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by ohazi 2846 days ago
No, the idea isn't wrong, it simply acknowledges the fact that there are a lot of libertarians who act like this:

http://libertarianpeacenik.blogspot.com/2011/12/big-mouth-li...

You're correct that there are many who are actually reasonable and pragmatic, but it's disingenuous to claim that the other kind of pseudo-intellectual libertarian doesn't exist. They do exist, and they give the reasonable ones else a bad rap.