As a Libertarian, I agree completely with this article.
One point is not mentioned: Although we get assailed from the left, we also get assailed from the right.
We get assailed from the right from the creation crowd, the pro-life crowd, the Terri shiavo crowd, the anti-drug crowd, the “cotraception-is-murder” crowd, the “believe in the bible-or-your-going-to-hell crowd.
Truth is, Libertarians are the most conservative crowd there is. We believe that the constitution is sacred, and should be interpreted as it is written.
What do you except. Anybody who says we don’t need Big Government is going to be attacked by thise who do
Oh cut the crap. What you're doing is the same as those that brand us Libertarians as "Loserdopertarians", hyperbole.
Fact is that all of those factions exist within the Libertarian party, and we manage.
Somebody pisses in your favorite punch bowl and you whine about getting assailed. Get over it. It happens no matter what political party one belongs to. It's called dissention, and it's normal. It's also not a Libertarian view to silence such dissention.