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[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yes, it's Libertarian, which is a portion of the right wing, normally voting with the GOP on ALL of their agendas. Rand Paul is a good example of a McConnell butt licker. Libertarians do not govern. They do whatever the GOP tell them to do. I appreciate a number of the very good points in the article. The website is rated as right-wing, but not necessarily dishonest:

https://www.allsides.com/news-source/brownstone-institute-media-bias

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/brownstone-institute-bias/

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I share your feelings about libertarians concerning economic issues, but this is not a fair characterization of the content of this site. Many of the contributors such as Thomas Harrington are definitely classic liberals. There are only 4 politicals stances this site has taken that I can recall, and I have checked the articles daily for months.

  1. They are against Vaccines and Masks - This is their major issue, and the reason they are listed as right wing by your sources, but not everyone who feels this way is actually right wing. These guys are objecting to mask and vaccine mandates based on the principals of classical liberalism. I respect that we disagree on mandates, but there are people against these mandates due to liberal ideology, not right-wing ideology.

  2. They are pro free speech - This is social leftism, liberals and libertarians used to agree on this (See ACLU)

  3. They are anti-globalism. They hate BlackRock, Vanguard, Bill Gates, Bezos. Hating Billionaires and huge Financial corporations is not what I would consider economically right wing.

  4. They are also Pro-Union, which is a traditional economically left stance. They have repeatedly criticized Amazon and Starbucks for their anti-union activity

There is literally no political content on this site that does not pertain to one of these issues. This is not a Rand Paul/Mitch Mcconell type site. There is not a hint of GOP nonsense in this site. No homophobia, no Trump apologism, no racism, not even capitalism pandering, which I hate.

I truly believe this site is balanced mix of anti-authoritarian leftists and rightists, where anti-authoritarianism is the main focus and point of agreement. They do not delve into GOP or DNC type politics

I would encourage you to browse their site statements and articles for yourself, because I do not agree with that rating, and I read that site very regularly. I am very much economically left and socially left, and I am not at all bothered by the content of this site

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Thanks for the info. I agree with them on those issues.