I they are going to run for office the LP does not need a few of these people, they can run as a Republican or DEmocrat or Indepedent. Eric what don't you leave the LP alone and help one of those fine Republicans run for office. If the GOP does not suit you start your own party, you have the skills, why do you want to mess with the Lp? I really wonder about you and some of these " top people in the linbertarian movement", you all got the skill and probally the money or money connections to run people for office, so why are you using a principled party as an excuse for your failure to elect people to office. Or do you all want to remove a prinipled party from any possible competition? --- In [email protected], "Eric Dondero Rittberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm with you 100% Geoff!! Best thing to do is invite as many people > as possible into the libertarian movement, rather than run them off > cause they're not "dogmatic enough." > > Here's a question you'll never get an extremist libertarian to answer. > > If you want to restrict libertarianism to just the purists, than what > label do you give to advocacies of partial libertarianism; > basically inconsistent fiscally conservative yet socially tolerant? > > They hate this question. Puts them in a corner. Forces them to > admit that deep down they are advocating exclusivity. > > > --- In [email protected], "Geof Gibson" <geofgibson@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "steven linnabary" > > <linnabary51@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > But referring to yourself as "libertarian" (or anything else for > that > > > matter) doesn't make it so. > > > > > > > > > > This brings up the question of whether Libertarianism is subjective > or > > objective. Why would we want to discourage people who consider > > themselves Libertarian? There are many Catholics out there who > > support abortion. The Catholic church has not seen fit to > > excommunicate American Cathloics who support abortion. > > We need as many Americans as possible to self identify as > Libertarian. > > Let's bring them in with open arms. Once we get them to think > > outside the two party box, the more philosophically minded can > > introduce them to Rothbard, Hayek, Rand, etc. > > There is no point in the philosophical Imams of Purity 'expelling' > or > > 'exposing' those who are not 'true believers.' This party will > never > > grow beyond the 2% fringe if we expect every member to pass > > philosophical muster. > > >
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