[Lnc-business] LPIN Resolution

Tue Nov 14 07:15:58 EST 2017

Dear All,

On November 12th the following resolution passed by a margin of 22-1 during
a General Meeting of the New Jersey Libertarian Party:

"The repeated public comments over several months made by Mr. Vohra
regarding our veterans have damaged the party, the message of liberty, and
our outreach to new members. In a time when we should be easily gaining
ground, we are instead being forced to answer for the unprofessional, and
tactless remarks of prominent members of the Libertarian Party. Whether the
damage is intentional, or out of ignorance, is irrelevant as neither excuse
is acceptable for a Vice Chairman of the LNC.

A continued lack of action by the LNC on this matter would demonstrate poor
judgement by the leaders of the national party and should be taken heavily
into consideration when those posts are up for selection in the next cycle.

The NJLP fully supports the notion that the United States should both avoid
entangling alliances and abandon its attempts to act as policeman for the
world. However, the Libertarian Party has many members who served in the
military, or know someone that has, and without that service some of them
may never have joined the party. To alienate a large portion of your own
party, while simultaneously impeding progress for those of us on the ground
doing the real work, is not the behavior of someone worthy of representing
the Libertarian Party or our ideas.

Neither malice, nor incompetence must be tolerated at the highest levels of
party leadership, and it is for these reasons that we have voted to
formally censure Mr. Vohra.

Respectfully,

The New Jersey Libertarian Party"

Thanks,
Patrick McKnight
Region 8 Rep
Chair, NJLP

On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 8:30 PM, Starchild <sfdreamer at earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> The evidence does suggest that the biggest thing Libertarian candidates do
> to drive away voters is run as Libertarians rather than as Democrats or
> Republicans. But if Libertarians shouldn't be censured for running
> candidates as Libertarians, even when or where Libertarians are very
> unpopular, why should they be censured for advocating libertarian ideas
> when/where those ideas are very unpopular? Isn't this an example of what
> some have called "eating our own"?
>
> Love & Liberty,
>
>                                     ((( starchild )))
> At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>                         RealReform at earthlink.net
>                                 (415) 625-FREE
>                                   @StarchildSF
>
>
>
> On Nov 12, 2017, at 12:37 PM, Arvin Vohra wrote:
>
> Hi all - here's the response I posted on social media yesterday:
>
> The Libertarian Party should be censured. By running candidates as
> "Libertarian", rather than as "Republican" or "Democrat", it is making it
> harder for them to get elected. This is bad strategy, plain and simple.
>
> Oh, I'm missing the point? Is the whole point that we are fighting against
> the state, instead of for it? Is the whole point that we're opposing the
> status quo, rather than being a part of it? Is it that we're trying to
> fight this two headed monster, rather than becoming the third head of the
> monster?
>
> Obviously worshipping the military and government "school" teachers will
> make us more popular with those in the military who still believe the
> propaganda and government school teachers who still believe the propaganda.
> But that defeats the purpose. Ending military interventionism and
> government schools are among the highest priorities for the freedom
> movement. Those two government boondoggles do more damage than the rest
> combined. They certainly do much more damage than every local government
> program combined.
>
> Fighting government schools and military idiocy isn't "unstrategic". It's
> the whole point of our movement. Getting elected by worshipping military
> overreach and government "schools" is just scoring a goal for the other
> team. It is generally easier to score a goal for the other team in any
> sport. But it's also pretty counterproductive.
>
> There are many who want to keep the Libertarian Party focused on minor
> issues so that we can become a minor league training ground for the
> Republican Party. Many of those people act as if the Libertarian Party and
> Republican Party are interchangeable. They are not. The Republican Party is
> a big government party. It favors the military welfare complex and the
> continuation of government schools. The Libertarian Party is a government
> cutting organization. We want to dramatically cut military spending, shut
> down foreign bases, fire most current personnel, stop meddling in other
> countries' CIVIL wars, and cut taxes accordingly. We want to end all
> government schools, charter schools, vouchers, and theft funded education.
> We are not a feeder for the GOP, or a part of the GOP, or anything other
> than adversaries with the GOP.
>
> And just in case anyone is unclear where I stand. I want to cut military
> spending and personnel to the minimum needed for defense of America (which
> may actually be zero, but is definitely way less than current). I want to
> end all theft funded education immediately. I deeply hope that the
> Republican Party collapses today, and will continue to work towards that
> end. Ditto the Democrats.
>
> I do not support joining today's military, using or working at a
> government school, or voting or working for the Republican Party.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Arvin Vohra <https://www.facebook.com/VohraEducation/?fref=mentions> (L)
> Libertarian Party Nominee for U.S. Senate (MD)
>
> On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 11:55 AM, Brett Bittner <brett.bittner at lp.org>
> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> Yesterday, the State Central Committee of the Libertarian Party of
>> Indiana passed the following resolution:
>>
>> "Let it be resolved:
>>
>> The Libertarian Party of Indiana (LPIN) condemns the actions of National
>> Vice Chairman Arvin Vohra. His continued use of social media in a way that
>> alienates voters is unacceptable.
>>
>> We believe that we exist as a political party to win elections and to
>> unite around smaller government and personal freedom. The LPIN has a record
>> of winning elections at a local level.
>>
>> This continued messaging from a national leader is extraordinarily
>> damaging to our opportunities for success in local races.  A leader in Mr.
>> Vohra’s position should not use their platform to be a lightning rod that
>> drives away interested voters and candidates. The LPIN calls for the
>> immediate resignation of Mr. Vohra from his position in party leadership."
>>
>> I pass this along as an action from a member state of Region 3 without
>> any commentary.
>>
>> Brett C. Bittner
>>
>> Region 3 Representative
>>
>> Libertarian National Committee
>>
>> brett.bittner at lp.org
>>
>> 317.772.4270 <(317)%20772-4270>
>>
>> **This message sent from my phone. Please excuse any typos.
>>
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