[Lnc-business] Something to air out, and then be done with it and move on to our important work

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Something happened last LNC meeting that really troubled me.  And I don't
think it was intentional, but I think we need to be aware.  There are still
comments that are made in this Party to women that would never (or perhaps
never) be made in the same way to men.

I get to anywhere I get to because, ultimately, of my merit. The comment
about me now that my husband is State Chair was IMHO improper and would not
be said to a man in an opposite role, or if so, the connotation would not
be the same.

I remind everyone - *I* was involved first. I work my ass off. And if I get
any position it isn't because my husband is State Chair. I earn my own
money and I earn my own merit.  I have a very good reputation on platform
issues in CO because *I earned it* though hard fought effort and leading
the Party through a very difficult time not because of who I am married to.

If anyone thinks it is ever remotely acceptable to suggest otherwise or be
silent when anyone else suggests otherwise well....

Don't wonder why some women say the Party is not friendly at times to
women.  I don't think that reputation the LP has is always fair, but I do
think we need to listen when it might be and just be aware.

I know it wasn't meant that way. But I am not the only person who took it
that way and it was broadcast to the whole Party.

And I HATE identity politics with a burning passion and rarely if ever say
any such thing about this subject. I can give as good as I get.

But sometimes it is nice for *others* to say - hey, that's not right.

And that comment said last meeting... it wasn't right.  To me or to the CO
affiliate.

Thank you for listening but I think it had to be said and with that, time
to get back to work.
-- 
*In Liberty,*
*Caryn Ann Harlos*
Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona,
Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org>
Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
<http://www.lpcolorado.org>
Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
<http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org>
Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee

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*We defend your rights*
*And oppose the use of force*
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