• yeather@lemmy.ca
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      6 hours ago

      Of all the age of consent arguments libertarians make this is by far the weakest. Age of consent is literally up to a vote and can be changed. Thats how Arizona got it’s Romeo and Juliett law in the first place.

      • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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        4 hours ago

        Weak, sure. It’s also a public argument made by an official Libertarian Party politician. Most of the stronger ones come from more anonymous libertarians. If that’s what they’re saying in public, etc. etc.

    • rockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.ee
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      1 day ago

      I guess the libertarian label got coopted in US just as the democrat one. That’s not unexpected, but sad