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<p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1">Something happened last LNC meeting that really troubled me. And I don't think it was intentional, but I think we need to be aware. T</span>here are still comments that are made in this Party to women that would never (or perhaps never) be made in the same way to men.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1">I get to anywhere I get to because, ultimately, of my merit. The comment about me now that my husband is State Chair was IMHO improper and would not be said to a man in an opposite role, or if so, the connotation would not be the same.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1">I remind everyone - *I* was involved first. I work my ass off. And if I get any position it isn't because my husband is State Chair. I earn my own money and I earn my own merit. I have a very good reputation on platform issues in CO because *I earned it* though hard fought effort and leading the Party through a very difficult time not because of who I am married to. </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1">If anyone thinks it is ever remotely acceptable to suggest otherwise or be silent when anyone else suggests otherwise well....</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1">Don't wonder why some women say the Party is not friendly at times to women. I don't think that reputation the LP has is always fair, but I do think we need to listen when it might be and just be aware.</span></p><p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1">I know it wasn't meant that way. But I am not the only person who took it that way and it was broadcast to the whole Party.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1">And I HATE identity politics with a burning passion and rarely if ever say any such thing about this subject. I can give as good as I get.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2"><span class="gmail-s2">But sometimes it is nice for *others* to say - hey, that's not right.</span></p><p class="gmail-p2">And that comment said last meeting... it wasn't right. To me or to the CO affiliate.</p><p class="gmail-p2">Thank you for listening but I think it had to be said and with that, time to get back to work.</p></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>In Liberty,</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>Caryn Ann Harlos</b></font></div><div><font size="1">Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee </font><span style="font-size:x-small">(Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - <a href="mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org" target="_blank">Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Communications Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org" target="_blank">Libertarian Party of Colorado</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Colorado State Coordinator, <a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org" target="_blank">Libertarian Party Radical Caucus</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee</span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">A haiku to the Statement of Principles:</span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><i>We defend your rights</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><i>And oppose the use of force</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><i>Taxation is theft</i></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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