I originally posted the following diary at my own blog, Freedom Democrats. Freedom Democrats is an online community for libertarian-leaning Democrats who support Democrats like Russ Feingold, Barney Frank, Tony Knowles, Jim Webb, Jon Tester, Jack Carter, Ron Wyden, and Bill Richardson, to name a few. I've often experienced very negative comments in trying to diary about moderate libertarianism within the Democratic Party, and my diary touches on that and compares it to some of the diaries here and at MyDD today on the Iraq War. As it deals with the DailyKos community, I thought that it was appropriate to cross-post it here.
Read More