[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2018-03: Censure of Arvin Vohra

[david.demarest at lp.org]

I change my vote to "YES" on the censure motion and ask others to vote 
'YES' and request the cancellation of the electronic meeting to consider 
suspension.

Arvin has audaciously and courageously challenged us to stop speaking in 
tongues about our Libertarian principles. He has correctly identified 
the fact that the opposition does a better job of describing our policy 
and positions than we do. We need to step up to the plate with equal 
courage and get us back on track toward our shared goal of freedom.

It is time to end this game of Russian roulette that Ms. Mattson has 
aptly described as a circular firing squad, this political-correctness 
nightmare of timidity before voters and pandemic get-elected-itis at the 
expense of not only our principles but any semblance of rationality. We 
have done enough damage to the Libertarian cause. Let us cease this 
endless cycle of self-destruction before we plunge ourselves into a 
death-spiral of reworded censure motions.

Good grief - enough already!

~David Pratt Demarest

On 2018-01-29 22:11, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:
> I hope my statement that the censure will fail is disproven.  I am
>    disappointed in the yes votes changing to no.  This censure is 
> woefully
>    inadequate, but it is not as woefully inadequate as nothing at all.
>    What we heard from Arvin is a defense of Trump tactics.  That is not
>    the LP I work for, recruit for, and donate for.
> 
>    On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 9:00 PM, Patrick McKnight
>    <[1]patrick.mcknight at lp.org> wrote:
> 
>         I vote yes. However I feel censure is insufficient and look
>      forward to
>         the electronic meeting.
>         Thanks,
>         Patrick McKnight
>         Region 8 Rep
>         On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 10:21 PM, Tim Hagan
>      <[1][2]tim.hagan at lp.org>
>         wrote:
>           I vote yes.
>           ---
>           Tim Hagan
>           Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee
>         On 2018-01-20 19:03, Alicia Mattson wrote:
>         We have an electronic mail ballot.
>            Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by January 30, 2018 
> at
>            11:59:59pm Pacific time.
>            Co-Sponsors:  Hayes, Hewitt, Demarest, Hagan
>            Motion:  to censure LNC Vice Chair Arvin Vohra for repeated
>      public
>            comments which have presented libertarian ideas in an
>      inflammatory
>         and
>            sometimes offensive manner not conducive to Libertarian
>      leaders and
>            candidates for public office winning hearts and minds for
>      those
>         ideas.
>            -Alicia
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>      References
>         1. mailto:[5]tim.hagan at lp.org
> 
>       2. mailto:[6]Lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>       3. [7]http://hq.lp.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business
> 
> References
> 
>    1. mailto:patrick.mcknight at lp.org
>    2. mailto:tim.hagan at lp.org
>    3. mailto:Lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>    4. http://hq.lp.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business
>    5. mailto:tim.hagan at lp.org
>    6. mailto:Lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>    7. http://hq.lp.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business