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<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><div dir="auto">Yes. That. Ugh. I need my brain to heal. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><div dir="auto" font-size:9pt;"="">John Phillips</div><div dir="auto" font-size:9pt;"=""><br></div><div dir="auto" font-size:9pt;"=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libertarian National Committee Region 6 </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Representative</span></div><div dir="auto" font-size:9pt;"=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" font-size:9pt;"="">Cell <a href="tel:217-412-5973">217-412-5973</a></div></div></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><div id="LGEmailHeader" dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">------ Original message------</div><div dir="auto"><b>From: </b>Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business<lnc-business@hq.lp.org></lnc-business@hq.lp.org></div><div dir="auto"><b>Date: </b>Thu, Aug 9, 2018 3:33 PM</div><div dir="auto"><b>To: </b>Libertarian National Committee list;</div><div dir="auto"><b>Cc: </b>Alicia Mattson;</div><div dir="auto"><b>Subject:</b>Re: [Lnc-business] The Purging of Alex Jones</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div>It seems that our platform addresses this in plank 3.5 as:<br><br>"Members of private organizations retain their rights to set whatever standards of association they deem appropriate, and individuals are free to respond with ostracism, boycotts and other free market solutions."<br><br></div><div>This isn't the government shutting his accounts down. Just as the bakery can refuse service when it violates the owner's personal standards, social media platforms can refuse service.<br></div><div><br></div><div></div>-Alicia<br><br><div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 1:10 PM, <a href="http://john.ph">john.ph</a>illips--- via Lnc-business <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div style="font-size:10pt"><div dir="auto">Try reading it again. I did not say the platform needed anything I said if we made a statement it should mirror the abortion plank.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I also did not say a statement should not be made, I said statements should be issued by candidates because it is an election year and the focus should be on them.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I also said I had already done so. As have several other candidates.</div><span class=""><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><div dir="auto">John Phillips</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:10pt">Libertarian National Committee Region 6 </span><span style="font-size:10pt">Representative</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:10pt"><br></span></div><div dir="auto">Cell <a href="tel:217-412-5973" target="_blank">217-412-5973</a></div></div></span></div><div><div class="h5"><div style="font-size:10pt"><div id="m_7470600361726289531LGEmailHeader" dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">------ Original message------</div><div dir="auto"><b>From: </b>Caryn Ann Harlos<u></u><u></u></div><div dir="auto"><b>Date: </b>Thu, Aug 9, 2018 2:57 PM</div><div dir="auto"><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:john.phillips@lp.org" target="_blank">john.phillips@lp.org</a>;</div><div dir="auto"><b>Cc: </b>brent.olsen--- via Lnc-business<a href="mailto:;brent.olsen@lp.org" target="_blank">;brent.olsen@lp.<wbr>org</a>;</div><div dir="auto"><b>Subject:</b>Re: [Lnc-business] The Purging of Alex Jones</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div dir="ltr">And that is the excuse we used to be silent about Melissa's Sweet Cakes.<div><br></div><div>I never said any platform should be forced to do anything but that is not where the argument ends.</div><div><br></div><div>-Caryn Ann</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 1:32 PM, <a href="mailto:john.phillips@lp.org" target="_blank">john.phillips@lp.org</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.phillips@lp.org" target="_blank">john.phillips@lp.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div style="font-size:10pt"><div dir="auto">Which is exactly why I said a party position should mirror the abortion platform, if we take one at all. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Personally I would say we are in an election year, let the candidates make their own statements and focus on them.</div><span><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><div dir="auto">John Phillips</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:10pt">Libertarian National Committee Region 6 </span><span style="font-size:10pt">Representative</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:10pt"><br></span></div><div dir="auto">Cell <a href="tel:217-412-5973" target="_blank">217-412-5973</a></div></div></span></div><div style="font-size:10pt"><span><div id="m_7470600361726289531m_830661864016253427LGEmailHeader" dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">------ Original message------</div><div dir="auto"><b>From: </b>brent.olsen--- via Lnc-business<u></u><u></u></div><div dir="auto"><b>Date: </b>Thu, Aug 9, 2018 2:06 PM</div><div dir="auto"><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a>;</div><div dir="auto"><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:brent.olsen@lp.org" target="_blank">brent.olsen@lp.org</a>;Caryn Ann Harlos;</div><div dir="auto"><b>Subject:</b>Re: [Lnc-business] The Purging of Alex Jones</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div></span><pre>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 <a href="tel:2018-08-09%2011" target="_blank">2018-08-09 11</a>: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 -
> <a href="http://Caryn.An" target="_blank">Caryn.An</a>n.<a href="mailto:+Harlos@LP.org" target="_blank"> Harlos@LP.org</a> or<a href="mailto:+Secretary@LP.org." target="_blank"> Secretary@LP.org.</a><span>
> Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee -<a href="mailto:+LPedia@LP.org" target="_blank"> LPedia@LP.org</a></span>
>
> A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
> _We defend your rights_
> _And oppose the use of force_
> _Taxation is theft_
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