{"id":10383,"date":"2010-06-30T14:28:12","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T21:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=10383"},"modified":"2012-10-02T09:42:35","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T16:42:35","slug":"cartoon-the-24-types-of-libertarian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=10383","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon: The 24 Types of Libertarian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Click on the cartoon to see it bigger. (Much more legible that way.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leftycartoons.com\/the-24-types-of-libertarian\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/types_of_libertarian.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"types_of_libertarian\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/types_of_libertarian.png 500w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/types_of_libertarian-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Script:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>TITLE: The 24 Types of Libertarian<br \/>\nBalding white guy: no fair oversimplifying our simplistic philosophy!<\/p>\n<p>Caption: NAIVE<br \/>\nHappy guy with goatee: if the government would DISAPPEAR, everyone would act SENSIBLY and we&#8217;d all be able to get ALONG!<\/p>\n<p>Caption: PETULANT<br \/>\nAnnoyed guy with necktie: libertarians don&#8217;t win elections because we&#8217;re too PURE and GOOD!<\/p>\n<p>Caption: TOO SMART FOR SCIENCE<br \/>\nGuy with small face on large head: OBVIOUSLY, climate scientists made up global warming. because they&#8217;re SOCIALISTS.<\/p>\n<p>Caption: ARROGANT<br \/>\nSmiling woman with &#8220;explaining hands&#8221;: CLEARLY you&#8217;ve never READ the evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Caption: LEFT-WING<br \/>\nWoman in distance, yelling to be heard: I&#8217;m HERE! i EXIST!  i&#8217;m against the goverment AND corporations! why does everyone always ignore me?<\/p>\n<p>Caption: DENIAL-ICAN<br \/>\nAnnoyed guy with shaved head and cigarette: just because i&#8217;ve voted republican every election for 20 years is no reason to call me a republican!<\/p>\n<p>Caption: MORE LIBERTARIAN THAN THOU<br \/>\nGrinning man with goatee and ponytail: we should PRIVATIZE the police! people who can&#8217;t afford to pay the cops won&#8217;t have anything worth stealing, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Caption: TERRIFIED<br \/>\nFrightened, crouching man wearing combat fatigue pants: BIG GOVERNMENT is coming! thank GALT i&#8217;ve stockpiled so much AMMO!<\/p>\n<p>Caption: TOO MUCH HEINLEIN<br \/>\nBlack guy making big arm gestures: lazarus long said that all men are created UNEQUAL. it&#8217;s not MY fault i&#8217;m SMARTER than poor people!<\/p>\n<p>Caption: THE ISLAND<br \/>\nOlder man in colorful vest and button-up shirt, holding a piece of paper in one hand. An arrow caption pointed at the piece of paper says &#8220;social security check.&#8221; Two more arrow captions, pointed at the man, say &#8220;Public school grad&#8221; and &#8220;drives on public roads.&#8221;<br \/>\nMan: no one ever gave ME anything! so don&#8217;t force ME to give to others!<\/p>\n<p>Caption: CREEPY<br \/>\nMan in shadows, wearing sunglasses: why should i have to go all the way to THAILAND to have sex with a child prostitute?<\/p>\n<p>Caption: SELECTIVELY FRUGAL<br \/>\nMan with worry lines on forehead: the deficit is too HIGH to AFFORD anything for the poor! OR the environment! &#8230;but don&#8217;t let that stand in the way of my tax cut.<\/p>\n<p>Caption: NEPOTIST<br \/>\nas the latest of a LONG line of wealthy pundits, i KNOW success is created by MERIT!<\/p>\n<p>Caption: THE APOSTLE<br \/>\nExalted guy with hands together as if praying: we just need to TRUST that the MAGIC of the MARKET will make everything work out! that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s MAGIC!<\/p>\n<p>Caption: ATLAS<br \/>\nManically grinning man with messy hair, sitting with his hands on his computer keyboard: someday me and my friends will QUIT updating our blogs and THE ECONOMY WILL COLLAPSE!<\/p>\n<p>Caption: CONSISTENT<br \/>\nIntense, woodpecker-looking man: stocks were UP, so i said: CUT TAXES! then stocks went down, so i said: CUT TAXES!  i just stubbed my toe! CUT TAXES!<\/p>\n<p>Caption: THE HISTORIAN<br \/>\nMan with big glasses and big grin, reading book: I&#8217;ve read summaries of the federalist papers MANY times, so I KNOW the framers share my views about EVERYTHING!<\/p>\n<p>Caption: GUNNER JOE<br \/>\nMan holding two handguns up: there are only TWO kinds of people in the world: GUN OWNERS and SHEEP! and sheep aren&#8217;t really people.<\/p>\n<p>Caption: BIZARRELY HYPOCRITICAL<br \/>\nMan with arms crossed: government should stay OUT of our personal lives! except for women&#8217;s uteruses, where government BELONGS!<\/p>\n<p>Caption: BRIEFLY TEMPTING<br \/>\nBalding man in hoodie: the war on drugs is RIDICULOUS! end police abuse! #%^@! the war!<\/p>\n<p>Caption: WHITEY<br \/>\nBalding man in black vest and black tie: i DO think it&#8217;s a TERRIBLE affront to liberty if restaurants HAVE to serve blacks! how is THAT racist?<\/p>\n<p>Caption: MISSIONARY<br \/>\nMan holding out copy of Ayn Rand&#8217;s &#8220;Atlas Shrugged,&#8221; with wide eyes and bags under his eyes:YOU MUST READ THIS!<\/p>\n<p>Caption: CAVEAT EMPTOR<br \/>\nCheerful man about to eat hot dog: no need for a nanny state! i can test my OWN food for botulism!<\/p>\n<p>Caption: STONED<br \/>\nWords coming up from somewhere below the bottom of the panel: hee hee hee<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click on the cartoon to see it bigger. (Much more legible that way.) Script: TITLE: The 24 Types of Libertarian Balding white guy: no fair oversimplifying our simplistic philosophy! 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