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   Mr Penguin (mr_penguin@social.freetalklive.com)'s status on Monday, 23-Sep-2024 05:16:09 JST Mr Penguin

   Whoever is acting for the NH Libertarian Party twitter account isn't a libertarian. If someone says they hate fags, blacks, jews, or praises the murder of another they aren't a libertarian! Anyone who claims to be a libertarian or is accused of being such is clearly not. Unlike Democrats and Republicans there is a fundamental principle called the Non-Aggression Principle. Abiding by this one fundamental principle makes one a libertarian or not. Basically in simple terms its a tweaking of a pacifist philosophy in only that violence is acceptable in self defense. Those who act violent and claim to be libertarian are manipulating others. This is literally stuff right out of the fed playbook, left, and right.
   https://www.nbcboston.com/news/politics/nh-libertarian-party-twitter-post-kamala-harris/3489310/

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     Mr Penguin (mr_penguin@social.freetalklive.com)'s status on Monday, 23-Sep-2024 05:17:14 JST Mr Penguin

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     It certainly could be, but that post fundamentally lacked any defensive qualities and did nothing other than aim to undermine libertarians. Within libertarian circles one might say they aren't crying over it, but to advocate for violence? No way. There wasn't some big strategic move here other than to make it appear as if libertarians advocate for violence when its the opposite that is true. Libertarians don't have the numbers or means such that advocating violence would even make strategic sense. We may be a threat, but its in politics not war. The qualities of the post suggest pretender libertarians with another motive. It is the opposition, both right and left that advocates violence. Libertarians are fundamentally against the use of the state which is itself built on violence.

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     Torparskytt 🏴‍☠️ (torparskytt@mastodon.nu)'s status on Monday, 23-Sep-2024 05:17:16 JST Torparskytt 🏴‍☠️

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     @mr_penguin Don’t you think violence against a tyrant (in general, not necessarily Trump or Harris) is self defense?