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Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 15 Jun 2001 19:28:47 GMT
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Dave Schuler wrote:
> > Just because I participate in a community where people who look, act and
> > think like me reside, doesn't mean that it's a racist community. It just
> > means that we tend to attract people who look, act and think like us.
> > Sometimes the simple answer is the right one....
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> As they say, every complicated problem has a simple solution, and it's
> wrong. Don't be too hasty to insist that a problem isn't a problem simply
> because the rhetoric can be spun. And it *is* a problem, since the LP,
> presumably, hopes to achieve national significance in a nation made up of
> more than "the higher educated white male."
One thing that I saw as interesting, though I haven't explored the
meaning completely, but the chair of the North Carolina Libertarian
Party is a woman. She was also their candidate for governor. Of course
in the picture on this page:
http://www.lpnc.org/people/execcom.html
The white male majority does sort of stand out.
Bruce had a good analysis though of some of the reasons which might be
behing the LP's demographics though.
--
Frank Filz
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| (...) Are you implying a causative relation between higher education and some realization that the Libertarian Party is the "correct" path? I'm not trying to misread you, but I want to understand if this is what you're asserting. Regardless (and (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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