[Lnc-business] handling scandals and outrage

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Yes yes and yes.

And I saw the same thing Elizabeth.  It was inexcusable and caused me to
sever some friendships- painful but necessary.

We badly need a culture change.


On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 1:27 PM Elizabeth Van Horn <elizabeth.vanhorn at lp.org>
wrote:

> Hello Wes,
>
> That's a good idea.
>
> Yesterday, I saw something being shared by an LP member that was very
> inappropriate, and could be directly damaging to multiple people in the
> LP and beyond.
>
> I think the Social Media Process Review Committee could certainly take
> it under recommendation to look at best practices for damage prevention
> and reach on social media.
>
> Also, I like the idea of a cultural change.
>
> ---
> Elizabeth Van Horn
> LNC Region 3 (IN, MI, OH, KY)
> Secretary Libertarian Party of Madison Co, Indiana
> Chair-LP Social Media Process Review Committee
> Vice-Chair Libertarian Pragmatist Caucus
> http://www.lpcaucus.org/
>
> On 2018-01-19 13:56, Wes Benedict wrote:
> > Dear LNC:
> >
> > While many statistics for the LP are better than comparable years of
> > recent times, it seems we keep having a series of public relations
> > scandals accompanied with lots of outrage.
> >
> > The convention stripper, the mysterious death in the hotel, Aleppo,
> > Hillary, the No More Pauls meme, the 2017 Satanic Panic, the
> > Alt-Right, the fascists, are soldiers murderers, are public school
> > teachers and students welfare queens, and of course the current topic,
> > age of consent, come to mind.
> >
> > I don't like the scandals and wish they'd stop happening.
> >
> > Something tells me my wish may not come true when I look at all the
> > sources for scandals.
> >
> > There's the concept of "reach" on social media. Some things reach a
> > large audience, and some things don't reach many people.
> >
> > Unfortunately, it seems Libertarians who don't like some of the
> > scandals above are also the individuals who increase the reach of the
> > scandals by sharing them, re-posting them, and commenting about them
> > on social media.
> >
> > While some of the scandals are inadvertent, the possibility of
> > reaching a large audience might also inadvertently be inciting
> > scandals by opportunists.
> >
> > I was wondering if perhaps the Social Media Process Review Committee
> > or some other committee could take on the task of doing some research
> > on best practices related to damage prevention and reach on social
> > media. Perhaps they'd find some information that would be helpful.
> > Cultural changes are very difficult, but perhaps they could find some
> > information that might help encourage a more positive culture among
> > Libertarians on facebook, and sharing of the good stuff while shunning
> > the bad stuff. I'm not asking for top-down directives, just some
> > practices, that when shared, might get buy in from the Libertarian
> > grassroots.
> >
> > I've swept several scandals under the rug over the years. You can't
> > list those--for an obvious reason.
> >
> > I do think it's a long shot to think we can change the culture.
> > Scandals in Libertarian circles have been erupting since I joined the
> > party 20 years ago, and they happen in the other parties, too.
> >
> > But, I think it's possible things could be improved a bit.
> >
> > Regardless, I plan to keep plugging along.
> >
> > Take care,
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>
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   Yes yes and yes.

   And I saw the same thing Elizabeth.  It was inexcusable and caused me
   to sever some friendships- painful but necessary.

   We badly need a culture change.

   On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 1:27 PM Elizabeth Van Horn
   <[1]elizabeth.vanhorn at lp.org> wrote:

     Hello Wes,
     That's a good idea.
     Yesterday, I saw something being shared by an LP member that was
     very
     inappropriate, and could be directly damaging to multiple people in
     the
     LP and beyond.
     I think the Social Media Process Review Committee could certainly
     take
     it under recommendation to look at best practices for damage
     prevention
     and reach on social media.
     Also, I like the idea of a cultural change.
     ---
     Elizabeth Van Horn
     LNC Region 3 (IN, MI, OH, KY)
     Secretary Libertarian Party of Madison Co, Indiana
     Chair-LP Social Media Process Review Committee
     Vice-Chair Libertarian Pragmatist Caucus
     [2]http://www.lpcaucus.org/
     On 2018-01-19 13:56, Wes Benedict wrote:
     > Dear LNC:
     >
     > While many statistics for the LP are better than comparable years
     of
     > recent times, it seems we keep having a series of public relations
     > scandals accompanied with lots of outrage.
     >
     > The convention stripper, the mysterious death in the hotel,
     Aleppo,
     > Hillary, the No More Pauls meme, the 2017 Satanic Panic, the
     > Alt-Right, the fascists, are soldiers murderers, are public school
     > teachers and students welfare queens, and of course the current
     topic,
     > age of consent, come to mind.
     >
     > I don't like the scandals and wish they'd stop happening.
     >
     > Something tells me my wish may not come true when I look at all
     the
     > sources for scandals.
     >
     > There's the concept of "reach" on social media. Some things reach
     a
     > large audience, and some things don't reach many people.
     >
     > Unfortunately, it seems Libertarians who don't like some of the
     > scandals above are also the individuals who increase the reach of
     the
     > scandals by sharing them, re-posting them, and commenting about
     them
     > on social media.
     >
     > While some of the scandals are inadvertent, the possibility of
     > reaching a large audience might also inadvertently be inciting
     > scandals by opportunists.
     >
     > I was wondering if perhaps the Social Media Process Review
     Committee
     > or some other committee could take on the task of doing some
     research
     > on best practices related to damage prevention and reach on social
     > media. Perhaps they'd find some information that would be helpful.
     > Cultural changes are very difficult, but perhaps they could find
     some
     > information that might help encourage a more positive culture
     among
     > Libertarians on facebook, and sharing of the good stuff while
     shunning
     > the bad stuff. I'm not asking for top-down directives, just some
     > practices, that when shared, might get buy in from the Libertarian
     > grassroots.
     >
     > I've swept several scandals under the rug over the years. You
     can't
     > list those--for an obvious reason.
     >
     > I do think it's a long shot to think we can change the culture.
     > Scandals in Libertarian circles have been erupting since I joined
     the
     > party 20 years ago, and they happen in the other parties, too.
     >
     > But, I think it's possible things could be improved a bit.
     >
     > Regardless, I plan to keep plugging along.
     >
     > Take care,
     _______________________________________________
     Lnc-business mailing list
     [3]Lnc-business at hq.lp.org
     [4]http://hq.lp.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business

References

   1. mailto:elizabeth.vanhorn at lp.org
   2. http://www.lpcaucus.org/
   3. mailto:Lnc-business at hq.lp.org
   4. http://hq.lp.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business