Grassroots beginning to the Free State Party

[Kat Kanning]

and making others happy

and confused! 

Some people enjoy having their heads messed with.

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So when is the party?

[Russell Kanning]

if you want to make it happen, then you choose the time

[Mike Barskey]

One of the volunteers has made the first Free State Party T-shirt (actually a "Vote No" shirt, but with "TheFreeStateParty.com" at the bottom). It's not "Don't Vote," but "Vote No" is a pretty good philosophy: if everything the government tries to do is voted down, the government does nothing.

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if you want to make it happen, then you choose the time

I will party tomorrow night. Perhaps some people will join me.

[dalebert]

One of the volunteers has made the first Free State Party T-shirt (actually a "Vote No" shirt, but with "TheFreeStateParty.com" at the bottom). It's not "Don't Vote," but "Vote No" is a pretty good philosophy: if everything the government tries to do is voted down, the government does nothing.

Voting IN a broken system is voting FOR a broken system. There is no such thing as a "no" vote. They are all "yes" votes.

[Tom Sawyer]

Ok I guess we can mark Dale down in the category of No, no means Yes, yes!

[Russell Kanning]

I guess Dale will not be joining us. I understand. I didn't help start the party for people such as yourself.

[Mike Barskey]

I don't know about that. First: I agree with him. Voting no still implies that your vote should have control over others (what about the people who want the vote to be yes?). I think true freedom and voluntaryism means not voting to control others, either with a "yes" or a "no" vote. Second: He didn't say he wasn't interested in joining the Free State Party, he just described his view of a "no" vote. Assuming he is interested, are there other ways he can participate?

[Russell Kanning]

other ways?

[AntonLee]

he COULD still campaign and at the very least help someone who was a voluntaryist who ran for some job in order to push for elimination of the government. 

[Mike Barskey]

Right. Are there other things a volunteer can do besides vote "no?"

[Russell Kanning]

I wasn't telling dale to vote. I wasn't thinking he should join our party.
Others will want to join, who want to practice radical politics.

Dale's t-shirts are different

[Mike Barskey]

I wasn't telling dale to vote. I wasn't thinking he should join our party.
Others will want to join, who want to practice radical politics.

Dale's t-shirts are different

I misunderstood. But I may have misunderstood Dale, too, so I'll let you two hash it out.

[Mike Barskey]

Irony: The ad at the bottom of this thread at the moment is for www.vote-nobody.com