Trump Addresses Libertarian Convention

Why threaten me with the mods whom I have zero trouble with. I've had friendly discussions with a poster who is a moderator in this thread.

I know this comes as a surprise to you, but diverse opinions are welcome here on Too Hot and on Gator Country in general. To describe anything except negative Trump views as unacceptable content here is wrong and is your problem to deal with.

 

Really, the video and information are in the public domain. You can get that video on YouTube with no alterations.

You should be concerned more with what you post than what I post.

 

So that is how the White House is getting so many falsehoods by Joe Biden fixed every day. Nice to know.

 

Libertarian Chair Just Levels Biden Team After Their Hot Take About Rowdy Reaction to Trump Speech

The Libertarian National Committe Chairman speaks out on Trump's address:

“For the first time ever, a former president addressed the Libertarian Party. It was a rowdy crowd but we’re grateful for Pres. Trump’s time, and excited to make history,” said Libertarian national committee chair Angela McArdle after the speech in a statement.

 

Since folks here think Libertarians are bat shit crazy, let's at least see the Libertarian Platform:

Platform | Libertarian Party (lp.org)

PREAMBLE
As Libertarians, we seek a world of liberty: a world in which all individuals are sovereign over their own lives and are not forced to sacrifice their values for the benefit of others.

We believe that respect for individual rights is the essential precondition for a free and prosperous world, that force and fraud must be banished from human relationships, and that only through freedom can peace and prosperity be realized.

Consequently, we defend each person’s right to engage in any activity that is peaceful and honest, and welcome the diversity that freedom brings. The world we seek to build is one where individuals are free to follow their own dreams in their own ways, without interference from government or any authoritarian power.

In the following pages we set forth our basic principles and enumerate various policy stands derived from those principles.

These specific policies are not our goal, however. Our goal is nothing more nor less than a world set free in our lifetime, and it is to this end that we take these stands.

STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES
We, the members of the Libertarian Party, challenge the cult of the omnipotent state and defend the rights of the individual.

We hold that all individuals have the right to exercise sole dominion over their own lives, and have the right to live in whatever manner they choose, so long as they do not forcibly interfere with the equal right of others to live in whatever manner they choose.

Governments throughout history have regularly operated on the opposite principle, that the State has the right to dispose of the lives of individuals and the fruits of their labor. Even within the United States, all political parties other than our own grant to government the right to regulate the lives of individuals and seize the fruits of their labor without their consent.

We, on the contrary, deny the right of any government to do these things, and hold that where governments exist, they must not violate the rights of any individual: namely, (1) the right to life — accordingly we support the prohibition of the initiation of physical force against others; (2) the right to liberty of speech and action — accordingly we oppose all attempts by government to abridge the freedom of speech and press, as well as government censorship in any form; and (3) the right to property — accordingly we oppose all government interference with private property, such as confiscation, nationalization, and eminent domain, and support the prohibition of robbery, trespass, fraud, and misrepresentation.

Since governments, when instituted, must not violate individual rights, we oppose all interference by government in the areas of voluntary and contractual relations among individuals. People should not be forced to sacrifice their lives and property for the benefit of others. They should be left free by government to deal with one another as free traders; and the resultant economic system, the only one compatible with the protection of individual rights, is the free market.



Note: The Statement of Principles was approved at the Convention in Dallas in 1974.

There is some squirrely stuff in there, but not too far out of the conservative mainstream. Libertarians are not close to progressives.

I can see why many of these folks will decide to vote Trump in November. It'll be interesting see speeches coming out of the convention about Joe Biden.

 

It doesn't. I had to bring the link that has the chairman's quote. Please delete the link if you'd like to. Thanks.