Xenophage
10-10-2008, 01:35 PM
An interesting thing has happened in the last year... the liberty movement seems to be more united than ever, yet increasingly segregated between various party affiliations and activities.
For years I was a proud card carrying Libertarian, but recently I find myself disenfranchised by a despicable presidential candidate and some very bizarrely non-libertarian newcomers to the party that I think is a direct result of the removal of the non-aggression pledge. I registered Republican to promote Ron Paul and attend my local and state conventions as a delegate, but I harbor no love for Republicans and I'm embarrassed to mention I am one. The Constitution Party certainly seemed appealing at first, but I find their ideological defense of liberty to be so weak and mystical as to possibly undermine liberty itself. I'm not a Christian and I don't believe that the Constitution is a perfect document or that it is even a good reason to pursue a political policy of personal freedom (not to mention I outright disagree with the Constitution Party on many of their planks).
So I'm party-less nowadays, but guess what? I feel more camaraderie, more of a sense of progress, and more optimism regarding my beliefs. Ron Paul really united us in a way that needed to be done for the past thirty years. Some of us may be involved with the LP, some with the CP, and some within the GOP, but we all communicate and support one another in our mutual quest for liberty. It doesn't matter what party you belong to or what liberty-related activity you're involved in: if you need help, ideas, money, or just a bit of encouragement you'll find it in the Ron Paul community on websites like this.
What's more "transpartisan" than that?
For years I was a proud card carrying Libertarian, but recently I find myself disenfranchised by a despicable presidential candidate and some very bizarrely non-libertarian newcomers to the party that I think is a direct result of the removal of the non-aggression pledge. I registered Republican to promote Ron Paul and attend my local and state conventions as a delegate, but I harbor no love for Republicans and I'm embarrassed to mention I am one. The Constitution Party certainly seemed appealing at first, but I find their ideological defense of liberty to be so weak and mystical as to possibly undermine liberty itself. I'm not a Christian and I don't believe that the Constitution is a perfect document or that it is even a good reason to pursue a political policy of personal freedom (not to mention I outright disagree with the Constitution Party on many of their planks).
So I'm party-less nowadays, but guess what? I feel more camaraderie, more of a sense of progress, and more optimism regarding my beliefs. Ron Paul really united us in a way that needed to be done for the past thirty years. Some of us may be involved with the LP, some with the CP, and some within the GOP, but we all communicate and support one another in our mutual quest for liberty. It doesn't matter what party you belong to or what liberty-related activity you're involved in: if you need help, ideas, money, or just a bit of encouragement you'll find it in the Ron Paul community on websites like this.
What's more "transpartisan" than that?