{"id":343,"date":"2023-07-13T01:36:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T01:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rwefree.org\/thelp\/?p=343"},"modified":"2023-07-13T03:55:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T03:55:40","slug":"a-word-to-the-wise-in-the-libertarian-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rwefree.org\/thelp\/index.php\/2023\/07\/13\/a-word-to-the-wise-in-the-libertarian-party\/","title":{"rendered":"A Word To The Wise In The Libertarian Party"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A WORD TO THE WISE IN THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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Some of you aren\u2019t going to like what I have to say here and some of you will. I could give two shits and a giggle as long as you support my right to say it. Nonetheless, I\u2019ve been at this for quite some time without all of the Big tent politics I see bubbling up to the surface. I\u2019ve got some things we all need to consider if we\u2019re going to become a viable force for liberty in this country, and I\u2019ll state my reasons for each of them. I\u2019d advise you all to listen for understanding, not pause for rebuttals.<\/p>\n

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1. THE PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY TRANSCEND THE POLICIES OF POLITICS<\/strong>. This party has the greatest potential for diversity of any political party in the history of the world. We\u2019re going to have some left-leaners and we\u2019re going to have some right-riders, but that\u2019s ok as long as both of you can agree that decisions are better left in the hands of individuals than they are in the hands of government. If I\u2019m not mistaken, isn\u2019t that why we\u2019re all here? Regardless of where you stand on the political spectrum, if you aren\u2019t fully supportive of others making decisions you would abstain from, my question is:
\nDO YOU REALLY SUPPORT LIBERTY?<\/p>\n

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2. INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY SHOULD BE THE ONLY POLITICAL PLATFORM WE STAND UPON.<\/strong> If any of these factional caucuses believe that our party should be pandering to Republican or Democratic issues to draw in new members, that debate has been settled: GO JOIN THE PARTY THAT ALREADY SUPPORTS THEM. And allow me to present some examples.<\/p>\n

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3. ABORTION:<\/strong> It\u2019s fine that you\u2019re prolife, it\u2019s fine that you\u2019re prochoice. As long as you support the freedom for others to decide for themselves without government intervention (not even the states), I\u2019ll stand with you. But if you think that the Libertarian party has any business involving themselves with this issue, you are a damn fool. Especially so if you think that government should be handling it. It may be a \u201cmoral issue\u201d, but it shouldn\u2019t be a \u201cpolitical\u201d one. There\u2019s already a party that supports that: MAY YOU JOIN THEM NOW.<\/p>\n

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4. SUPPORT FOR BLM:<\/strong> It\u2019s fine that you support BLM, its fine that you don\u2019t; but don\u2019t tell people who aren\u2019t racists that it is not enough\u2026.that they need to be ACTIVELY antiracist. WHAT DAFUQ DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? Am I supposed to be out there holding hands and singing kumbaya\u2026or should I be slinging Molotov cocktails? Get that nonsense out of the party and learn how to support individual liberty, for Pete\u2019s sake. There\u2019s already a party that supports BLM: MAY YOU JOIN THEM NOW.<\/p>\n

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5. SUPPORT FOR THE LGTBQ COMMUNITY:<\/strong> I don\u2019t just support the liberty to choose for myself, I support the liberty for them to choose for themselves. That should say it all. I support liberty for the individual and if that\u2019s not enough for you, I may not be the problem. What it is going to take for people to realize that the individual is the smallest minority on the planet. PARTY OF ONE. That goes for blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, Asians, whatever\u2026.whether they are gay or straight, it simply does not matter: YOU ARE STILL AN INDIVIDUAL. When you allow yourselves to be backed in a corner on partisan particulars, you\u2019ve done that to yourself. Always stand on the platform of liberty for the individual, regardless of ethnicity or preference. IT REALLY IS THAT SIMPLE. Where I draw the line is when I\u2019m required to carry water for a particular group: I CARRY WATER FOR US ALL. If that water ain\u2019t good enough for you, you can fetch your own. This goes for both racial issues and preference issues.<\/p>\n

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6. WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSGENDER:<\/strong> You are free to do as you like. You are free to believe as you wish. I refuse to prohibit any voluntary endeavor you set out on. But I also refuse to be obligated to any part of it for that same reason. I\u2019m not to pay for it, I\u2019m not to participate in it, nor will I criticize anyone else for doing so. If you are transgender, that\u2019s your business, but it doesn\u2019t belong in politics, just like race and sexuality don\u2019t belong here either. Do your thang and let me do mine\u2026.DEAL? I will stand by the individual liberty for both of us to do that.<\/p>\n

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7. WHEN IT COMES TO RELIGION:<\/strong> I\u2019m happy for you that you have religion and I\u2019m sure you\u2019re proud of it, but if you whip it out and start using it on other people, we have a name for that: Assault. And I\u2019ll be the first person to smack you upside the head with it. Seriously, take the 5 seconds required to read the 1st paragraph of the 1st Amendment and see that your religion is not needed in government and it damn sure doesn\u2019t belong in this party. Be religious all you want, but leave that shit at home. That being said, I\u2019ll also be the first person to smack anyone upside the head for punishing you for it as well. It\u2019s all part of that individual liberty I keep talking about; the same individual liberty that this party should also be talking about as well. There\u2019s no such thing as \u201creligious freedom\u201d, its part and parcel of Individual liberty.<\/p>\n

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8. THE FREE MARKET DOES NOT SOLVE EVERYTHING.<\/strong> Before anyone gets their nose in a joint over this, I\u2019m going to hold up a few examples you might want to think about before you open that yap: THE IRS, THE DMV, and THE FEDERAL RESERVE. Yes, they are all private corporations and prime examples of those wishing to hand over govt functions to profiteers. If this is your vision for \u201cthe free market\u201d, I won\u2019t be joining you on that shortbus to hell. We could probably do without all three of them at some point, but making them for-profit businesses of federal functions guarantees they will be debauched from top to bottom. If you somehow manage to find a way to defend these monopolies of government functions, I\u2019ll be willing to listen. Good luck with that. The free market can only exist where there is freedom to choose, and freedom to abstain.<\/p>\n

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9. SPEAKING OF FREE MARKET, ABOUT THAT \u201cBAKE THE CAKE\u201d ISSUE:<\/strong> If you believe that customers can be as discriminating as they choose\u2026.whether it\u2019s over price, over selection, over location, and in some cases\u2026.EVEN COLOR, then you, by default, believe that the provider has the same prerogative as well. And sure; racial and sexual preference discrimination is ugly and disgusting, but so is using the force of government to correct it. It racks my brain to see a bunch of people who supposedly support \u201cthe free market\u201d clamoring over government\u2019s intervention on behalf of one side of an economic exchange. With today\u2019s sanctimonious cancel culture in full force, you already have a free market solution to this problem without the first piece of legislation required. Individual liberty is a two way street and don\u2019t you ever forget that. But be warned that both the problem and the solution are double-edged swords. Get this bullshit out of the party.<\/p>\n

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10. IT DOESN\u2019T MATTER WHO THE LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS<\/strong>. A libertarian is simply not going to win the office of president anytime soon. And on the \u201cicecube\u2019s chance in hell\u201d that they do, they won\u2019t have a handful of allies in congress to operate with. The president\u2019s primary legal obligation is \u201cfaithfully uphold the laws\u201d of the country and if you have dems and reps making those laws, we\u2019re right back where we started. Nothing would unite the left and right like neutering a Libertarian president out of spite. His only power would be to veto bad bills, and only then when they can\u2019t be made veto-proof. Our best bet is put Libertarians in Congress, both House and Senate, where they can participate in the actual creation of those laws or vote them down. And at some point we\u2019ll have enough Libertarians in congress to actually make a difference in this world. Anyone focusing on the presidency right now is simply putting the cart before the horse. Go after mayorships, governorships, senatorships, representation, electorships\u2026..you\u2019re gonna have to grow some grass on the field before you play ball.<\/p>\n

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11. PRINCIPLES BEFORE PERSONALITIES.<\/strong> If you came here for power, you came to the wrong place. Sure, it\u2019s nice to have the fancy titles and all of the adoration that comes with being a power broker in the party, but the fact is WE REALLY DON\u2019T HAVE MUCH OF THAT TO OFFER. And certainly not enough for some of the megalomaniacs I\u2019ve seen come and go in recent times. We all complain that \u201cgovernment\u201d should be our servant and not our master: Well, here\u2019s your chance to ante-up. Thinking that because you have some notoriety in the libertarian circle means that you can hang your crusades up on the marquee and that the party will come around to your way of thinking is just plain narcissism. Getting caught up in some of the above issues will continue to divide this party into left\/right, Prag\/Mises, Big Tent\/Small l Libertarianism until we are nothing but a ragtag assortment of quirky malcontents. If you want people to hang around, you\u2019re going to have to find a way to include them without compromising them. Dragging these \u201crepublican\/democratic\u201d litmus tests around is one of the surest ways to validate the insidious mindset we should be opposing.<\/p>\n

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12. WATERING DOWN THE MESSAGE.<\/strong> Message? What message? You mean INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY? Oh\u2026.that message. If you can\u2019t see that all of these partisan inquisitions of \u201cbaking cakes\u201d, \u201ckilling babies\u201d, \u201cmurdering blacks\u201d and whatever the social agenda of the moment may be is a trap, then you really don\u2019t have a leg to stand on. And as far I\u2019m concerned nothing waters down the message of liberty like \u201cdecriminalizing\u201d marijuana rather than legalizing it. And we all know which caucus supports that. As for all of the shitposting and lack of decorum\u2026of which I am quite adept at, DO THAT IN YOUR OWN NAME AND LEAVE THE PARTY OUT OF IT. That\u2019s what I do. If you want to ask me what I think, I\u2019ll tell you and you might not like it, but don\u2019t ask me to speak for the libertarian party. Pretending to speak for this party, even as prominent members, without some sort of acknowledgement that our party varies widely across the spectrum is a foolish and selfish indulgence. Admitting that libertarians can have a variety of perspectives is a far more attractive feature than some rigid dogmatic proclamation of homogenous \u201cpurity\u201d. #YoureNotARealLibertarian<\/p>\n

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I made it clear that some of you aren\u2019t going to like this; some of you will, but most of you are only going to like SOME OF THIS: IDGAF. I made a point of airing out some of our dirty laundry just for that reason, and if you go after me for not supporting some of these stupid issues that keep us all at each other\u2019s throats, you\u2019re only proving me right. Fact is that NOBODY EVER AGREES COMPLETELY WITH ANYONE ELSE ON EVERYTHING; that\u2019s the \u201cindividuality\u201d among us that needs to cherished, not scorned. And even when we don\u2019t agree, we should at least agree on the liberty for each of us to make our own choices, because I didn\u2019t come here to tell you what to do, but the minute you support using the force of government as a weapon on others\u2026.WHO PAY FOR THAT GOVERNMENT AS WELL, you can go back to whatever pissy little party you came from.<\/p>\n

SO DON\u2019T TAKE THE BAIT: When someone comes at you with one of the stupid narratives of the week, stop pandering to idiots. Stop putting yourselves in impossible positions you can\u2019t win and trying to make miserable people happy. It doesn\u2019t work. And stop selling out the Libertarian party to the left and the right trying to make them happy too. When someone asks you about an issue, ask them \u201chow does it apply to individual liberty?\u201d\u2026.PUT THE ONUS BACK ON THEM. And if they can\u2019t find a justifiable relationship to that, be sure to point that out to them. And if their position infringes upon your individual liberty, make damn sure you point that out as well. You\u2019re not going to win every battle, so choose them carefully. Right now, the toughest battle is within the party itself: Are we going to be a party of individuals? Or are we going to become some mindless mass of morons whose positions are picked out for them\u2026.like republicans and democrats who also rarely align perfectly within their own party. In the end,<\/p>\n

WE ARE ALL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY: Be a good one.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rob Libertarius Gainey, Libertarian<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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