> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 7:45 AM, shag carpet bomb
> <shag at cleandraws.com> wrote:
>> hello!
>>
>> BTW, why has Chomsky always spoken of it as Libertarian rather than
>> Anarchist? presumably he wants to avoid the association of violent
>> overthrow of the state?
>>
>> Does anyone know why he prefers the L word?
>
> I get the impression that he uses it mostly parenthetically to point
> out that originally it meant a left thing.
>
> --
> Andy
? Really? i'd immediately associate Libertarian with rightwing, given my initial experiences as a kid. Granted, I grew up in a town that was Lib heavan - Lady Godiva used to ride naked on horseback down mainstreet protesting taxes every year - so maybe my association with Libertarians is too limited? I have never seen them as left wing in the overthrow capitalism sense.