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[smcnair@willamette.edu: Re: liberals support civil liberties?]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (damartin@ampere.mit.edu)
Tue Sep 27 18:05:44 1994
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 18:03:43 -0400
From: damartin@ampere.mit.edu
To: libertarians@MIT.EDU
>liberals and conservatives have for the better. Some things about
>libertarianism suck...look at some of our colleagues. They often
>embarress us. Having been a full-on Reagan-conservative-Republican in
That is true. There is still a fairly high weirdo level in the
Libertarian Party compared to D&R.
>a liberal stripe. I think it is ludicrous for libertarians, an
>UNPOPULAR MINORITY, and so full of diversity, to paint with such broad
>brushstrokes what liberals are like. Demonstrate some
>understanding...you will win more people over this way.
Right. That is why we have been having a discussion about the
subject on the libertarians email list. It allows us to discuss our
positions, get rid of the stupid, ineffective arguements, and come up
with a sensible, effective way of presenting ourselves to the rest of
the world. Better to do the flaming in private than in public.
-David Martin
