This is Not a “Pro Choice on Everything” Movement
This past week the Libertarian Party announced that the theme for the next national party convention, in 2018 was up for bid, while limited to ten different choices. The party put up these ten different choices up for donations the themes with the most donations move on to the next round of bidding as it were. The website to see the themes and make donations is here. The few themes that have moved onto the next round of bidding are, “Building Bridges, not Walls”, “Empowering the Individual”, “I’m That Libertarian!”, “Pro Choice on Everything” and finally, “The Power of Principle”. Two of these themes that have moved onto the next round are slights at certain groups and not at all a great way to increase the size of the party. The “Building Bridges, not Walls” is clearly a swing at the President Trump hype while “Pro Choice on Everything” is an alienation of those in and outside the party that are pro-life.
The Libertarian Party, when last polled, has over 25% of it’s members in the pro-life camp. This message of “Pro Choice…” is a clear stance on the issue that, when before could be talked around, seems to set in stone the position of the party and how they value those in their party on the sensitivity of this issue. The platform before, though it has been a pro-choice one for some time, was not thrown in the face of those that were in the party but disagreed on this point. Now with these banner that the party might promote they have found themselves, once again, fighting members of their own party.
This movement is not a “Pro Choice on Everything” one. It is one that champions property rights and the rights and principles that stem from that core belief. One of the principles that stems from property rights is the NAP, the non aggression principle. Simply the belief that one will not initiate aggression towards another. Back to property rights, where it all stems from, is that you have the right to self ownership. Does an unborn child still have these rights and principles afforded to it? Yes, those rights and principles do extend to a life even if that life hasn’t taken it’s first breath of fresh air. It often boggles the mind when someone can say, as many libertarians do, that they are against the death penalty but in favor of abortion. I do understand how one can get to one stance or the other but not both at the same time.
If the party wants to know why it is having a hard time relating to people and gaining knew members they might wanna first check how they treat their current ones.
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LWS
