Thank you Greg….agreed.
And for you Chris.
The Libertarian party was dead after many of our former leaders moved en-mass to Georgia in an early version of the “free-state movement” early 1990’s. Starchild single-handedly revived the party after years of dormancy. He is a tireless campaigner and advocate for Liberty. As a traditional Catholic I’m sympathetic to your feeling self-conscious around Starchild’s unconventional personal behavior and concerned about how it might reflect on us as a party with a certain demographic. But when it comes to reflecting and advocating for Liberty, he is right more often than not in my view. And he has probably gotten more votes and more name recognition than any other Libertarian in San Francisco. You might not like it, but P.T. Barnum said, “There’s no such thing as bad publicity,” which is almost as good as Oscar Wilde’s version, who put it like this: “There’s only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”
Every person and organization comes with a past. Anyone who wants to lead the LPSF must understand and accept who we are. And be willing to work with what it is in its current form to move it forward. We are a small organization working with volunteers. While we welcome new people interested in us, a leader will have to accept who we are and work with it.
I’m not able to be more than an advisor now after being an LP activist since 1980. This is the best advice I can offer. Take it or leave it.
Michael Denny
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greghttps://forum.lpsf.org/u/greg
December 9
Chris,
I’ve known Starchild for a few years now and I can say without hesitation that he is one of the most devoted, thoughtful, and effective freedom advocates I’ve ever had the pleasure of getting to know. If you think he is not “libertarian” in every rationally conceivable sense of the word, then I recommend you search for a deeper understanding of libertarianism yourself. From there, you can evaluate whether you are truly as uncomfortable being associated with libertarians as your recent messages seem to suggest.
My two cents.
Greg
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