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Mine was probably when I relapsed towards religion at age 15-16 and joined my mom's conservative megachurch, naïvely thinking I can convince them to be less bigoted and more "christ-like" as well as accept science

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Maybe it's just me, but libertarians have always been a weird bunch, because there are some large gaps between those who fall under its banner. I've seen anarchist commune types as well as the 'government better watch out because I'm the only owner of THIS land' prickly sorts at the same event. It's not so much that the ideals of libertarian thought have been taken into conservative realms, but that the sorts of libertarians who could align with the 'conservative' drive to make the government small and speak up loudly are now getting their moment in the spotlight.