[Lnc-business] Resignation From LPF

[Erin Adams]

I tend to agree with Mr. Katz on this.

On Oct 23, 2017 7:40 PM, "Joshua Katz" <joshua.katz at lp.org> wrote:

> The original email in this thread was from Mr. Stanton (whom I've never
> met).  He accused a member of the LPF leadership, who is also a Libertarian
> candidate (and whom I have also never met) of being a white supremacist
> leader, and of making threats towards himself and others.  I have no way of
> knowing if these accusations are true, but they most certainly are
> disturbing if true - and the sorts of things I would expect the affiliate
> to react to.  If they are true and the affiliate does not react, I would
> expect this board to take action.
>
> Instead, the responses I've seen seem to combine shrugs with exhortations
> that Mr. Stanton should deal with it himself, and some variation on "hey,
> we're all on the same team, work together."  Again, I do not know if the
> accusations are true, but if they are, then we are not, in fact, all on the
> same team.  I am not on the same team as any white supremacist, or anyone
> who thinks the use of threats and intimidation, together with violent white
> supremacist and anti-semitic rhetoric, are acceptable ways of conducting
> business.
>
> Such a pre-modern retreat to tribalism, to prejudice, to
> anti-individualism, is the single largest threat to human freedom.  It is
> the condition in which humans lived for quite some time, before
> civilization made real freedom possible.  No party that stands for freedom
> against all threats can tolerate those in its midst who would hold those
> positions, let alone allowing those who advocate such positions to hold
> leadership positions.  This cannot be a party that tolerates such things.
> At the moment, I have no actual facts.  Furthermore, there is little we can
> do - but little is not the same as nothing.  Let's get the facts.  The
> response to such a statement cannot be "well, you figure it out."  That is
> not leadership.  Nor should the response be immediate panic, or a rush to
> judgment.  I would think the accusations are of such a nature, though, that
> we'd want to know what is going on.
>
> Joshua A. Katz
>
> At-Large Representative,
> Libertarian National Committee
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 8:54 PM, Paul Stanton <region7 at lpf.org> wrote:
>
>> Marcos,
>>
>> Due to the LPF Executive Committee's recent refusal to respond to threats
>> targeting myself and others from Ryan Ramsey, a white supremacist
>> leader, LPF county chair, LPF EC member, and candidate for Florida House, I
>> hereby resign from all positions and membership within the Libertarian
>> Party of Florida, as I can no longer in good faith continue to ask other
>> Libertarians to support a party which allows its leaders to threaten and
>> intimidate members while repeating violent white supremacist and
>> anti-semitic rhetoric.
>>
>> Libertarians deserve better than the Libertarian Party of Florida.
>>
>> Please remove me from any mailing or membership lists and add me to the
>> LPF's do not call list. I will not be responding to any email sent to this
>> address.
>>
>> In liberty,
>> Paul Stanton
>>
>> Follow me on Facebook: fb.com/Stanton4Liberty
>>
>
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