[Lnc-business] Past nominees

[Starchild]

	I generally agree with Caryn Ann. Voicing anti-government "conspiracy theories" about events, even if they seem unlikely, is not unlibertarian. While we should be cautious about the LP itself embracing such theories, I see no reason to distance ourselves from generally pro-freedom folks who promote them. To the extent they help people learn to be skeptical about government and the establishment, and not just accept the "official" story on high visibility events, they're serving a positive purpose. And sometimes the truth turns out to be just as dark as what might appear at first blush to be wild ravings (see e.g. Fast and Furious, COINTELPRO, MK Ultra, etc.). Of course we should always defend the right to politically dissenting free speech if there is any hint of an effort to shut it down.

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On Oct 9, 2017, at 9:53 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:

> I'm not a truther/ mainly because it would give the state more credit for organizational skills than I think they have.
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> But why would we consider doing this and are not equally concerned about actually unlibertarian comments (rather than this which really is not an issue of libertarian principle) from other past candidates that are more recent and volatile?
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> Because he left the Party?  It would be different if he stayed?
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> I'm no fan of the gentleman in question but this seems to ... I don't want to use the word hypocritical because I don't want that directed at Joshua's person.  But if we took this action to separate ourselves out from a 2008 candidate and not much more recent issues then  we certainly would be.
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> Do we want to have people start up again with "bake the cake" or no fly lists (much more likely to affect everyday people)?  Because this is how we do that.
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> I would rather us put out principled statements on all of the above issues, but not pick and choose politicking.
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> -Caryn Ann
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> On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 9:09 AM Joshua Katz <planning4liberty at gmail.com> wrote:
> As a general matter, I am more supportive of our past nominees, or at least many of them, than others.  But it has not escaped my notice that our 2008 VP nominee (and former member of this board) seems to be on a mission to make himself the next Alex Jones, and is engaging in Las Vegas "trutherism."  Unfortunately, many of the stories I've seen about this escapade, and many of his media appearances, mention his LP connection prominently.  We can't do anything about that, but it may be wise to subtly indicate, in our own messaging, that this sort of thing is not what we are about.  
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> Joshua A. Katz
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