[Lnc-business] The Purging of Alex Jones

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Very few people who's alternate opinion is being silenced have "clean
hands" - that is part and parcel of being on the fringe.  Liberty is not a
tame lion.

Defamation - that is what civil suits are for not judging before
adjudicated.  Calls for violence?  Target removing those if they happened -
I am not entirely sure (not an Alex Jones consumer) that they have.  People
take our positions as calls to violence.

-Caryn Ann

On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 1:57 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos at gmail.com>
wrote:

> And that is the excuse we used to be silent about Melissa's Sweet Cakes.
>
> I never said any platform should be forced to do anything but that is not
> where the argument ends.
>
> -Caryn Ann
>
> On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 1:32 PM, john.phillips at lp.org <john.phillips at lp.org
> > wrote:
>
>> Which is exactly why I said a party position should mirror the abortion
>> platform, if we take one at all.
>>
>> Personally I would say we are in an election year, let the candidates
>> make their own statements and focus on them.
>>
>> John Phillips
>>
>> Libertarian National Committee Region 6 Representative
>>
>> Cell 217-412-5973
>>
>> ------ Original message------
>> *From: *brent.olsen--- via Lnc-business
>> *Date: *Thu, Aug 9, 2018 2:06 PM
>> *To: *lnc-business at hq.lp.org;
>> *Cc: *brent.olsen at lp.org;Caryn Ann Harlos;
>> *Subject:*Re: [Lnc-business] The Purging of Alex Jones
>>
>> I am seeing a lot of divergent libertarian positions on this matter.
>> For some of us, like myself, it is a matter of freedom of association -
>> private organizations should not be forced to provide a platform for
>> speech they disagree with.  For some it is a restriction on free speech,
>> as they see these large corporations as monopolies with too much power
>> to restrict speech.  So I would have to see what was in the statement
>> before giving my thumbs up....
>>
>> In Liberty,
>> Brent Olsen
>> Alternate, Region 4
>>
>> On 2018-08-09 11:21, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote:
>> > Is the LP going to issue an opinion on this?  It is the perfect
>> > opportunity to affirm rights while showing that rights are not the end
>> > all and be all to a healthy society.  A society of peaceful bigots -
>> > for instance - is a sick society. So is a society that
>> > paternalistically protects us all from "those unfit to speak".
>> >
>> > Whether or not they are *allowed* to do it misses the point.
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > IN LIBERTY,
>> > CARYN ANN HARLOS
>> > Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary -
>> > Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org <+Harlos at LP.org> or Secretary at LP.org. <+Secretary at LP.org.>
>> > Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia at LP.org <+LPedia at LP.org>
>> >
>> > A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
>> > _We defend your rights_
>> > _And oppose the use of force_
>> > _Taxation is theft_
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> *In Liberty,*
> *Caryn Ann Harlos*
> Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary - Caryn.Ann.
> Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org> or Secretary at LP.org.
> Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia at LP.org
>
>
> A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
> *We defend your rights*
> *And oppose the use of force*
> *Taxation is theft*
>
>
>
>
>


-- 
*In Liberty,*
*Caryn Ann Harlos*
Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary - Caryn.Ann.
Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org> or Secretary at LP.org.
Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia at LP.org


A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
*We defend your rights*
*And oppose the use of force*
*Taxation is theft*
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