[LPL Board of Directors] This is only indirectly related to the "Motion from the Chair"
Adrien Monteleone
chairman at lplouisiana.org
Wed Apr 10 12:21:06 CDT 2013
Thank you Mr. Horne for that well reasoned and sage advice.
-- In Liberty,
Adrien Monteleone - Chairman
Libertarian Party of Louisiana
On 04/10/2013 12:13 PM, T Lee Horne III wrote:
> The words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are as poignant today as they were
> in the 1960's: "We must learn to live together as brothers [and sisters] or
> perish together as fools."
>
> I quote the following three paragraphs from a previous email.
> "Today, those that wish to establish global control use religion,
> ethnicity, sexuality, politics, income gaps and more to keep people seeing
> each other as the enemy when the real enemy is Big Government.
> If you truly wish to combat the ones trying to establish and entrench
> themselves as the ruling elite of the globe, all it takes is loving kindness
> towards your fellow human beings. Even if you do not agree with all of their
> opinions. Support their earthly right to have it and turn your aim towards
> the true enemy of the people, Big Government in all its forms.
> Only together can we defeat the true enemy of individual liberty,
> freedom and civil rights."
>
> In an earlier much longer communication I attempted to bring this point
> across. As near as I can tell many did not read it, as only 3 of my requests
> for voluntary receipt and read confirmation were returned.
>
> I believe we have good officers. I believe in diplomacy. I believe in quiet
> communications to resolve internal issues. I believe fights and bluster and
> attacks, if done are to be external to the party.
>
> The board has predominately done very well in this respect. Some are young
> and impatient, I encourage your idealism and urge you to present solutions
> and facts rather than just pointing out a problem, and attacking the person
> who presented a fact which may be in question. Good people make mistakes.
> None of us is immune from error.
>
> As has been pointed out in more than one occasion, the last convention was
> not well attended. The officers have do all they could to remedy that. The
> party has grown dramatically.
>
> Internal bickering, personal attacks, all are detrimental. Please, I implore
> all of you, save the vitriol for our political opponents. Accept that there
> is no perfect Libertarian. Personally, if a person can agree with me on some
> points and work with me on those, I am glad for the help. I believe the
> party would be well advised to adopt the same pattern.
>
>
> T Lee Horne, III
> Organizer of NAACP Unit 6080, Saint Joseph, LA
> President of Brumby Enterprises, Inc. 800-746-1705
> Former Chairman of Libertarian Party of Louisiana 2009-2012
> Former Candidate for Governor of Louisiana ran a 4 year campaign 2003-2007
>
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