----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Who said anything about me? I was discussing a hypothetical situation, not a "stunt". Also, white people are no more likely to be racist than black people, asian people, hispanic people, or anyone of any other race. I myself am not racist in any way. I am for 100% meritocracy regardless of race, gender, age, religion, or cultural heritage. I know racism well having been the victim of it many times in a lot of the Asian nations I visit and even in Mexico. I haven't suggested that racism is a libertarian principle, although it's every bit as libertarian as are the people who raped the LP party platform and who have the nerve to call themselves the Libertarian Party Reform Caucus. My question wasn't about racism, or stunts, or myself. It was a hypothetical question asking what lasting effects to the LP (if any) do you think such an action would have. Personally I think it would have a dramatic and detrimental effect on the party not only in that district, but state-wide, and perhaps even nationally. ******** Mea Culpa. 1. 'Tis true, nearly everybody is racist to some extent. But protesting that a person isn't racist isn't evidence of not having some sort of racist tendency. And experiencing some racism (or sexism, ageism, or other "ism") doesn't excuse nor protect one from such conduct. Indeed, most thinking people try not to offend on this level. That said, sometimes we do things that are inadvertently racist. Case in point: A few years ago, while I was running for Columbus School Board, I had an excellent press secretary that would send out news releases on a daily basis. Her releases sounded as if they actually came from my mouth, she would call me each day to tell me what I had said! This was an extremely credible campaign and was supported by one incumbent board member who happened to be black. One news release referred to this man as "the bad boy of Columbus politics" because of his sometimes controversial stands. Now everybody should know that you NEVER refer to a black man as "boy", but the damage was done. The woman that wrote the piece was certainly not racist, and thought it was silly. But she had never lived in the black community. How was she to know? Thankfully, the fallout was restricted to a rather small lefty publication. The black media pretty much ignored it. 2. The stunt you were asking about isn't likely to happen as the person making the comment would be branded. If a person was going to make such a spectacle, they would most likely run as a democrat or republican (whatever the incumbent isn't) simply for better media attention. Democrats and republicans nearly never run credible candidates against incumbents. Hence so many LaRouchies running against incumbents. That said, I really wouldn't worry about this kind of thing having a detrimental effect on the party as a whole. Unless there was an organized effort across the state or country. Afterall, the LP almost never gets much media attention, except when one of our more eccentric candidates gets some (blue skin, Druid priest, etc.). And I'll concur that the so-called "Reform Caucus" could be a bigger embarrassment to the LP and it's more stalwart members. PEACE Steven R. Linnabary, Treasurer Franklin County Libertarian Party (614) 891-8841 P.O.Box#115; Blacklick, OH 43004-0115 "When you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent revolution inevitable" John F. Kennedy ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
