[Academiadotorg]

Showing that the schism between conservatives and libertarians was not a natural one was a preoccupation of the late M. Stanton Evans, with good reasons.

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

Libertarianism is about as similar to conservatism as satanism is to Christianity.

[Ohioan]

Conservatism will take different forms--obviously--in different cultures. It is, after all, about preserving heritage, the cumulative achievements of a people. Thus in the American context, Libertarianism & Conservatism are almost so close as to represent "distinctions without a difference." That does not mean that there are not faux libertarians & faux conservatives, who being really neither, may not find little to agree upon.

Evans was one of the most respected Conservative journalists of his time, and understood whereof he wrote..

[DoughtyOne]

Knock, knock, knock...

Hello. Yes I’m looking for the GOPe. Are they in there?

LOL

Who really wrote this thing? Riense Priebus?

[tacticalogic]

Applying “original intent” constitutionalism to national political issues produces a result that looks very much like libertarianism. The federal government was supposed to be the “government of the states”. It was never intended to concern itself with the day-to-day affairs of individual citizens.

[Cold Heat]

I think this guy is totally wrong in his conclusions and that seems to be based on a misunderstanding of Libertarianism as it related to the small “l” libertine streak that many or even most conservatives have.

The “l” libertine beliefs are minor in nature and shared by more than just Conservatives.

In fact it is so minor as it relates to a Libertarian, that is more akin to whether you insert the toilet paper roll to dispense from the top as opposed to the bottom.

These shared principles or ideas are not the heart nor the soul of Conservatism...they are only a few shared parts of a broader ideology.