With two liberals running for office this year in both of our major political parties, you would think it be an awesome opportunity for a smart outspoken Libertarian candidate to shine. As a registered Libertarian myself, it’s been sad to see Gary Johnson ridicule what it means to be a libertarian. Whether by doing some absolutely stupid antics while being interviewed, to supporting Trans-Pacific Partnership, and to flat out acting stupid. It’s really hard to defend Johnson’s stupidity at times.

To me, he is no stranger since after all he was also the Libertarian Presidential candidate in 2012. But to many, this is the first time, they’ve heard of him, but more importantly first heard of what “libertarianism” mean. Unfortunately Johnson failed to portray what it means to be a libertarian. In layman terms, all three major pillars of the libertarian philosophy is someone who is beliefs in the principal of non-aggression, personal responsibility, and self-ownership.

Philosophically I consider myself a libertarian/conservative. So I lost count how many times I cringed each time Johnson mentioned a “libertarian is someone who is fiscally conservative and socially liberal” during interviews.

Libertarians are now going to be seen as a joke
So when I first heard John McAfee was going to be at the Libertarian Convention seeking the nomination, I knew they the convention was going to be complete joke. Boy was I right on that. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee did a job reporting the circus of was this year’s Libertarian Party convention.

The fact that Gary Johnson had to be elected a second time around during the convention caused a lot of controversy within the Party. Yet, when you realize the opponents he wad during convention, Johnson was the only one sane, qualified, and quite frankly the only one that didn’t looked like a complete nut-job. So to many it was understandably why he eventually got the nomination.

Thanks to Hillary and Trump’s negative popularity. The option of opting for a legitimate third party option has been missed, and more importantly, spreading the libertarian philosophy.  Growing up, I wrongfully initially tough libertarians as being a bunch of lunatic anarchists. Whether that was good or bad, now people (young ones at least) will think of libertarians as being a bunch of stoners.

Many fucking morons claim the imminent death of the Libertarian Party. Either they’re retarded or  simply don’t understand that a philosophy can’t die.