.
This is because these are societies that haven’t really had the rule of law develop, with arbitrary, often cruel authorities. This means that pleasing & not offending people, rather your compatriots in the same social caste you’d have to live with or your social superiors that you were dependent upon was really important, since there is no system of fair courts & government if things go wrong. The best way to not get killed as a witch was not to offend people in your local community enough that they’d make up evidence against you that you are a witch.” - How Envy Drives Society, History and the Left (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exCcz6uLbw8&list=PLkYQwSCzfVRE20US4sdQdoBxA-7rkwtvN&index=3).
I myself was diagnosed with ADHD as a 7-year-old and fed drugs for 1-2 years until the side effects became apparent (lack of appetite and trouble sleeping) and I stopped them.
A decade after my ADHD diagnosis, I was finally diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism caused by a non-cancerous tumor which was removed surgically and this fixed the problem. Nevertheless, I spent much of my childhood, youth, and even early adulthood fixated on my own interests, namely classical piano.
My political views are largely shaped by my Christian beliefs. And if you look at Independent Fundamental Baptists such as Jack Hyles, David J. Stewart, and Steven Anderson, they are some of the biggest libertarians you can find out there!
I encourage you to read the blogs of these men! They all strongly question the official media narrative of things including the PLANDEMIC, 9/11, War on Terror, and so forth, rightfully seeing the government as behind them.
These men are all strongly pro-gun rights and pro-gun ownership. They are extremely libertarian, politically.
Now, they may have strong feelings against drugs, alcohol, LGBTQ rights, and abortion, and strongly favor the death penalty, but that is about the only areas where they disagree with libertarians.
Me personally, while I lean libertarian, I am unbothered by laws restricting drugs, alcohol, LGBTQ rights, prostitution, and abortion. The main issues for me are gun rights, low taxes, sound money, free speech, and homeschooling rights.
Feminists chose to not marry and have children while they WERE still attractive, fertile, and beautiful, and squandered their youth on Communist/Leftist/Progressive activism. They are envious of any woman who is still young and has these attributes which is why they view anyone under 25 as a child.
Because by age 25, we STOP looking young and scientifically, you start the process of aging/dying by age 25 with loss of collagen, cognitive capacity, good looks, and fertility, ESPECIALLY WOMEN.
And the media is run by feminist Progressives. Feminist progressives control all the key institutions of society such as schools, academia, childcare, pediatrics, and basically any institution that rules over youth. They played a huge role in creating the juvenile justice system, mandatory schooling, child labor laws, and are responsible for the massive diagnosis of "behavioral disorders" in youths since most single parents, teachers, therapists, and pediatricians are women. A strong majority of women are feminists and progressives.
This is why the label "pedophile" gets thrown around like it is nothing. And the Progressives love to throw it around just like how they throw around the words "fascist", "racist", and "misogynist".
And this feminist mindset is what causes ALL of the Progressivism in society and Progressivism = Effeminate Mindset.
Conservatism and Libertarianism are naturally masculine in nature and women who are conservatives tend to be much more feminine in nature.
Progressivism = Overrregulation due to fear
As society became more effeminate, it became more overregulated.
Gun laws? Check.
Mass surveillance? Check.
Mind-altering drugs to control behavior? Check.
Infantilizing young people? Check.
Regulation on sex, alcohol, drugs, and cigarettes? Check.
Very good points, my friend, and I would just like to add the People's Party of Canada, led by Maxime Bernier, a dissident of the Conservative Party. The PPC is relatively libertarian but is strongly against mass migration.
The last issue is that the term "pedophilia" gets thrown around so much these days, much like the term "fascist" to the point where it covers anyone under 25, basically.
Basically, any man these days who wants a lady under age 25 is treated like as such, as if anyone under 25 is just an immature child.
Actual pedophiles are extremely rare and almost unheard of.
Even I’m not exactly sure why libertarians are sterotyped as pedophiles.
After Jeffrey Epstein was arrested and prosecuted, there was more attention paid towards child sexual abuse and exploitation, and rightfully so. The film Cuties, which shows tween girls twerking, added fuel to the fire.
And then there’s the left’s defending of Drag Queen Story Hour, sexualised books in schools, and even defending actual groomers. James Lindsay has talked about how the left pushes the buttons of conservatives on purpose to goad them into reacting to frame the conservatives as the bad guys.
Unfortunately, a few people went into the witch-hunting mentality.
My other theories, some from Reddit;
. Esoteric Entity/Backalley Philosophy and Filthy Heretic evidently being attracted to minors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpw_1H43QdU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11MCZJgTq8Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKcljtmYM34
. Something Murray Rothbard wrote. I haven’t read much into Rothbard, so I don’t know.
. Arvin Vohra and Cecil Ince talking about abolishing the Age of Consent. I think this is the most likely reason.
https://thelibertarianrepublic.com/why-people-hate-libertarians-and-we-hate-each-other/
. Dumb willful prejudice/fallacy of composition.
I also want to mention that a significant percentage of libertarians are autistic or have autistic traits (I myself was medically diganosed with aspergers), and autistic people don’t understand and/or don’t care about taboos. The free and open-source software advocate Richard Stallman, who is autistic, let’s just say, has made comments regarding pedophilia/hebephilia. I don’t think he’s a bad guy, but he doesn’t understand and/or disreguards taboos.
https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/my-thoughts-on-the-richard-stallman:5?lid=b95f4b656fac21f92baef7541c6902620fc67ed3
Maybe I’m ‘looking too deeply’ into it. Maybe it’s a dead-simple, bad faith, poisoning the well, ad hominem attack, or just trolling. Some of the people who make those comments could be edgelords, who say things to get a rise out of people rather than intellectually improving people.
Like Mike Tyson said, “Social media made y'all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it.”
The internet is a double-edged sword. It does allow people to voice unpopular views and gives a greater voice to the voiceless. But on the same token, it allows people to be a complete ass because there are no consequences for being an ass. Related is the online disinhibition effect.
Bill Ottman, a co-founder of the social media networks Minds, in a talk with James Corbett, has talked about designing social media site to promote productive discouse over ragebait and trolling. That talk may behttps://corbettreport.com/interviewing-1357-bill-ottman-on-minds-com/, though I’m not entirely sure.
MentisWave has also talked about how forums are better than modern social media, as that unpopular opinions get more attention, and he remembers internet forum discussions are being more good-faith back in the day.
https://odysee.com/@MentisWave:a/echo-chambers-and-the-bad-memes-that:b?lid=ca3bb83e3ade3567759d55bafe550a64e674a5a7
I think another thing is what I call the ‘unpopular kid’ effect. Think of the left and the right as being Two Bullies, and libertarians being the Unpopular Kid in the school or neighborhood. The Two Bullies will pick on the Unpopular Kid because he’s an easy target.
I also think most people’s political allegiances are more about fitting in then putting together the best ideas. I personally think that the majority of people are dumb conformists who just wants pats on the head. Nowadays from how dumb discourse has gotten, I just about assume that most people are intellectually half-lobotomized.
Ever since we stopped living in the tribal world, we looked for substitutes for tribes, such as sports teams, religions, gangs, and yes, political affiliations. This is talked about in StormCloudsGathering’s The Chain of Identity.
https://odysee.com/@StormCloudsGathering:3/the-chain-of-identity:b
“Take the East Asian saying that ‘the tallest blade of grass gets cut down first‘, which basically tells people to not show too much initiative & differentiation from the group. The variable superstitious cult of the evil eye that has traditionally existed across Asia & the Mediterranean is a great example of envy“. “People desperately tried to avoid getting the evil eye, or the envious curse of their neighbors that will bring ills upon them.
This is because these are societies that haven’t really had the rule of law develop, with arbitrary, often cruel authorities. This means that pleasing & not offending people, rather your compatriots in the same social caste you’d have to live with or your social superiors that you were dependent upon was really important, since there is no system of fair courts & government if things go wrong. The best way to not get killed as a witch was not to offend people in your local community enough that they’d make up evidence against you that you are a witch.” - How Envy Drives Society, History and the Left (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exCcz6uLbw8&list=PLkYQwSCzfVRE20US4sdQdoBxA-7rkwtvN&index=3).
You mentioned that you are autistic.
I myself was diagnosed with ADHD as a 7-year-old and fed drugs for 1-2 years until the side effects became apparent (lack of appetite and trouble sleeping) and I stopped them.
A decade after my ADHD diagnosis, I was finally diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism caused by a non-cancerous tumor which was removed surgically and this fixed the problem. Nevertheless, I spent much of my childhood, youth, and even early adulthood fixated on my own interests, namely classical piano.
My political views are largely shaped by my Christian beliefs. And if you look at Independent Fundamental Baptists such as Jack Hyles, David J. Stewart, and Steven Anderson, they are some of the biggest libertarians you can find out there!
https://sanderson1611.blogspot.com/
https://www.faithfulwordbaptist.org/index.html
https://stewart1611.blogspot.com/
I encourage you to read the blogs of these men! They all strongly question the official media narrative of things including the PLANDEMIC, 9/11, War on Terror, and so forth, rightfully seeing the government as behind them.
These men are all strongly pro-gun rights and pro-gun ownership. They are extremely libertarian, politically.
Now, they may have strong feelings against drugs, alcohol, LGBTQ rights, and abortion, and strongly favor the death penalty, but that is about the only areas where they disagree with libertarians.
Me personally, while I lean libertarian, I am unbothered by laws restricting drugs, alcohol, LGBTQ rights, prostitution, and abortion. The main issues for me are gun rights, low taxes, sound money, free speech, and homeschooling rights.
The problem are feminists.
Feminists chose to not marry and have children while they WERE still attractive, fertile, and beautiful, and squandered their youth on Communist/Leftist/Progressive activism. They are envious of any woman who is still young and has these attributes which is why they view anyone under 25 as a child.
Because by age 25, we STOP looking young and scientifically, you start the process of aging/dying by age 25 with loss of collagen, cognitive capacity, good looks, and fertility, ESPECIALLY WOMEN.
Megha Lillywhite has discussed this LOTS.
https://www.classicalideals.press/p/teenage-pregnancies-are-normal-actually
https://classicalideals.substack.com/p/what-should-a-young-woman-do
And the media is run by feminist Progressives. Feminist progressives control all the key institutions of society such as schools, academia, childcare, pediatrics, and basically any institution that rules over youth. They played a huge role in creating the juvenile justice system, mandatory schooling, child labor laws, and are responsible for the massive diagnosis of "behavioral disorders" in youths since most single parents, teachers, therapists, and pediatricians are women. A strong majority of women are feminists and progressives.
This is why the label "pedophile" gets thrown around like it is nothing. And the Progressives love to throw it around just like how they throw around the words "fascist", "racist", and "misogynist".
And this feminist mindset is what causes ALL of the Progressivism in society and Progressivism = Effeminate Mindset.
Conservatism and Libertarianism are naturally masculine in nature and women who are conservatives tend to be much more feminine in nature.
Progressivism = Overrregulation due to fear
As society became more effeminate, it became more overregulated.
Gun laws? Check.
Mass surveillance? Check.
Mind-altering drugs to control behavior? Check.
Infantilizing young people? Check.
Regulation on sex, alcohol, drugs, and cigarettes? Check.
Compulsory schooling? Check.
Child labor laws? Check.
Soft-on-crime laws? Check.