Has touting homophobic, white nationalist, authoritarian policies helped the FSP recruit libertarians to New Hampshire?
Dennis Pratt appears to think it has.
> I disagree with your characterization of Jeremy
On what grounds? Everything I've said I can back up with links to his tweets, which you've surely seen as well. (See sample attached below.)
> I'm a bit more mathematical and results-based,
Okay, show me the math. What's the evidence that spewing homophobic slurs, white nationalist rants, and violent threats against politicians and others has attracted _libertarians_?
The Mises Caucus took over the LP nationally at the same time that they took over the LPNH. Since then, the national LP's numbers (donations, memberships) have plummeted. (See attached graph.)
The Mises Caucus behavior nationally has repulsed libertarians. So why would we believe that the even worse behavior by NH Mises Caucus is _attracting_ libertarians?
The LPNH stopped publishing donation / membership stats when Kauffman took over. If the numbers were good, wouldn't they be crowing about them?
And yes, I know that so-called Liberty Republicans have grown in number and power.
That's because the Republicans were in power during the last redistricting, so they gerrymandered the districts to be in the Republican's favor.
The NH population leans slightly blue overall, which is why our Congressional delegation is so often Democratic. Kauffman's behavior is doing us no favors when trying to win the vote of the fencesitters.
And almost all of the wins have been in areas where libertarians and conservatives overlap. Where they don't--such as bail reform, immigration, and bodily autonomy--they've been blocked or reversed.
I joined the FSP because I want a libertarian homeland, not Alabama North.
If all you want is what social conservatives want (guns and economic liberty, but authoritarian conservative policies otherwise) why not move to Wyoming? They already have the authoritarian laws you want, plus cheaper housing, and lower taxes.
I want a fully libertarian society, including all of the liberties that conservatives don't like:
* The right to hire the best in the world (regardless of where they were born).
* The right to take drugs, including those that might kill me.
* The right to teach my children _my_ values, not those of a Christian politician.
* The right to build a house on my own land.
Moreover, I want NH to disassociate from the Feds, not lay out the welcome mat for their prison guards or ICE kidnappers.
Kauffman, Corcoran, and Osborne are attracting people who are typically opposed to all of those things, and are willing to use government force to impose their will on everyone else.
> fear of possible future backlash from certain segments.
It wasn't fear of _possible_ blacklash. A major FSP donor was refusing to give a $250 K donation until Kauffman was fired.
More importantly, Kauffman's behavior drives kind, goodhearted, pro-liberty people away.
You think this makes for a good pitch?
"Yeah, the FSP has attracted a bunch of homophobic white nationalist authoritarians, but they probably won't censor / deport / murder you if they ever win power, despite what they say."
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And, this debate is pretty much useless on X.
Whose post started this thread? If you don't like people complaining about your behavior on X, don't complain about their behavior on X.
> those facts accurately reflect what is going on here in the Free State.
And you don't seem to understand how your behavior is perceived by potential _libertarian_ movers.
To fully weather the backlash that is coming as NH's policies increasingly diverge from the USG, we need far more libertarians in state than we have now. And your behavior is turning most of them off.
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