Libertarians, Old Guard Vs. New Blood, Fight at Eleven

[Warning: Adult language]

Many of the old guard libertarians just don't get it. Ron Paul isn't an “Us vs. Them” internal libertarian / conservative republican fight, it's a:

Holy Crap! We're damn near Toast!

Is there ANY one we can support or even marginally get behind that will at least slow the United States slide into a drooling Hitler dreamscape of Big Brotherism?

Because I don't know about you, but I only see two options on the table. 1) Fight like hell, and 2) Get the fuck out. And, I'm not yet ready to throw in the towel, load up the truck and move to Beverly. Which is a pickle in and of itself, because where would you move to? Canada? They're just short of a US protectorate, and the way the North American Union nonsense is going Canada and Mexico will be become basically the 51st and 52nd states soon. Great Britain? They're worse than we are. And while I don't mind learning another language, which Micronesia country do you want to throw a dart at and hope like hell it gets bypassed in the coming storm? So fighting is pretty much it.

Which brings me back to Tom, Wendy, and the rest of the Libertarian Party Old Guard. But let me segue for a second for those who don't realize what libertarians are, or why you should care:

Libertarianism: Maintaining the doctrine of free will.

Which really doesn't say much, so being a publisher of a libertarian site, I'll take liberties and expand that:

Libertarianism 101
A) If my actions harm no one other than myself, then it is not wrong (or illegal).
B) If you attempt to harm anyone else, you may be harmed to the extent that it will eliminate you as a threat.

Why the segue? Because, if you the reader, don't realize you're, at heart, a libertarian, then you're not going to understand why Ron Paul (or anyone like him) is so important at this juncture in US political history. And before you get all, “I'm NOT a libertarian!” I'm a ________, yes you are, unless you think theft is okay. And if you think theft is okay, get the fuck out of my country.

Now, that we're square with everyone still reading this has at least the notion that theft is wrong, I'll dig into why anyone who thinks theft is wrong should get off their butts and find ways to help Ron Paul become the next US president.

Fascism, Socialism, Communism, and just the whole concept of any government becoming Big Brother is theft. It's theft of your time, your money, and most importantly, your free will. Which is the point. The only candidate who has a ghost of a chance that is even remotely concerned with trying to stop the theft of your free will is Dr. Ron Paul. So you choose, continue the US slide into Fascism or support Ron Paul? (Uhm, that's a rhetorical question people, go support Ron Paul. Seriously, do you want to blow your car just to get it to start?)

Now, finally, since Tom started this whole article with his request that I, “please get substantive,” on to the Old Guard Libertarians.

What the fuck? Are you guys goddamn loony? Are you being covertly paid off by Haliburton or something? I respect you all (okay, maybe not so much those at the LP, but that's another matter [1]), but get over the nitpicking.

So what if Ron Paul personally believes that abortions shouldn't happen. That's his personal choice, and dammit, as libertarians we're suppose to respect people's personal beliefs. Also, I've yet to read ANYTHING that states he's willing to write law making abortions illegal. (This is directed at Wendy over at ifeminists.net who has an ad-hominum post that I can't currently find about Ron's “slimy position on abortion.”) If some state makes abortions illegal, then a) take it to the Supreme Court, or b) do like the Free State Projecters and move to another State. It's your body, take control of it yourself, and please stop whining that other women haven't the ability to take responsibility for themselves.

And Tom, stop with the ad hominem attacks already. You've called Ron Paul a racist[2], and quite frankly, at this point in the US political crossroads, I'd just about vote for the man if he came out on national TV. (Okay, that might be a bit much, I'm not supporting the Ku Klux Klan) But that's the point, L. Neil Smith called you out on your seemingly vindictive attacks on Ron, so in my much less eloquent way, I'm doing the same. If you can PROVE something, then by all means write to your hearts content, I'll read every word. BUT, continuing your damn near knee jerk responses because Paul isn't “libertarian” enough is explicitly what is causing the feud and division starting to happen among the old guard libertarians and what should be a huge new infusion of people into the libertarian sphere.

Using very fuzzy math, there are going to be in the neighborhood of 200,000 [3] people willing to donate money to a libertarian-type candidate. Using fuzzier math, there's probably another two million active supporters (~10 supporters per donor) that will be looking for a home after Ron's all said and done. So, Wendy, Tom, et. all, could you stop pissing these people off? They are the proud, the few, and damn near the only ones outside of our tiny little spheres who do support concepts of equality (cough! Feminism) and individual rights (cough! Libertarianism). It's not limited to just you two, so sorry for singling you out, I just happen to respect both of you enough to care to show you that the methods you are using to state your objections about Ron Paul are doing more harm than good for the causes you believe in.

So, for the readers who've persevered through all this internal mud slinging, at the end of the day, if you believe theft in any form is wrong, please, right "NOW NOW NOW" go do something positive for Ron Paul. Because as I said before, “Doing Nothing is Suicide .”

M.J. Taylor
Publisher
from Reason to Freedom

[1] Barr, 2004 LP Convention, Browne, etc., etc., etc.
[2] And "the Houston area's most assiduous pork-barreler?" You're kidding right? If not, can you share some of that with me?
[3] 200,000 = $20 Mil. / avg. $100 per donor.