[ComfortEagle]

libertarians are typically the most hated and most misunderstood of all political sectors.

i take a lot of heat for my views, and am told often that i'm fascist (which isn't even close, as its the most liberal of all views), and am told from time to time that i'm an extremist.

Republicans and Democrats alike hate me. I just find it funny that if someone considers themselves republican or democrat, they have to agree with ALL of their party's platform. I typically identify myself as republican, am registered as a democrat, but find that the answer to my political beliefs isn't with either.

I agree that it's funny that once someone embraces a political party, they feel the need to agree with the entire platform, which is what happened in the case of my friend.

Before he "became a Republican" (like it was some sort of religious experience) he had his own views on things and was very moderate. Now he won't stray from anything that's deemed non-Republican, and I had one of the dumbest debates in history with him about immigration.