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Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:05:48 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
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> > But in the sense that you meant it, precious few. I have noted several
> > times (and specifically within this string) that the overwhelming majority
> > of Libertarians are white males - I have met several hundred people who have
> > identified themselves as Libertarians and they have been 100% white males,
> > though there are undoubtedly some that are not. When you consider the vast
> > diversity of ethnicity in SoCal, that's a telling statement.
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> Why?
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> Was the message of the SCLC less valid because SCLC members were mostly black?
> Was the message of AIM less valid because AIM was mostly native american?
Ok, what is SCLC or AIM?
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> I resent the implication that groups need to be "ethnically balanced" to
> have valid messages.
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> The participants in this newsgroup are more "white" and more male than the
> norm too. So what?
How do you know that we are more white - you only assume (as I do).
That is not really the question (LUGNET does not attempt to represent the
views of society). The question is : Why is the LP so "white"?
Scott A
> THAT is why I answered Scott the way I did, to highlight
> the inherent meaninglessness of the question.
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> ++Lar
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| (...) American groups working for political or social change. What exactly they were advocating isn't important to my point. (...) No, I count noses in fest pictures. It may be an invalid inference from that to the makeup of lugnet as a whole but (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Why? Was the message of the SCLC less valid because SCLC members were mostly black? Was the message of AIM less valid because AIM was mostly native american? I resent the implication that groups need to be "ethnically balanced" to have valid (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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