1. Let's talk a little about libertarianism & race.
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2. Dude who calls himself a libertarian suggests blacks were better off under slavery: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/24/cliven-bundy-racist_n_5204821.html … Not an uncommon occurrence.
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3. I talk about some of the history in earlier twitter-essay: https://storify.com/BlanksSlate/heer-jeet-critiques-libertarians-on-race …
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4. You don't have to read very far in sites like http://LewRockwell.com to find neo-confederate essays condemning Lincoln as a tyrant.
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5. Sociologically, libertarianism is a very white political formation: in one survey 94% of self-professed libertarians were white.
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6. To put that in perspective: libertarian faction is white than the Republican party as a whole.
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