What would you call a fiscal conservative/social liberal who isn't a libertarian?

[dead0man]

I would consider myself to be fiscally conservative/socially liberal, but I am by no means a libertarian. I don't want to be associated with people who support abolishing the minimum wage, legalizing heroin, going back to the gold standard, and etc. I don't support any of the fringe positions that most libertarians support. I just mostly side with mainstream Republicans on economics issues and with mainstream Democrats on social issues. Being fiscally conservative/socially liberal is not the same thing as being libertarian. What would you call someone whose fiscally conservative/socially liberal? Also, people who identify as fiscally conservative/socially liberal are great, especially when they're not libertarians.

FYI, you can be a libertarian and not want legalized heroin, back on the gold standard or abolishing the minimum wage.  And not even be all that weird.

[dead0man]

I'd just call you a moderate libertarian. Libertarianism, despite what some purists might claim, is a big-tent ideological leaning like "conservative" or "liberal."

It's never purists that are the problem here.  It's almost always your hard leftists that totally don't understand libertarianism.  They'd still think Somalia was a libertarian paradise (and I'm sure some of them still do) if we didn't make fun of them about it for years.  These are not smart people.  Hence their political affiliation.


(I'm not saying ALL hard leftists don't understand it, just 80% of them....I suppose it is possible many of them do understand it and are just liars....this group does lie a lot, so it's entirely plausible)