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Thursday, July 15th, 2004The comments to Gene’s post on an online libertarian dating service are funny as the post itself.
On the appeal of libertarian women: Based on personal experience, I’ll agree with Gene’s commenters. I can say without reservation that in D.C. at least, libertarian women are head and shoulders more attractive, sexier, smarter, and more passionate than politically-conscious women of other philosophical stripes.
The problem for John Galts seeking Dagny Taggarts has never been quality, it’s been quantity.
Radley, you work at Cato. You talking about libertarian women is like Hugh Heffner talking about blondes. You are too far removed from the rest of us. Cato is the Playboy mansion of libertarian women.
I hear ya.
I would describe my political/economic leanings as libertarian/objectivist. And I am an accountant. I a also have dyed hair and am covered with tattoos. All the women I meet at clubs are either apolitical or hardcore lefties. Makes for some good arguments, but it would be nice to date someone with right-leaning tendencies. And I have never been able to connect with people who aren’t into non-mainstream music, so meeting them outside of the club scene hasn’t worked for me.
J
in the same line of al-anon.
hi. my name is ben. my wife believes in universal healthcare. she was apolitical before me, but now she is lefty/socialist.
i love the agitator…as in the website…not radley. i finished atlas shrugged again last night…and i cried. i don’t know you all, but i think i love you all.
Here in the Playboy mansion, the problem is neither quality nor quantity; it’s deciding who to pick.
But back home, every libertarian is a balding middle aged man. Or an insane college chick.
She looks fabulous, but quite lonely amongst all those guys!
I’ve never met a Libertarian women. All the females I know are far left liberal or religious right/conservative.
All I can say is, thank Heinlein for polyamory!
*sigh*
As an active member of three online services, I can say with near authority that the Central Texas area needs more libertarian women who register on Austin Chronicle personals, Yahoo! personals, and MySpace.
Time to check e-mail…
I met my boyfriend on match.com ; we’ve been dating for almost a year.
Well, here in Britain, finding a libertarian woman — at least of the explicit political/philosophical variety — is hard. So I take the view that to hell with that, find a nice, smart, sexy woman and subtly bring her round to the path of enlightenment. I never mention politics on a first date. Ever. Opposites do attract. My lady respects my point of view, takes it seriously and enjoys debating with me. It works.
I draw the line at animal liberation nuts, admirers of Noam Chomsky/Michael Moore(on) and borne-again Christians, though.
I take pride in having turned my husband from a kind of Rage Against the Machine-type aspiring journalist into a libertarian economist.
The key to acheiving such a transformation is the person has to intellectually honest. Jamie joined our side not because of my arguments, but because his independent research confirmed them.
looking back, i should have made the Galt manifesto required reading to date a gem like myself.
ben,
they would have just walked away in disgust before they got to the third chapter of the Galt manifesto…
The problem for John Galts seeking Dagny Taggarts has never been quality, it’s been quantity.
Indeed.
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Quoth Radley Balko: Based on personal experience . . . . I can say without reservation that in D.C. at least, libertarian women are head and shoulders more attractive, sexier, smarter, and more passionate than politically-conscious women of other philo…
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