[Lnc-business] Facebook post on student walkouts

[david.demarest at lp.org]

Well said, Joshua!

-----Original Message-----
From: Lnc-business <lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org> On Behalf Of Joshua Katz
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 8:57 PM
To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Facebook post on student walkouts

I agree.  It's just as bad, in my opinion, when conservatives start flinging around kids who disagree.  Using kids to repeat your sound-bites is just a form of hostage-taking, in that anyone who responds to them comes off looking bad.  We should just not touch the tar.

Unfortunately, this whole mess is also helping the country to unlearn what civil disobedience is, and what bravery means.  Civil disobedience is generally not government-funded, and doesn't involve getting permission from your school, or a promise from your university that your acceptance won't be in danger.  MLK didn't write "Letter from a Hotel Room in Birmingham."  He certainly didn't have a school district bus him there.

Joshua A. Katz


On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 8:17 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos <caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org>
wrote:

>    I personally think we should have stayed away from it.  These kids are
>    getting used by adults left and right.
>
>    On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 7:11 PM, Steve Scheetz
>    <[1]steve.scheetz at lp.org> wrote:
>
>      I really liked the alternative version put forth by the Libertarian
>      Party of Louisiana's Keith Thompson.  It was clean and simple.  If
>      anyone wants to see it, I am fairly certain most of you are on the
>      delegates page, or on the new Libertarian, I shared it in both
>      places.  If anyone does not have access to Facebook, message me off
>      list I will send it via e-mail.
>      Steve
>      -----Original Message-----
>      From: Lnc-business [mailto:[2]lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] On
>      Behalf Of Caryn Ann Harlos
>      Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 8:51 PM
>      To: Libertarian National Committee list
>      Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Facebook post on student walkouts
>      It is a terrible post.  I have requested for it to be pulled.  The
>      intent was good.  It didn't work out.  Let's learn, pull it, and
>      move on IMHO.
>      On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 6:38 PM, Justin O'Donnell
>      <[3]justin.odonnell at lp.org>
>      wrote:
>      >    I tend to agree here.
>      >    When i first saw the post, I thought it was fantastic, but then
>      again,
>      >    i am already in the echo chamber of opinions, and not reading
>      it with
>      >    an outside perspective.
>      >    Justin O'Donnell
>      >    LNC Region 8 Representative
>      >
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>      Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
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>    Caryn Ann Harlos
>    Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska,
>    Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington)
>    - [5]Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org
>    Communications Director, [6]Libertarian Party of Colorado
>    Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee
>    A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
>    We defend your rights
>    And oppose the use of force
>    Taxation is theft
>
> References
>
>    1. mailto:steve.scheetz at lp.org
>    2. mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org
>    3. mailto:justin.odonnell at lp.org
>    4. http://www.lpcolorado.org/
>    5. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>    6. http://www.lpcolorado.org/
>