Dating A Libertarian Taught Me Something

They’re just the sect of the ultra-right who are okay with marijuana.

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I don’t have the best dating history. It’s simply a fact, I don’t deny my ability to attract men who are just not good people. I’ve come to terms with it, and had all but stopped dating before the subject of this story and I started seeing one another.

I could tell from his social media he was right leaning, but it didn’t look ultra-right. I thought it was the old flavor of Republican, the reduce welfare program flavor, not the MAGA mouth-frothing breed.

I was so wrong.

I asked him how he politically identified, and he said, “I’m a Libertarian”. I thought I would look into it later, and we agreed not to discuss politics, and went on with our day. Fantastic. Crisis averted.

Not really though.

It seems they are MAGA in different hats, or the intended target of the propaganda that is spewed by the ultra-right. They love guns. MAGA won’t see gun rights restricted, not on their watch.

They want a government which funds only police and military factions, while children starve, and mental health services are fully rescinded. Basically, support yourself, or die in the streets.

Although the similarities had started to rear their ugly heads, I hadn’t fully given up hope. I’m known to beat a dead horse and all. Then, I mentioned the Trump documents being released in the Epstein files.

And suddenly, the waters grew dark. Murky. The truth was rising quickly to the surface, and it was horrific to watch this beast braying itself into existence before me. It was the fuel of my nightmares.

First, the whataboutism. “What about all of the other people who are named in the documents?”, he asked me. I think I must have choked on my water, or something similar, because the sound that left my throat was unrecognizable to me.

Then, the flat-out denial of the truth as laid in front of him. “If they’re true, then yes, Trump is not someone who should be president”. This after I asked, “you want someone who rapes 14-year-olds to be president?”