Concerning the name of our movement

[Kruniac]

The Soldiers Of Liberty.

There you go. If it sounds too violent, wait until after the primaries.

 

[acptulsa]

How about a little urgency? Liberty's Last Stand!

 

[BuddyRey]

How about the "Alliance for Natural Rights and Free Societies" (ANRFS)? It sounds pleasant, yet states its purpose quite well, and wouldn't drive people off with intimidating labels. Then again, if you're talking about something less organizational, and more suited to a general political appellation, I'm quite fond of "classical liberal" (only trouble is, most people don't know what it means).

Why don't we call ourselves the Minarchocrats/Anarchocrats? These are probably wrong on some fundamental linguistic basis, but they still sound hella cool.

 

[Athan]

I like the sound of "Constitution Revolution".

A good logo for us would be the Stars and bars that is commonly seen on American WW2 aircraft.

I think our meet up groups if not being able to find a COMMON theme should stick with Ron Paul Revolution, but have their local groups bear different markings, names, and logos.

 

[hillbilly123069]

how about

The True Americans

 

[bickelj]

after all this

I'm content with Freedom Movement

I've heard people say it enough and it answers the question "what is our MOVEMENT called?"

If I am in a position to name something it will just be the Freedom Movement of [insert locale here].

Peace.

 

[raystone]

Locally speaking...

Unfortunately, anything with the name "Freedom" in it doesn't attract the sheep and bring them as new members for education, as they think they are already free.

On the other side, there is moveon.org. what size would their organization have become if they had taken the name strictly on their intentions, such as... Communist Party of the USA ?


Curiously, some communist groups have the word Freedom in them....
Freedom Road Socialist Organization [Fight Back] (FRSO)
Freedom Road Socialist Organization [Freedom Road] (FRSO)
Freedom Socialist Party (FSP)


Here's one local name on top my current list.

____ County Liberty Caucus




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[CaseyJones]

what about "Ring of Freedom"

 

[Kludge]

Northern Conservative Movement (in reference to the Nolan chart, fairly discrete if you don't feel like explaining libertarianism to someone who doesn't know a fuck about politics.)

 

[kiddleddee]

What do we call ourselves

I'm content with Freedom Movement

I've heard people say it enough and it answers the question "what is our MOVEMENT called?"

If I am in a position to name something it will just be the Freedom Movement of [insert locale here].

Peace.

Jesse, it would be pretty presumptious, don't you think, to call ourselves "Freedom Movement"? I mean, after all, THE freedom movement existed long before the Ron Paul campaign and is much, much broader than the Ron Paul campaign. It includes libertarians and anarchists, hippies, tax protesters, free staters and all sorts of other folks who, for one reason or another, were not active in the RP campaign.

Perhaps, "The Ron Paul Faction of the Freedom Movement". Seriously, though, of the suggestions so far (and I have none of my own), I prefer "Liberty Faction".

Rocky

 

[acptulsa]

Oklahoma adopted the name "Liberty Values Coalition" for our slate of delegates at the convention. Though we didn't quite get them elected, we still like the name and are thinking of sticking to it.

 

[boggie08]

I like the sound of "Constitution Revolution".

A good logo for us would be the Stars and bars that is commonly seen on American WW2 aircraft.

I think our meet up groups if not being able to find a COMMON theme should stick with Ron Paul Revolution, but have their local groups bear different markings, names, and logos.

I completely agree. To the public, we should be the "Constitution Revolution," but we can identify ourselves as members of the Ron Paul Revolution.

 

[Deborah K]

Hi all,

A topic that I think hasn't been suitably addressed in my mind: the name or brand of our movement going forward.

Most of us are content to say it's the message, not the man. People think we're nuts for being involved because we can't get Ron Paul elected and they wonder why we're still trying. It would be prudent to come up with a meaningful name for after the convention in September.

I propose "The Liberty Faction"

"teh r3VOLution" is too nerdy.
"The Revolution" is too violent and vague for our goals.
"The non-violent Revolution" is too cumbersome.
"The Liberty Caucus" confuses us with the Republican Liberty Caucus.
We could join the RLC, but there's no consensus, not even a majority calling for this (and we're obviously our own group, maybe with some overlap).

We're into liberty, and I learned a new similar word "manumission" but again too vague since I didn't even know what that word meant. That kicks out "Manumission Caucus."

My proposal derives from Federalist 10, where Publius suggests that the cure for faction is more factions:

"The influence of factious leaders may kindle a flame within their particular States, but will be unable to spread a general conflagration through the other States. A religious sect may degenerate into a political faction in a part of the Confederacy; but the variety of sects dispersed over the entire face of it must secure the national councils against any danger from that source. A rage for paper money, for an abolition of debts, for an equal division of property, or for any other improper or wicked project, will be less apt to pervade the whole body of the Union than a particular member of it; in the same proportion as such a malady is more likely to taint a particular county or district, than an entire State."

There's nothing in the word "faction" that implies malice or violence, except its association with some radical groups in the 60s and 70s. But it does sound a little more extreme than a caucus, which is fine by me.

I also did some checks to see if this name is in use by any particular group, and it doesn't appear to be. I did find a couple references to a Liberty Faction or Independence Party being a crew at the first couple of congresses preceding the American Revolution.

Let me know your thoughts.

Jesse

Ron Paul Revolution - period.