I'm not defining all libertarians, it's a fact. On the popular, frequently used left/right paradigm scale, libertarianism does not fit. Some say libertarianism is the radical centrist position, some say it transcends it altogether. Either way, it does not fit. Now, on the little-known political compass, in which DP seems to use for leans, I would say that libertarians can be economically left or right. Key word there though, economically. Socially, it still doesn't fit within the left/right. The left wants social engineering, the right wants social conservation and traditionalism. Libertarians want neither as both compromise individual liberty to some degree. But since few people actually understand that chart, I stick with libertarianism is neither left-wing nor right-wing. It's simple.
As for libertarianism being conservatism, it's not really defining other libertarians to state that the two ideas are radically different and thus not compatible to be smashed together constantly.
