Brian Miller wrote to James Younce: BM) Sadly, James, Mr. Holtz is engaging in the sort of "you gays" rhetoric with you that characterizes so much of some LPers' attitudes towards gay folks. (BM
Absolutely false. I have always made a clear distinction between your behavior and that of gay libertarians and Outright members generally. For example, I wrote on LPplatform-discuss on Nov 2: The Outrights is one of the best LP organizations, and the ranks of the best LPCA activists are overflowing with Outright members. Brian Miller's serial mendacity is only a tiny smudge on the reputation of this shining organization. And I wrote on the Outright Y group in an unrebutted Oct 3 <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OutrightLibertarians/message/3120> message: My commitment to gay rights isn't measured by whether I give one or two Outright leaders a free pass to broadcast disinformation about me and the LRC. [...] If I thought group quotas were how the Outrights measure the commitment of fellow Libertarians to individual liberty, then I'd simply be embarrassed for the Outrights, and hope they grow to find a deeper understanding of libertarianism. However, my extensive interactions with gay Libertarians in California in the years before you showed up here a few months ago leaves me convinced that you are an outlier. [...] My vast respect for the Outrights comes from my years of association with California Outrights like Rich Newell and Beau Cain and Mark Johnson and Starchild. Each of them over the years has set a standard for integrity and dedication and intelligence and fairness that your first few rabid months on the LPCA scene don't even begin to put a dent in. You can pretend all you want that you personify the Outrights, but I've worked for years with Outrights in California, Outrights are friends of mine, and from what I can tell, you're no Outright. You continue to James: BM) Your opinions and my opinions are our own, individually. (BM But mine can be shouted down as merely those of a "straight white guy in suburbia"? If you must know, I've crashed overnight in a bed with a gay friend, and have had gay housemates and gay officemates and gay dorm roommates. Does that qualify me yet to have an individual opinion? (To the moderator: does it qualify me not to have my protests against personal attacks be censored? Anyone wondering what happened to the 2nd sentence of my first posting this morning can read the original here <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marketliberal/message/2456> .) P.S. Thank you, James, for publicly stating that my sexual orientation does not affect the validity (or lack thereof) of my statements about public policy. Brian Holtz blog: Knowing <http://knowinghumans.net/> Humans book: Human <http://humanknowledge.net/> Knowledge 2006-2008 LP <http://marketliberal.org/FixLP.html> PlatCom 2007-2009 <http://knowinghumans.net/search/label/LPCA> LPCA ExCom 2004-2008 for Congress, <http://marketliberal.org/> CA14 (Silicon Valley)
