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Comedy

Awkward Libertarian Baby Reveal

A family's reveal party doesn't go as expected.

Andrew Heaton and Austin Bragg | 6.6.2023 11:20 AM

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This baby wants a different kind of NAP.

NEXT: Dave Rubin's Case for DeSantis

Andrew Heaton is a producer at Reason. He is the author of, most recently, Tribalism Is Dumb: Where It Came From, How It Got so Bad, and What To Do About It.

Austin Bragg is a senior producer at Reason.

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  4. sarcasmic   3 years ago

    "Is it a boy?"

    *snort*
    "Well obviously."

    lol

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    1. Diane Reynolds (Paul.)   3 years ago

      There are no female libertarians.

      That changed in 2015. Now most are female.

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      1. sarcasmic   3 years ago

        Really. What happened? Did the males transform into Trumptards?

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      2. sarcasmic   3 years ago

        2015 was when I stopped reluctantly voting for Republicans and stopped voting altogether.

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          We know. The neocons lost which enraged you.

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    2. Brandybuck   3 years ago

      No female libertarians in foxholes

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    3. Libertariantranslator   3 years ago (edited)

      There certainly were Libertarian women in 1972 when the first woman ever got an electoral vote. And again in 1976, when we still defended individual rights for women, with FIFTY TIMES AS MANY VOTES. Then the cowardly waffling replaced our bold and courageous Population plank. Why? Was it the 1972 republican Z.P.G. horror movie? (see Youtube trailer) Army of God Infiltrators? Anarcho-craponstandards infiltrators?

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  6. Dillinger   3 years ago

    fucking beautiful. "so is it a boy? obviously" lol

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    1. mad.casual   3 years ago (edited)

      The 1, 2 of Austin saying “I’m a libertarian and I'm fine... [sideways glances] ...Well that’s hurtful.” and then ~10s later saying “…although in a truly capitalist society you could sell the baby for bitcoin…”

      But I think Nick Nolte in an NRA hat uttering “Goddamned political hermaphrodite!” was the best part.

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      1. Dillinger   3 years ago

        nursery bunker too.

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      2. Inigo Montoya   3 years ago

        The old guy was Nick Nolte?! I totally didn’t recognize him.

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    2. n00bdragon   3 years ago

      Yeah, that line was the killer, but the whole skit was pretty good.

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  7. Earth-based Human Skeptic   3 years ago

    A baby? How dare they! Let's count their sins:
    Adding another white person
    Adding another human to the load on Gaia
    Reproducing using oppressive cis-gender functional genitalia
    Claiming that gender can be determined before 6th grade

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  8. Diane Reynolds (Paul.)   3 years ago

    Yellow for libertarian?

    Umm... I'm thinking that might be appropriate.

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  10. Flaco   3 years ago

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    I am so glad that no one else was in the office when I watched this.

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  14. BradA   3 years ago

    Hilarious !

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  15. Liberty Lover   3 years ago

    How can you reveal gender when gender is fluid and the kid hasn't been born and can't tell you what gender they prefer to be as they can't talk yet. I think we will have to wait until 2 or 3 when the kid can talk to reveal their gender! (sarc)

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