[Radar]

Actually what UT is saying is that the LP should sacrifice our principles for the sake of growth. This would make us no better than the major parties. Our uncompromising principles are what make us infinitely better than they are. I also believe the party would grow faster if we had a unified, consistent, and clear message without factions within the party arguing over them. In other words, I'd like everyone in the LP to actually be a libertarian. Not what I personally consider to be a libertarian, but what the Non-Aggression Principle (the defining characteristic of libertarianism) considers someone to be a libertarian.

UT is trying to make me out to be some twisted, hard-nosed, guy off the deep end but in fact the exact opposite is true. I welcome all libertarians to the party. And I'll work with non-libertarians outside the party on areas we agree on and work against them where we disagree. I'm a big tent libertarian. I just insist that everyone in the tent is an actual libertarian.

If the LP message had more continuity and consistency, people would be more apt to join the party. If I went to a store where I asked 2 employees to describe the products they sell, and got 2 entirely different and conflicting answers, I wouldn't buy that product. If I went to another store and got the same description of the product no matter who I asked, and it sounded like a product I wanted (freedom, liberty, personal responsibility, prosperity, etc.) I'd buy it without question.

Everyone should know that the LP stands for smaller government, personal responsibility, pro-choice in all things, and is against the initiation of force for political gain or social engineering.

Those who disagree with any part of that have no valid place within the LP. The purpose of the Libertarian Party is to carry out libertarian philosophy. Libertarian philosophy is based on the Non-Aggression Principle and Self-Ownership.

Whether or not the LP would be more or less effective is debatable, but our message would have more clarity, consistency, and continuity. Everyone would know exactly what we stood for. I think it would bring us far more members and better qualified candidates. I believe it would help us in the long run.