I think some Republicans think they are Libertarian. If I have my info straight Libertarians want a small government. The mantra of the Republicans, but they don’t live it at all lately. The Libertarians in their true form believe in small government when it comes to both fiscal and social issues. The Republicans for the most part only mean it fiscally, and have not lived up to it fiscally in years. I think some Republicans are beginning to call themselves Libertarians, but have no idea their platform is pro-choice, I’m not sure where the Libertarians stand on gay marriage? For sure my impression is that Libertarians are not judgmental of how other people choose to live their own lives, as long as they are not harming anyone else, the right wing has proven they feel otherwise.
There are people who identify Libertarian on fluther, but it is true, I think the majority of the people in the collective are Democrats. The thing is even the Democrats on fluther tend to not follow spinmeisters, don’t follow the party lock step, they are willing to listen to other points of view for the most part, and will disagree on specific topics with the party.
So we hope you keep giving your opinion.