<div dir="ltr">Joe your email showed up garbled on the piper mail list.<div><br></div><div>-Caryn Ann</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Craig Bowden <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:craig.bowden@lp.org" target="_blank">craig.bowden@lp.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I'm not saying you did. I am saying we have to be careful about that perception coming across.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Craig Bowden<br>
Region 1 Alterate</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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On 2018-08-10 00:51, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:<br>
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Nothing I said implied force.<br>
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On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 12:33 AM Craig Bowden <<a href="mailto:craig.bowden@lp.org" target="_blank">craig.bowden@lp.org</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
My opinion doesn't change, regardless of what is being censored<br>
based on<br>
terms agreed to. And as I said, we can certainly state that we<br>
disagree<br>
with actions a company takes. That is the purview of our own speech<br>
that<br>
can be used. Just as I didn't like that the cake baker refused<br>
service,<br>
I do not want government to do anything about it. The answer is that<br>
we<br>
can voice displeasure. We can boycott. We can create alternatives in<br>
the<br>
market. We can encourage others to take money elsewhere. We can<br>
encourage selling off the stocks of a company.<br>
<br>
That is how you handle a situation like this. As a political party,<br>
however, when we speak, we must be careful. The reason we must be<br>
careful, is that when we take a position, it can be seen as this is<br>
how<br>
we would govern, or how we would make laws. So any statement must be<br>
<br>
carefully made, if at all, on this sort of issue.<br>
<br>
You do not want the appearance that we are advocating for government<br>
to<br>
force or regulate this sort of thing.<br>
<br>
So if the party is going to take a stance on this, I personally<br>
would<br>
have to see language on it before I could get behind it. The last<br>
thing<br>
I want is more perception that we would like to force the baking of<br>
a<br>
cake.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Craig Bowden<br>
Region 1 Alternate<br>
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On 2018-08-09 22:58, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:<br>
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====We can certainly dislike private censorship, but at the end of<br>
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the<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
day,<br>
since it was not government, the best we can do is say that we<br>
disagree<br>
<br>
with what those social media platforms did.===<br>
<br>
Make the issue about race, gender, or war and insert that<br>
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conclusion<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
above and ask if we would have the same opinion.<br>
<br>
We wouldn’t.<br>
<br>
The issue isn’t if private organizations have the right to do<br>
something - of course they do. The issue is whether it is right<br>
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to do<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
so. We have never only stood on the side of rights we have also<br>
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stood<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
on the side of right - and the instrinsic value of open speech in<br>
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an<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
arena where it should be expected (unlike church and more like a<br>
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stage<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
for rent) is one of those things that are necessarily to prevent a<br>
corporate dystopia which is just as destructive to human freedom<br>
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as a<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
state one.<br>
<br>
We can’t pretend as if we only take absolutely thin libertarian<br>
stances because we don’t.<br>
<br>
A huge criticism of libertarianism is that we seem to act like<br>
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only<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
government can be bad actors and that private action is at worst<br>
neutral. And that is rightly rejected as being very naive.<br>
<br>
-Caryn Ann<br>
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On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 9:12 PM Craig Bowden <<a href="mailto:craig.bowden@lp.org" target="_blank">craig.bowden@lp.org</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
My statement on the issue was already done during a radio<br>
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interview<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
the<br>
other day. While I certainly don't appreciate people using<br>
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certain<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
type<br>
of language or twisting the truth, etc. they should be able to do<br>
so.<br>
However, if a platform decides that a person is violating their<br>
terms of<br>
service, which the user agreed to, it becomes a matter of<br>
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contract.<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
We<br>
can certainly dislike private censorship, but at the end of the<br>
</blockquote></blockquote>
day,<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br>
since it was not government, the best we can do is say that we<br>
disagree<br>
with what those social media platforms did.<br>
<br>
I personally have zero support for Mr. Jones, but also don't mind<br>
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if<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
he<br>
does what he does. It doesn't affect me one way or the other. On<br>
</blockquote></blockquote>
the<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br>
side of caution, I would say that we would need to know actual<br>
</blockquote></blockquote>
facts<br>
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on<br>
why he was taken down. Was it due to repeated violations of terms<br>
</blockquote></blockquote>
of<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br>
use? If so, I wouldn't say a dang word, because he clicked<br>
</blockquote></blockquote>
accept.<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br>
If I were to go in front of my church and start talking about the<br>
glory<br>
of Satan, I would get shut down immediately. Why? Because I don't<br>
have<br>
freedom of speech at that pulpit. By entering the building, I<br>
</blockquote></blockquote>
agree<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
that<br>
I will abide by the rules of the church. It is the same with<br>
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social<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
media platforms. That is the building, if the terms are violated,<br>
after<br>
being agreed to, that is on the person going against those terms.<br>
<br>
Craig Bowden<br>
Region 1 Representative<br>
<br>
On 2018-08-09 12:21, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Is the LP going to issue an opinion on this? It is the perfect<br>
opportunity to affirm rights while showing that rights are not<br>
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the<br>
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end<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
all and be all to a healthy society. A society of peaceful<br>
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bigots<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
-<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
for instance - is a sick society. So is a society that<br>
paternalistically protects us all from "those unfit to speak".<br>
<br>
Whether or not they are *allowed* to do it misses the point.<br>
<br>
--<br>
<br>
IN LIBERTY,<br>
CARYN ANN HARLOS<br>
Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary -<br>
Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org or Secretary@LP.org.<br>
Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia@LP.org<br>
<br>
A haiku to the Statement of Principles:<br>
_We defend your rights_<br>
_And oppose the use of force_<br>
_Taxation is theft_<br>
</blockquote></blockquote>
--<br>
<br>
IN LIBERTY,<br>
CARYN ANN HARLOS<br>
Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary -<br>
Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org or Secretary@LP.org.<br>
Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia@LP.org<br>
<br>
A haiku to the Statement of Principles:<br>
_We defend your rights_<br>
_And oppose the use of force_<br>
_Taxation is theft_<br>
</blockquote></blockquote>
--<br>
<br>
IN LIBERTY,<br>
CARYN ANN HARLOS<br>
Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary -<br>
Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org or Secretary@LP.org.<br>
Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia@LP.org<br>
<br>
A haiku to the Statement of Principles:<br>
_We defend your rights_<br>
_And oppose the use of force_<br>
_Taxation is theft_<br>
</blockquote>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><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><span style="font-size:x-small">Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary - <a href="mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org" target="_blank">Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org</a> or Secretary@LP.org.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia@LP.org</span><br></div><div><br></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></div></div></div>
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