Mass Marijuana Protest in Keene, NH

4:20 in the afternoon every weekday??! Don't these people have jobs?? Oh wait.... :rolleyes::cool:
 
brandonyates said:
4:20 in the afternoon every weekday??! Don't these people have jobs?? Oh wait.... :rolleyes::cool:
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Most Keene liberty activists are agorists which mean they deal in an underground economy. Some roll cigarettes, deal gold/silver, have illegal pizza delivery operations, many are in the press (Free Talk Live, Free Minds TV/Radio, Obscured Truth Network, Keene Free Press, Anarchy in Your Head, etc), some dabble with the cannabis sector and many others are college students.
 
It will be interesting to see how the turnout was today. Hopefully it continues to grow. I predict some kind of crackdown soon. The state will show its ugly, violent face. No way they can arrest everybody though :)
 
mport1 said:
It will be interesting to see how the turnout was today. Hopefully it continues to grow. I predict some kind of crackdown soon. The state will show its ugly, violent face. No way they can arrest everybody though :)
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I just got a facebook request for a similar event that is going to take place in Manchester early next week. Looks like the Civil dis is spreading, so if the legislative process is gonna take forever then the activists up here are just gonna take matters into their own hands. This isn't necessarily my style of activism but it seems that this may be the route to go on this issue.
 
JamesButabi said:
Just keep it 100% peaceful boys. You got a great thing going up there.
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I'm sure they will. From what I've heard, Free State Project members understand that liberty cannot be achieved through violence. Violence only empowers the state.
 
mport1 said:
I'm sure they will. From what I've heard, Free State Project members understand that liberty cannot be achieved through violence. Violence only empowers the state.
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Actually, history has shown that liberty is won by force (1776 anyone?).

You only have liberties that you are willing to die to protect. The government will take as many liberties away from you until you stand up and say "NO." Violence, in the end, is the only plausible way of taking your liberties back.

You can create a revolution in the minds of Americans, but when it comes down to it, if you want your liberty, you will have to take it (forcefully).
 
Scofield said:
Actually, history has shown that liberty is won by force (1776 anyone?).

You only have liberties that you are willing to die to protect. The government will take as many liberties away from you until you stand up and say "NO." Violence, in the end, is the only plausible way of taking your liberties back.

You can create a revolution in the minds of Americans, but when it comes down to it, if you want your liberty, you will have to take it (forcefully).
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The revolutionary war just ended up forming another tyrannical government (albeit less tyrannical than the British). There have been many successful movements through civil disobedience and non-compliance. You can say "no" without getting violent. We just need everybody to stop obeying unjust laws and the government would lose all of its power. Imagine if a mass of people started refusing to pay taxes, despite the consequences that could arise.

Chapter 16 of The Market For Liberty does a great job of explaining why violence is not the answer and will make things FAR worse.

Not only is violent revolutionary action destructive, it actually strengthens the government by giving it a "common enemy" to unite the people against. Violence against the government by a minority always gives the politicians an excuse to increase repressive measures in the name of "protecting the people." In fact, the general populace usually joins the politicians' cry for "law and order."

But far worse than this, revolution is a very questionable way to arrive at a society without rulers, since a successful revolution must have leaders. To be successful, revolutionary action must be coordinated. To be coordinated, it must have someone in charge. And, once the revolution has succeeded, the "Someone in Charge" (or one of his lieutenants, or even one of his enemies) takes over the new power structure so conveniently built up by the revolution. He may just want to "get things going right," but he ends up being another ruler. Something like this happened to the American Revolution, and look at us today...
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stormcommander said:
the FSP at work!
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This definitely isn't the FSP as the FSP doesn't do activism in NH. I see your point though. There are a lot of great activists in NH doing stuff that most liberty lovers wish would happen in there area. Who knows, if the FSP thing really takes off and 20,000 activists move to NH, maybe it will work for NH. Maybe 5-20 years later, this type of stuff will be happening all over the world.
 
mport1 said:
I'm sure they will. From what I've heard, Free State Project members understand that liberty cannot be achieved through violence. Violence only empowers the state.
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It doesn't really matter what FSP participants think and stuff. The vast majority of the people involved with this are not FSP folks. They people just regular folks in and around Keene, NH.

I mean, yesterday, there were around 200 people. So far, two people haven't been peaceful. However, I know they were not part of the FSP. In fact, they were cops. You just cannot keep an event like this peaceful. The violent folks will come, like the cops did, and cause trouble for the peaceful people. One of the cops even suggested that the cops were the problem. It makes perfect sense.
 
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mport1 said:
Good video coverage - http://www.wmur.com/video/21118806/index.html

News coverage continues to expand as the mass protest grows. The AP has now picked up the story. Here is a news aggregation.
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I agree with you that the media coverage continues. This is now a national story. Fantastic!

However, are you sure this is a protest? It seems like a Rally, to me. I love Rallies. The 9-12 Rally in DC was fantastic!
 
Just come to NH, you don't have to move to Keene. The politico side is awesome and we do lots of things. Join the Seacoast gang.
 
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