What to say when people try to peg you as a right-wing partisan.

The following (which I am cross posting from my blog, The Humble Libertarian) can really shock people into a better understanding of who we are and what we stand for as torchbearers of liberty.

I was responding to a libertarian when I wrote it who questioned my libertarian credentials because I believe that human fetuses are human beings that are entitled to human rights, but you can definitely use this when Rachel Maddow types try to discredit you as a rightwing partisan when you criticize Mr. Obama.

They might even really respect the consistency and novelty of your set of political beliefs, and be just intrigued enough to learn more about libertarian ideas. Here it is:

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On an article here about abortion, and why it is certainly possible to be a libertarian and "pro life" if you think that a fetus is a human being (which happens to be the editorial position of The Humble Libertarian), a commentator recently wrote:

Your not a Libertarian if your proLife. Your just another conservative religious nut that doesn't like the current Republicans economic policies.