<div dir="ltr">Spin-doctoring doesn't belong in a Platform. People are not the shrinking violets we tend to paternalistically assume them to be. Which paternalism is ironic.<div><br></div><div>I am very glad the authors of our Statement of Principles didn't take that approach. I believe we would not have the backbone today to write "We, the members of the Libertarian Party, challenge the cult of the omnipotent state and defend the rights of the individual."</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>I think heads might explode.</b></div><div><br></div><div>Today we might have "We the people of the Libertarian Party, promise not to say anything that would challenge anyone too badly, and will sugarcoat our words because while we can take it, you must be coddled."</div><div><br></div><div>Neither did the men who founded this country in their protests against rights violations.</div><div><br></div><div>We aren't going to out-sugarcoast the spin machines of the R&D. </div><div><br></div><div>People want, and can handle, the honest and plain truth of rights.</div><div><br></div><div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">-- <br class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg"><div class="gmail-m_497287431169776638m_-1959268642050574349m_-7405930037734948463gmail_signature gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg"><div class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg"><div class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg"><div class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg"><div class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg"><div class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg"><div class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg"><div class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg"><font size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666" class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg">In Liberty,</b></font></div><div class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg"><font size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666" class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg">Caryn Ann Harlos</b></font></div><div class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg"><font size="1" class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg">Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee </font><span class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg" style="font-size:x-small">(Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - <a href="mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org" class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg" target="_blank">Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org</a></span></div><div class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg"><span class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg" style="font-size:x-small">Communications Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org/" class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg" target="_blank">Libertarian Party of Colorado</a></span></div><div class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg"><span class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg" style="font-size:x-small">Colorado State Coordinator, <a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/" class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg" target="_blank">Libertarian Party Radical Caucus</a></span></div><div class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg"><br class="gmail-m_497287431169776638gmail_msg"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>
<p class="gmail-m_-498793495275121444gmail-p1"><br></p></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Larry Sharpe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lsharpe@neo-sage.com" target="_blank">lsharpe@neo-sage.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">We can't have both fearlessness and marketing?<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">As an example: <br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Instead of - Eliminate all public schools<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> *Mainstream Americans assumes NO EDUCATION for their kids and shuts us off, and media ridicules and ignore us.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">How about - Facilitate a completely private school system to give parents maximum choice, students the most useful/current education and schools the best environment for innovation.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> *Mainstream Americans and the Media curtly ask, "How?" And now we have a chance at a real conversation and therefore real converts.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Caryn Ann - I hope your head didn't just explode. :) <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="gmail-m_-498793495275121444h5">On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 3:19 PM, Arvin Vohra <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:votevohra@gmail.com" target="_blank">votevohra@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="gmail-m_-498793495275121444h5"><div dir="ltr">If 2016 showed us one thing, it's that timid positions are neither necessary nor effective in current politics.<div><br></div><div>Our current platform is designed to technically be accurate, while not scaring anyone too badly. This is a losing proposition. A clear, inspiring, and immediately comprehensible platform is far better than the fine-print pretending to be marketing we have now.</div><div><br></div><div>Take the education plank, for example:<br><br>Education is best provided by the free market, achieving greater quality, accountability and efficiency with more diversity of choice. Recognizing that the education of children is a parental responsibility, we would restore authority to parents to determine the education of their children, without interference from government. Parents should have control of and responsibility for all funds expended for their children’s education.<br><br><br>What it means: Eliminate all public schools. Let people choose between free, world-class, online offerings, homeschooling, and private education in any form. </div><div><br></div><div>Intransigent supporters of public schools won't be fooled by the current obfuscation. Opponents and potential opponents won't be inspired. <br><br>Our job is to convince people of our positions, not to mask our positions and pander. In order for people to be able to be convinced of our positions, they first must understand what the position is.</div><div><br></div><div>I intend to support people for platform committee who will commit to an honest, comprehensible, fearless platform.</div><div><br></div><div>In Liberty,</div><div><br></div><div>Arvin Vohra</div><div>Vice Chair</div><div>Libertarian National Committee</div><div><br></div><div><br><br>--<div class="gmail-m_-498793495275121444m_4328002266017155821m_-4928143157204639227gmail_signature">Arvin Vohra<br><br><a href="http://www.VoteVohra.com" target="_blank">www.VoteVohra.com</a><br><a href="mailto:VoteVohra@gmail.com" target="_blank">VoteVohra@gmail.com</a><br><a href="tel:(301)%20320-3634" value="+13013203634" target="_blank">(301) 320-3634</a></div>
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