I have seen the war between Ron Paul supporters and Gary Johnson supporters and I think it is rather silly that people in this movement have such a hard time following Ron Paul's advice, it is pretty simple to me.
We can not force our goodwill on anyone, we can only set good examples and hope people wish to emulate us. : Ron Paul
My suggestion would be that if you support Gary Johnson fine support him, that is what freedom is, If you support Ron Paul fine, most of us here do support Ron Paul and have for several years. If you support both fine, but lets stop eating our own.
The goal should be to grow the liberty movement not divide it, great movements are always destroyed from within, not the other way around.
I have seen the arguments from both sides and many statements are misguided. The whole notion that some claim they are turned off on Gary Johnson because Johnson supporters are trying to cram Johnson down your throats is the same excuse where many called people that didn't support Ron Paul sheep because, those people claimed they wouldn't support Ron Paul because Ron Paul supporters tried to force Paul on them. Do you see how silly that argument is?
How can anyone force anyone else to support someone?
My suggestion would be if you are not going to support Johnson fine, don't result to name calling of Johnson supporters, this makes you no better than the people that did the same thing to Ron Paul that pisses us off. Talking to people in a civil manner goes a long way, insulting them is counter productive and will accomplish nothing more than to isolate people that may share many of the same things you support.
You may not like the people you are working with, they may not like you, but we are all supposed to be working towards the same goal. So why don't we start with the things we agree on first and worry about the rest later?
Michael Badnarik said this best : We agree with each other about 98% of the time on most issues but, we spend 98% of the time bitching, complaining and arguing about the 2% we disagree on, this is why nothing gets done, and he is correct!
You don't like a post don't read it, it is easy to ignore posts and comments. You don't have to agree with people but you do need to find a way to work together to grow the movement and attempt to effect real change this country needs or we will accomplish nothing. Take the high road and let freedom work for a change.
For the record I have not given my support to Gary Johnson although I did get to spend some private time with him at paulfest in Tampa because I was staff. My vote is just that MY VOTE! I will not tell others what to do with their vote, please don't tell others what to do with theirs. Set good examples and educate them in a civil manner, you will win more people over that way in the long and short term.
If we continue down this us vs them attitude we only divide our numbers even more, I prefer to follow Ron Paul's example of integrity and I hope you will as well.
We can not force our goodwill on anyone, we can only set good examples and hope people wish to emulate us. : Ron Paul
My suggestion would be that if you support Gary Johnson fine support him, that is what freedom is, If you support Ron Paul fine, most of us here do support Ron Paul and have for several years. If you support both fine, but lets stop eating our own.
The goal should be to grow the liberty movement not divide it, great movements are always destroyed from within, not the other way around.
I have seen the arguments from both sides and many statements are misguided. The whole notion that some claim they are turned off on Gary Johnson because Johnson supporters are trying to cram Johnson down your throats is the same excuse where many called people that didn't support Ron Paul sheep because, those people claimed they wouldn't support Ron Paul because Ron Paul supporters tried to force Paul on them. Do you see how silly that argument is?
How can anyone force anyone else to support someone?
My suggestion would be if you are not going to support Johnson fine, don't result to name calling of Johnson supporters, this makes you no better than the people that did the same thing to Ron Paul that pisses us off. Talking to people in a civil manner goes a long way, insulting them is counter productive and will accomplish nothing more than to isolate people that may share many of the same things you support.
You may not like the people you are working with, they may not like you, but we are all supposed to be working towards the same goal. So why don't we start with the things we agree on first and worry about the rest later?
Michael Badnarik said this best : We agree with each other about 98% of the time on most issues but, we spend 98% of the time bitching, complaining and arguing about the 2% we disagree on, this is why nothing gets done, and he is correct!
You don't like a post don't read it, it is easy to ignore posts and comments. You don't have to agree with people but you do need to find a way to work together to grow the movement and attempt to effect real change this country needs or we will accomplish nothing. Take the high road and let freedom work for a change.
For the record I have not given my support to Gary Johnson although I did get to spend some private time with him at paulfest in Tampa because I was staff. My vote is just that MY VOTE! I will not tell others what to do with their vote, please don't tell others what to do with theirs. Set good examples and educate them in a civil manner, you will win more people over that way in the long and short term.
If we continue down this us vs them attitude we only divide our numbers even more, I prefer to follow Ron Paul's example of integrity and I hope you will as well.
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