Libertarian until it affects "me"

It's the height of hypocrisy to see people who identify themselves as libertarian and who seem to have two central modern thoughts:


1. I may be libertarian, but I loooooooooooove George Bush bombing other people back into the stone age;

and


2. I don't mind the Patriot Act, even though I'm a Libertarian, because it doesn't effect me.


I suppose people can call themselves whatever they like, but I'll also call it like I see it.

Self-Described Libertarian = Bush Splooge Monkey

Here's another example of "it doesn't effect me", self-described libertarians won't give a shit:

After fighting ferociously for months, federal prosecutors relented yesterday and agreed to allow a Connecticut library group to identify itself as the recipient of a secret F.B.I. demand for records in a counterterrorism investigation.

The decision ended a dispute over whether the broad provisions for secrecy in the USA Patriot Act, the antiterror law, trumped the free speech rights of library officials. The librarians had gone to federal court to gain permission to identify themselves as the recipients of the secret subpoena, known as a national security letter, ordering them to turn over patron records and e-mail messages.

It was unclear what impact the government's decision would have on the approximately 30,000 other such letters that are issued each year. Changes in the Patriot Act now allow the government discretion over whether to enforce or relax what had been a blanket secrecy requirement concerning the letters.

I'm guessing this translates into no privacy rights for people named Faisal, Mohammed, and Faruk. But then again, they are not self-proclaimed white libertarians.

Found via Digby.