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Libertarian Party of New Hampshire Calls Violence Against VP Harris Heroic Act

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  1. deb4rockets

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    On Sunday, before the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire celebrated the prospect of political violence against Vice President Kamala Harris.

    “Anyone who murders Kamala Harris would be an American hero,” the party wrote on X, before receiving swift backlash and deleting the post. Later that day, the party published a follow-up, announcing that it “deleted a tweet because we don’t want to break the terms of this website we agreed to” and claiming that libertarians are “the most oppressed minority.”

    On Tuesday, the account released a lengthier additional follow-up, insisting that the original tweet did not call for Harris’s assassination but merely acknowledged how some members would react to one.

    But the newest post somehow made things worse, referring to historical instances of violence that were supposedly “necessary to advance or protect freedom,” including the assassination of “past tyrants like Abraham Lincoln.” Further, it stated that “it’s good when authoritarians” (that is, “progressives, socialists, and democrats”) are made to “feel unsafe or uncomfortable,” which the account’s provocative posts “are frequently explicitly intended” to do.

    On Sunday, Libertarian Party presidential candidate Chase Oliver condemned the post as “abhorrent.” The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire replied by calling him a homophobic slur.


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    It seems to be the work of this asshat, Jeremy Kauffman. Libertarians seem pretty damn dysfunctional, but this guy makes them look even worse.
     
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    Jeremy Kauffman says the stuff that every self labeled libertarian I've known personally say in casual conversation.

    I'm telling you American libertarianism is just a collection of a bunch of white adult man babies who think their land, property and wealth is completely self reliant and that thought process can really ruin basic traits like empathy and curiosity.
     
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