You’re arguing ~~pedantics~~ semantics here and words change meanings over time. Libertarian, whether you like it or not, now also represents that particular group of people.

[–] CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.world -4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If we're arguing semantics over a group of people, what they stand for & what the definition is, the label coming to represent a group of undesirables that you must now accept whether you like it or not....damn near everyone should be ashamed. ¯\(°_o)/¯

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Oh you're totally correct on the academic definitions. For instance I'm a leftist social libertarian. But I don't tell most people that because when they think libertarian, they think of guys that drive trucks like in the post.

Like it or not, and I don't, the definition has changed in common language.

Just like how liberal now means something completely divorced from the original meaning for the vast majority of people. You can spend all day trying to explain that liberalism actually is a conservative ideology, but people aren't going to stop using liberal to describe people left of the US Democrats.