A year or so ago, the guy my daughter was seeing told me he was a libertarian. I tried to make sure he knew what the word meant, but it doesn't seem to have gotten through.
He also claimed to be "Punk". Desperate to distinguish himself from the crowd, as so many young people seem to be.
He has a distinguishing characteristic now. He got a tooth knocked out in a fight with my daughter's new boyfriend a few days ago, after stalking him and confronting him at home, just minutes after getting caught at our house and fleeing into the night.
Now the ex is threatening to shoot the new boyfriend.
The new boyfriend (who has plenty of issues of his own) went to "the authorities" about the threat, and now he's in legal trouble for the fight, and the ex seems to be facing no consequences whatsoever. Typical.
The police chief supposedly said, "It's not my problem" when told about the threat.
Anyway...
I knew the ex didn't get what "libertarian" means, and that he didn't listen to a thing I said. Not that I'm surprised.
Libertarian doesn’t mean "I’ll do whatever I want", because it’s grounded in liberty- freedom tempered with responsibility. Claiming you're libertarian because you like the freedom to do whatever, but ignoring your responsibility to not archate, doesn't cut it.
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My sympathies to the new boyfriend who is discovering what going to the law can sometimes mean. I hope they all find their way through.
ReplyDeleteGolly, I wonder why so many people can't grasp what "libertarian" means? Can there be a wide-spread institution, like the govt "schools", with every incentive to teach such false things? I see it every day. A poster on twit just told me that "freedom and responsibility are conflicting."
Things that make you go "Hmmmm...."
I've always told my daughter that cops don't care what happens to people, they just don't want to be bothered by you. This came to his attention and it annoys him, so he'll punish those who bothered him.
DeleteAnd the situation has only gotten worse.
And, I do kinda agree that "freedom and responsibility are conflicting"; that's why I prefer (and usually use) liberty. If I were completely self-centered I might prefer freedom (from responsibility, or anything else).