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Humanist. Minarchist. Degenerate. Cohost @StateOfAtlanta. #GAPOL #StrikeTheRoot #LightItBlue
Atlanta, GA
Joined April 2017
I envision a Libertarian Party that doesn't treat it's own members with disdain and derision. I think we often did it prior to Reno and have hit overdrive as a response since. A true reset would have a party that is respectful and considerate of all of it's members.
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Capitalism is really like "ok hear me out. What if more people can feed themselves than ever before and the world is safer than ever before, but we still complain about it to a monetized audience on our phones which have access to unlimited information at the touch of a button.".
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If the 10 Commandments belong in public schools, then so does ol' Baphomet.
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The President has overreached his power. Non-compliance is the way forward. They want to remove bodily autonomy. They want to remove consent. Well, we crave liberty and we'll have it.
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I really hate how many Gadsden flags I see out there with those Trump protestors.
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Frankly, I find it even more worrisome that there is only 1 Senator who isn't voting party line on such a huge bill. It illustrates a much larger problem we have in our Representative Democracy which is blatant partisanship destroying incentives to represent your constituency.
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Libertarians advocate for liberty for every single individual on Earth. Don't tread on anyone.
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@POTUS We need a President who understands they don't create jobs. People do. The only thing government can do is limit people or get out of the way.
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A lot of people are misunderstanding this post and that was not the intention. I am no satanist. I'm merely using Baphomet as a prop to say, in a nation that values freedom, the state has no place in deciding what religions are right or good.
If the 10 Commandments belong in public schools, then so does ol' Baphomet.
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Today, people are logging on to Twitter and turning away from libertarians because of shit like this. Hell, it highlighted to me how bad of a comparison taxation is to slavery. LPNH has convinced me if the wrongness of that argument. Congratulations and. Thanks?
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@Iraqveteran8888 I absolutely believe there is a context where they would and that context wouldn't justify it.
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@POTUS Again?. The era of mass shootings began while your assault weapon ban was still in effect. Maybe let's not try something that strips rights and that we know won't work.
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@extradeadjcb I see this and I'm thankful that we've normalized it enough to where these people now feel safe self-reporting.
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I'm not saying we don't have anything in common. Of course we do. We have things in common with progressives too. I'm just saying libertarianism is distinct from conservatism.
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It's amazing how many people saying we have to "save democracy" this election are also saying the Libertarian candidate shouldn't have been allowed on the ballot. What is democracy to you?. #gapol.
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"Chase Oliver isn't libertarian enough for us so we're going to endorse RFK Jr." certainly is a take. It's confusing AF, but it's a take.
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@mliz77 Some stories only have villains and it's the regular folks being used as pawns in political games by the elite who pay the price.
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@AndrewYang You can (and should!) support the people of Ukraine without lionizing an authoritarian who outright banned all opposition parties(something the Forward Party should be critical of) and nationalized all news media.
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I'm hearing LPMC delegates say they'd rather vote Donald Trump than Chase Oliver. Makes me wonder if their hearts were ever really in it.
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Everyday Americans can see this for the blatant lie that it is. These people think we're stupid. They treat us like we're stupid. Republicans too. It's time to vote differently. #VoteLibertarian. #gapol #StrikeTheRoot.
Jean-Pierre: āWe are stronger economically than we have been in history.".
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"Woke" finally has a legal definition! . "The belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them.". Turns out I'm woke AF along with the rest of the Libertarian Party!.
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The LP Chair is actively campaigning for the opposition. There's no way for membership to recall a Chair. It would have to be LNC members who suspend her, but a majority of that body is captured as well. So what to do?
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All I want for Christmas is for libertarians to stop targeting other libertarians and to target the dismantling of the state.
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@RBReich And you still won't look at the regulatory capture that stops new competitors from entering the market.
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I didn't join the Libertarian Party to beat up and drag other libertarians. I joined to fight the state. A lot of folks can and should do better in that regard. Fix your priorities. Do better.
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In 2025, the Chair of the Libertarian Party is going to throw an inauguration party for an authoritarian. Fucking lovely.
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It should be crystal clear to everyone at this point that Angela McArdle, Chair of the Libertarian National Committee, is actively using her position and the party to campaign for the Republican candidate for President, Donald Trump. š§µ.
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The solution is to abolish public schooling. Allow individuals to send their children to schools that reflect their values(or keep them home). Have your Ten Commandments in a private setting. Don't let the state decide what religions are good or right.
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Forcefully removing people from the country over speech is objectively not a libertarian position.
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When a libertarian is talking about "capitalism" we are talking about the free flow of goods and services between consenting parties. We oppose corporations(government protection), subsidies, and corporate welfare/bailouts.
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I can understand why a libertarian might support RFK Jr. He's right on two very important issues, vaccine mandates and war. What I can't understand is those supporters getting mad at libertarians who point out the mountain of other non-libertarian positions he has.
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Be anti-war. Be anti-US Involvement in Ukraine. Be anti-US foreign policy that assists in creating these situations throughout the world. Be anti-US antagonizing nuclear powers. Be anti-Russian invasion of Ukraine. Be anti-war.
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The Libertarian Party is a political party with a goal of running and supporting Libertarian candidates. If you want a social club, found or join a social club. If you want to support Republicans, join the Republicans. If you want to support Democrats, join the Democrats.
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We shouldn't have elected a Chair who can't support a libertarian.
@Graham4GA The LP shouldnāt have nominated a flaming leftist that disenfranchised half of the long term base.
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Donald Trump does not align with you more than Chase Oliver. I assure you.
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I keep hearing about how #SchoolChoice is racist and meant to keep folks without the means out of better schools. I've got news for you, those with means already have school choice. The school choice movement is about spreading that opportunity to everyone. #gapol.
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Libertarian ā Conservative. We work together sometimes, but we are not the same. Same with Progressives. Single issue coalitions when we agree, but don't lump us in with them.
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Libertarians aren't conservatives, just as we're not progressives. However, we should work with either where we align and challenge them both where we don't.
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This #MemorialDay I want to remember service members by advocating to stop sending more of them to fight in pointless wars. As Lt Governor, I would fight to pass the #DefendTheGuard Act to stop sending GA National Guardsmen to fight in undeclared wars. #gapol #StrikeTheRoot.
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I've always said that if the party walked away from me, I'd walk away as well. Today, I stepped down as Political Director of LP Georgia as the party I have given so much to continues down a path that aligns less and less with my values.
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Libertarians who hold the same principles as you, but have different priorities, aren't your enemies. We'd do well to stop treating them as such.
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I'm a Libertarian and I believe in Medical Freedom. Medical freedom means the freedom to take alternate medicine and skip the vaccine and drink raw milk. It also means the freedom to have an abortion, take birth control, take puberty blockers, and transition surgically.
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I am incredibly proud of the job that my friend @ChaseForLiberty did representing libertarian values on the national stage. I've been lucky enough for most of my voting life to have someone I can vote FOR instead of just voting against the worst candidate. Thank you, Chase.
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Never again let the Republican Party tell you that they want to fight the establishment.
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I see a lot of people whining about @ChaseForLiberty earning too many votes today. I hope your preferred candidate is reaching out to Chase to learn how they might earn those crucial votes in the runoff. #gapol @ReverendWarnock @HerschelWalker.
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You don't have to have an opinion on race relations in this country to watch the Tyre Nichols videos and know that our system is broken. Bad cops need to be held accountable for their actions. End qualified immunity.
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"Vote for me and I'll free an innocent man," is honestly a fucked up offer.
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John McAfee was arrested and held in prison since last October over taxes. Taxes, y'all. Know that every law you create carries with it the risk that people will be killed over it. Is it worth it?. #McAfeeDidntKillHimself #McAfee.
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I don't care if you self-identify as a Lib Soc, AnCap, Classical Liberal, or Constitutionalist(or anything else). If you want to reduce the size and scope of government, we're on the same team. Let's join forces and advocate for greater individual liberty and smaller government.
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@yaronbrook I disagree with Dave Smith and the current LP plenty, but I don't understand this response. I don't think there is moral equivalency going on. Calls for peace are not disgusting.
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I'm hearing a lot of people criticizing Chase for shit that's just not true. No, he has never supported lockdowns, mask mandates, nor vaccine mandates. No, he's not pushed to change age of consent. Lies told by people who were campaigning for other candidates.
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I guess the LP National convention is going to feature a Trump rally now. I'm so incredibly embarrassed. My party invited an authoritarian in another party to give a campaign speech at our *presidential nominating convention*. They're even selling campaign shirts for him.
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I'm often asked why, as a libertarian, I feel it's important to run for office. This is why. #gapol #StrikeTheRoot
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As people are faced with the fact that Chase never, in fact, supported any kind of vaccine or mask mandates, people are now stretching the definition of "mandate" to include rules that a business sets for its employees and customers on its property.
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Is it controlled opposition if it's happening in plain sight? . Jeremy runs the LPNH Twitter account. "your own team", my ass. If you want to be on the Republican team go join the Republican Party.
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Liberalism(in a global context) is far superior to the authoritarian theocracies being described here. How any libertarian could hold this up as an acceptable position is beyond me.
People won't like this but it's the truth. Islamic countries in the Gulf feel more 'Christian' to me in terms of values than most Western nations do. Less Sodom & Gomorrah stuff going on. People are God fearing, conservative, and family oriented. No woke garbage.
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Chase literally opposes vaccine mandates in the quoted tweet.
The LP just nominated a pro vaccine mandate candidate.
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Leadership told me to "fuck off".
Are you currently a member of the Libertarian Party? . If not, why not? . What can we do to bring you on as a supporter?.
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If Republicans are struggling to find a member of Congress who can garner majority support, maybe it's time to start looking outside the chamber. I hear former Congressman @justinamash is available and has a plan to bring the body back to it's deliberative roots. #HouseSpeaker.
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I couldn't have said it better than @nickgillespie here so I won't try except to say Chase is one of the most principled libertarians I've ever met and I'm proud to have him represent me on the national stage.
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You can't have liberty without tolerance of peaceful lifestyles you disagree with.
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Chase was a great libertarian candidate every time he ran. The LP has been captured by MAGA and Chase is the brightest beacon fighting to take it back for all libertarians, whether they are MC or otherwise.
@angela4LNCChair @PowerHeels2006 @rich_purtell @Rheteriq @L_Dub78 @flailer7771 @FBI It's a fact that we had more donors, more members, and more candidates in 2020 than we did in 2024. In the 2020 cycle, we also had regional candidate and affiliate trainings with professionals that were well attended and helped prepare a lot of candidates in their run for office
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I'm asked about what the Libertarian solutions are to various problems all the time. My answer is pretty simple: . Stop looking to politicians for solutions to your problems.
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I cannot in good conscience continue to support an organization actively aiding the duopoly ā ever, but especially against our own candidate. I canāt support the organization, so I can no longer sit on its board.
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It's at least good that some of these people are just out and out saying liberty doesn't matter to them. They don't care about authoritarianism as a means so long as it brings their preferred ends. These are the people who are deeply unserious about liberty.
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I would like to address recent comments made by Angela McArdle, Chair of the LNC, regarding campaign support operations. /1.
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The Libertarian Party is the peaceful option to affect change politically. If you're not interested in doing it peacefully, the LP is not for you.
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It's not surprising to me that so many who said they were against *illegal* immigration now standing up against the only meritocratic, legal immigration system we have in place today. Free markets demand that government does not intervene in any market, including labor markets.
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The libertarian position on CRT is that a politician shouldn't get a say in a child's education unless it's their kid or they are a teacher making decisions for their own classroom.
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The Libertarian Party is a PEACEFUL attempt to make changes by using electoral politics as a tool to effect that change. Anyone seeking to have the LP commit or incite violence is in the wrong place.
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Perhaps it'd be good to take at reasons we have limits on the number of hospital beds in the state at all. Certificate of Need laws allow hospitals to decide they don't need competition and legally stop new medical providers from providing more beds. #gapol #StrikeTheRoot.
The coronavirus surge in Georgia is taking a lethal toll on the unvaccinated, straining hospitals across the state to their breaking points. #gapol.
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It turns out she agrees with Nick Sarwark about Bill Weld. If you're LPMC, is this what you signed up for?
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Either he's lying when he says he's going to release Ross Ulbricht or he's releasing someone he thinks is so terrible they deserve the death penalty. Which do y'all think it is?.
BREAKING: Former President Trump says the death penalty for drug dealers is the only solution to the drug problem. "You'll never really solve the drug problem unless you do what other countries do ā and that's the death penalty for drug dealers. A drug dealer on average will
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Stop looking to politicians for solutions to all of life's problems. They don't want to fix them. They want to use them to consolidate power.
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Chase is also saying Free Ross. The difference is Chase Oliver was saying Free Ross back when Donald Trump was President and could've actually done it, but didn't.
Checking in on the current state of the presidential campaigns:. Chase - "Stop being mean to illegal immigrants". Trump - "Free Ross".
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When I was Chair of LP Georgia, I didn't care what caucus you were in. I didn't care if you prioritized economics or human rights or any other libertarian topic. If you wanted to put in the work, the LP was a platform for you and your message. Let's not get away from that.
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The team that runs @LPGeorgia has decided antagonizing its own members by doubling down and posting clearly antisemitic imagery takes priority over libertarian messaging. Do you want to educate or do you want to alienate would-be allies with nonsense like this? This isn't us.
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Prohibition props up black markets, increasing crime. Legalizing cannabis(and other drugs) is a sound strategy for decreasing violent crime in our cities. #gapol #StrikeTheRoot #LegalizeIt #AnythingPeaceful.
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This is exactly what cults do to members who stray.
Does anyone else think this is weird?
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I think I've been convinced to ditch the word "capitalist" to describe free markets. Tell me why I'm right or wrong.
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There are libertarians who say they can't vote for Chase Oliver because he believes that property owners have a right to decide how their property is used - Always. They're instead voting someone who socialized the COVID vaccine and gave a Presidential Commendation to Fauci. š¤·āāļø
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If you call yourself a libertarian and are calling for a "purge" of non-libertarians, you have a lot more in common in Stalin than you do Mises.
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Please, sir, could the Libertarian candidate be invited to this debate between non-libertarians at the Libertarian National Convention?.
Dear President Trump,. Iām grateful to you for calling attention to the rigged polling methodologies that biased DNC-influenced media have used against you. We have this concern too, and Iām happy to show you the deceptive methodologies used by DNC-allied pollsters who pretend.
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When they want to take over the party, it's because we treat it like a club and it should be a political party. When they want you to support the latest authoritarian tyrant the Republicans put up, they want to treat it like a club.
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Some libertarians hold some positions that aren't libertarian. That doesn't make them not a libertarian. There's a line somewhere, but it's not any single issue. My personal exception is I think there ought to be a law against pineapple on pizza. What's your exception?.
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