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Subject: 
Re: Fatwah
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Tue, 9 Oct 2001 16:30:53 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> > 
> > > I need to qualify this a little. The "white man's club" refers to the LP.
> > > This issue was covered well in a post made by Dave Schuler some time ago:
> > > http://news.lugnet.com/off-topic/debate/?n=10873
> > 
> > Yes, readers not familiar with your sorry "smear by question" tactics ought
> > to go read the whole thread, in fact.
> > 
> > Calling the LP a "white man's club", with the baggage and implications and
> > all, is one of your worst smears ever. Shame shame for bringing it up again
> > but you must be running out of other filth to fling.
> 
> I'm only responding because this refers back to a post that I was at least
> in part quoted on.  Saying the Libertarian party primarily appeals to
> middle/upper-middle class white males and calling it a "white man's club"
> are two different things.  As Larry notes, there's a whole lot of baggage
> attached to that.  The LP is not the Everyman's solution that it likes to
> think of itself as, which was what my point was, and Dave! expanded on so
> elequently, but I would hardly typify it as racist.  I play lots of
> boardgames, a white middle/upper-middle class thing to do, but I wouldn't
> typify it as a "white man's club" either.

I'm not saying it is racist. If I thought that, I would say that. It is a
bunch of white guys sitting playing with an agenda which will benifit them.
This was covered in the thread a while back.

I remembered that.
I looked at Larry's views on Islam.
I looked at his views on western civilisation.
I said I was concerned for him.

Scott A

> 
> 
> Bruce



Message has 1 Reply:
  Slur used in Libertarian fliers (was Re: Fatwah)
 
(...) And this guy agrees: Libertarian party candidate drops from race (URL) the LP disagrees with him: (URL) A (25 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Fatwah
 
(...) I'm only responding because this refers back to a post that I was at least in part quoted on. Saying the Libertarian party primarily appeals to middle/upper-middle class white males and calling it a "white man's club" are two different things. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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