> ? 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.
I think part of his point is to reclaim the term. I'm pretty sure the right-wing associations are relatively recent (like from the 60s) and specific to the US -- doesn't everybody else call it "liberalism"?
-- Andy