#102 - So all of the liberty-minded people can sit on a reservation while the rest of the country goes to Hell.
I see why someone could think that, but the opposite is true for me. I beleive that liberty decreases in most of the world every year and has been doing so most years for decades. Out of all of the ways to change that, I see the FSP as the best way to change that. The idea is to create a free state, prove to the world that liberty works, and inspire the rest of the world to at least consider liberty. It is already working. Other state governments are copying the reforms we put in place in NH. Liberty activists in other states are copying our creations such as a phone number if people need help, a winter Liberty Forum event, a summer camping festival event and a legislative liberty rating scorecard.
#103 - So we won't have to do all of the hard and sometimes nauseating work of mingling with, educating, and awakening other Americans.
Someone may choose to do or not do that anywhere. The people moving to NH tend to be some of the most dedicated liberty activists in the world. Some of us are full time liberty activists who spend up to 70 hours or so a week doing liberty activism. However, people only able to do a few hours per week of liberty activism are also welcome to join and move to NH. It takes all types
#104 - So we can replicate the great political successes of the hippie communes of the 60's and 70's.
There was some research into what happened in VT. VT used to be one of the most conservative states in the US. Lots of people from NY and other places with leftist leanings moved to VT. Now look at it. In case you weren't aware, Mercatus ranked VT as the #2 freest state in the US for personal freedom.
http://mercatus.org/freedom-in-the-50-states/VT There is nothing wrong with studying non-violent strategies used by other activists groups throughout the world.
#105 - So we can sit around and tell each other how smart we are.
That is one of the main uses of internet forums. A lot of the people who take the time to move to NH, are move of what you would call doers. Most of us tend to try to be the positive change we want to see in the world, not just sit on the internet and talk about it. Different people take different strategies. Some people write for the existing newspapers. Some people start new newspapers. Some people create radio shows. Some people create podcasts. Some people create TV shows. Some people help with existing TV shows. Some people create blogs. Some people help with existing blogs. Some people run for office and get elected. Some people help pro-liberty people get elected or reelected. Some people create pro-liberty lobbyist groups. Some people work for already existing groups. Many people do a large variety of activism.
#106 - So the original residents of New Hampshire can fear and resent a big influx of "outsiders" trying to hijack their state.
In NH, around 60% of the population was born somewhere else. Around 25% of NH state legislators were born in MA. NH has been the traditional haven where people from New England who fill oppressed have moved to since the puritan times when Quakers were killed for being Quakers in MA. Many people, over 100s of years, have left NH because there was too much liberty in NH for them.
As for hijacking, that is not at all the case. Before the FSP folks voted on a state, the governor of New Hampshire joined the FSP as a friend of the FSP and welcomed us here. The Speaker of the House welcomes us here. The Senator Majority Leader, a former US Congressman, welcomes us here. The state paper, the Union Leader welcomes us here and features many articles written by free staters. The main TV station did a 30 minute documentary on us, welcoming us here. A former US Senator has spoken at our Liberty Forum event.
I agree that free staters do a large variety of types of activism in NH and some of the activism upsets some people. It's true! You cannot control everyone and you cannot please everyone. Some people in NH hate liberty.
