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Note to self about LP members…

Posted on July 19th, 2008 by Brad Spangler

Libertarian Party members, in aggregate, may actually be the worst possible prospects for libertarian outreach, on average. What they have right is often outweighed by a firm commitment to what they have wrong. To paraphrase Reagan(?), I believe — it’s not what they don’t know, but what they do know (100%) that just isn’t so.

6 Responses to “Note to self about LP members…”

Black Bloke // Jul 19, 2008 at 4:09 pm

So in your experiences, who are the best possible prospects?
Brad Spangler // Jul 19, 2008 at 8:58 pm

That’s the Sixty-Four Trillion Dollar Question…
ScottBieser // Jul 19, 2008 at 11:18 pm

How about _former_ LP members?
belinsky // Jul 20, 2008 at 10:48 am

I think Greens, libertarian-leaning socialists, and left-libertarian-leaning Democrats may be the best prospects in the U.S. They often correctly identify injustice—their hearts are in the right place—but they usually incorrectly identify the cause of this injustice.
Soviet Onion // Jul 20, 2008 at 2:17 pm

Beg pardon, but this ignores the obvious fact that many market anarchists started out as minarchists and LP members, including yourself.
berserkrl // Jul 20, 2008 at 6:03 pm

The quote was actually Will Rogers, not Reagan.

– Roderick Long, occasional LP member