Okay, not the best characterization of conservatism. I’ll give you that tangent.
And I’m really not even arguing against his being a conservative. What I’m arguing is what I started off arguing at the beginning of the thread, which is that it’s absurd to say that liberalism and libertarianism are the same thing. As evidence I’m offering up Thomas Sowell, who we can all agree is no liberal, and the fact that he finds the libertarian label the most fitting for his beliefs. If libertarianism and liberalism were the same thing, he wouldn’t have said that. Also the sky is blue and water is wet.
Again, classical liberal is a better label for him, not libertarian.