Re: Libertarianism Q&A
Daniel C. Burton (dan@antispam.autobahn.org)
8 Feb 1998 01:58:42 GMT
George Lee <gjlee@uclink4.berkeley.edu> wrote in article
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> I remember that when we were out on the tables answering people's
> questions, we would often argue amongst ourselves trying to decide on an
> answer. I think it's important to show to others that we understand our
own
> positions; bickering over details of libertarianism tends to weaken our
> stance. People get turned off when we can't even agree with each other.
My
> suggestion is that we shouldn't dispute relatively minor differences in
> opinion and instead focus on getting across the basic ideas of
> libertarianism. It's okay to show different viewpoints, but often we lose
> sight of the fact that we all agree on less government and more freedom.
The best way to avoid this is to read the Libertarian Party Platform and
let the people who agree with its points present their case first. Then
it's good for people who are knowledgeable about the movement as a whole to
say, "There are also libertarians who disagree on this issue because they
think such-and-such, but the party platform says this...."
You as President will be moderator and will be responsible for keeping
things in line, unless you want to appoint someone else. I suggest a
degree of structure to the event: always defering to the moderator and
waiting for him to say, "Who would like to respond to this one?" or
"So-and-so, do you want to answer this?" before anyone else jumps in.
By the way, how are the flyers coming for this? Without them there won't
be any questions to answer....