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Volume 18, No. 11                                        June 6, 2013
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In This Issue

PRESIDENT'S CORNER
* What Are You Waiting For?

INTELLECTUAL AMMUNITION
* Britain's Young Are Libertarian; British rEVOLution Brewing?
* Resource: A Verifiable and Disturbing Look Into "Top Secret America"
* VIDEO: Three More Reasons to Fear -- and ABOLISH -- the IRS
* Woody Harrelson: People Would Do Fine Without Government
 
THEY SAID IT: Jay Leno says taxation is confiscation, slams IRS audits, and notes Obama is destroying jobs.... Ron Paul says the real IRS scandal is the existence of the IRS.... Sen. Rand Paul is flabbergasted that the U.S. is considering funding al-Queada.... John Stossel says slash government and watch poverty in America vanish.... Justice Anthony Scalia rips Supreme Court for gutting Fourth Amendment in abominable new decision.... Jacob Hornberger explains the sinister reason for gov't schools....

PERSUASION POWER POINT #349 by Michael Cloud
* Turn Objections Into Objectives

ASK DR. RUWART by Mary Ruwart
* What's stopping the private sector from offering better and cheaper education than the government?

ONE-MINUTE LIBERTY TIP by Sharon Harris
* Funny Video: How NOT to Talk to People about Liberty

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President's Corner

by Sharon Harris





What Are You Waiting For?

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment to improve the world." -- Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl, 1952.

I love that quote. I believe it has a powerful message for those of us who want to make our world a freer place.

It's easy to feel that you must be wealthy, brilliant, part of a huge organization or team, or a cog in someone else's master plan before you can take a meaningful action for liberty.

It's easy to think that, sometime in the future, you'll be able to do something significant for freedom -- after you've stashed away a lot more money, or learned more about the intricacies of libertarian thought, or read a stack of books on economics, or listened to that album of outreach CDs, or cleared up enough time to run for office... someday,
sometime, eventually...

But the truth is, you don't have to wait a single moment.

Right now, you are already doing something to, as Anne Frank says, "improve the world" just by your commitment to read the Liberator Online -- a publication designed to, among other things, help you become a highly successful communicator of the ideas of liberty.

When you're finished reading, you can immediately begin to "improve the world" -- in dozens of different ways.

You can (to name just a very few possibilities):

* Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper supporting a libertarian cause -- and by doing so, take our ideas to thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of readers.

* Call your local libertarian organization and offer to support a worthy project or candidate, help with office chores, or work at an Operation Politically Homeless (OPH) outreach booth. See if they have something that needs to be done that fits your talents, finances and time.

* Pick out several people you think are good prospects to accept libertarian ideas. Think about how you can effectively and persuasively answer whatever concerns may be keeping them from fully embracing libertarianism. (It could be they're ready -- just waiting to be asked.)

* Make sure you have some good libertarian outreach literature with you at all times. (Naturally, I'm partial to our pocket-sized World's Smallest Political Quiz.)

* Wear a button or a pro-liberty T-shirt. Put a bumper sticker on your car. And, again, carry good outreach literature with you for the questions you'll be asked. (Maybe a stack of Quiz cards in your glove compartment?)

* Call, write, email or fax your local, state and national elected officials. Urge them to stand up for our precious Bill of Rights during this time of civil liberties crisis. Or tell them to take a pro-freedom vote on upcoming legislation you're concerned about. The League of Women Voters has a site that makes it easy to find and contact your national, state and local politicians. 

* Make a contribution to a libertarian organization that is doing work you find useful and important. (Again, I'm partial here!)

That's just a few of hundreds of possibilities -- simple but vital things you can do right now that will definitely make a difference in the world. (And again, note they all involve effective communication and outreach -- the specialty of the Advocates.) 

Too insignificant? Hardly! Your newspaper letter will reach a huge audience, opening minds and exposing many to libertarian, perhaps for the first time. Your OPH booth could greatly increase the size of your local libertarian organization and recruit tomorrow's libertarian leaders and activists. A single Quiz you pass out at your workplace or in your classroom may change someone's life forever (it's happened many times). The discussion about liberty you have with your nephew or friend or fellow student or co-worker may just bring a new libertarian into the world -- and every new libertarian means we're that much closer to a free world.

You can probably think of lots of other things you can do. Take a moment and think of one simple activity you can easily do right now -- the possibilities are enormous. 

And remember, you can start immediately -- you don't need any more preparation time, and you don't need anyone's permission!

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment to improve the world."

What are you waiting for?

In liberty,

Sharon
sharon@theadvocates.org

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Intellectual Ammunition

by James W. Harris






Britain's Young Are Libertarian; British rEVOLution Brewing?

"Young Britons are classical liberals: as well as prizing social freedom, they believe in low taxes, limited welfare and personal responsibility. In America they would be called libertarians." 

Libertarianism is growing fast among Britain's youth. Indeed, surveys indicate this is the most libertarian-leaning generation in British history. And libertarian ideas are rapidly gaining ground. 

So reports The Economist magazine, June 1st 2013. 

The Economist reports that the latest findings of the long-running British Social Attitudes survey (BSA) show young Britons have a "suspicion of state interventions of most varieties" and tend to feel that "people have a right to express themselves by what they consume and how they choose to live."

"Predictably, that translates into a tolerance for social and cultural difference," the Economist reports. "Polls show that the young are more relaxed than others about drugs, sex, alcohol, euthanasia and non-traditional family structures. They dislike immigration, but not as strongly as do their elders. And they are becoming ever more liberal. The BSA has tracked attitudes for three decades. It shows that the young are now far more tolerant of homosexuality, for example, than were previous generations at the same age."

What about economic liberty? Young Britons are also far more skeptical of the welfare state: "More than two-thirds of people born before 1939 consider the welfare state 'one of Britain's proudest achievements.' Less than one-third of those born after 1979 say the same. 

The Economist quotes pollster Ben Page on the trend: "Every successive generation is less collectivist than the last." 

The Economist further notes: "All age groups are becoming more socially and economically liberal. But the young are ahead of the general trend. …

"Polling by YouGov shows that those aged 18 to 24 are also more likely than older people to consider social problems the responsibility of individuals rather than government. They are deficit hawks… They care about the environment, but are also keen on commerce: more supportive of the privatization of utilities, more likely to reject government attempts to ban branding on cigarette packets and more likely to agree that Tesco, Britain's supermarket giant, 'has only become so large by offering customers what they want.'"

Most of the young are disaffected politically. They are turned off by politics and there is very little libertarianism in the major parties. 

Yet there may be a British rEVOLution brewing: "But among the politically engaged minority, libertarianism is growing. In April [the writer of this article] squeezed into a fuggy crowd of enthusiasts trading quotes by Ayn Rand and Murray Rothbard in a room above a central London pub. Between discourses on the merits of Bitcoin ('a currency without government-perfect!') old-timers marvelled at the surge of interest. Freedom Forum, an annual convention for young libertarians, has tripled in size since its launch in 2011; a similar venture planned for July -- a 'Freedom Week' of debate and lectures -- has ten applicants for every place. Mark Littlewood of the Institute of Economic Affairs, a think-tank, declares himself 'gobsmacked' at the new popularity of anti-statist ideas and confidently predicts the emergence of a mass libertarian movement."


Resource: A Verifiable and Disturbing Look Into "Top Secret America" 

"Top Secret America" is a investigative report first published in The Washington Post on July 19, 2010. It is based on a two-year investigation by a team of journalists headed by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dana Priest and William Arkin.

Top Secret America attempted to discover the size and scope of the post-9/11 growth of the U.S. intelligence community.

Though the report is now nearly three years old, it remains a startling and shocking profile of the post 9/11 security state. It's available online, along with supplementary material. 

The Post found that the top-secret world the federal government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 "has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work." 

This constitutes nothing less than "an alternative geography of the United States, a Top Secret America hidden from public view and lacking in thorough oversight."

Among the investigation's findings:

* Some 1,271 government organizations and 1,931 private companies work on programs related to counterterrorism, homeland security and intelligence in about 10,000 locations across the United States.

* An estimated 854,000 people -- nearly 1.5 times as many people as live in Washington, D.C. -- hold top-secret security clearances.

* In Washington and the surrounding area, 33 building complexes for top-secret intelligence work are under construction or have been built since September 2001. Together they occupy the equivalent of almost three Pentagons or 22 U.S. Capitol buildings -- about 17 million square feet of space.

* Many security and intelligence agencies do the same work, creating redundancy and waste. For example, 51 federal organizations and military commands, operating in 15 U.S. cities, track the flow of money to and from terrorist networks.

* Analysts who make sense of documents and conversations obtained by foreign and domestic spying share their judgment by publishing 50,000 intelligence reports each year -- a volume so large that many are routinely ignored.

Indeed, the secret government is growing so fast and so secretly that no one really knows its size or scope -- including those who are supposedly in charge of it. 

Reports the Post: "In the Department of Defense, where more than two-thirds of the intelligence programs reside, only a handful of senior officials -- called Super Users -- have the ability to even know about all the department's activities. But as two of the Super Users indicated in interviews, there is simply no way they can keep up with the nation's most sensitive work."

In the years since, we can only imagine the further expansion of Top Secret America. Revelations since then include, for example, charges from reliable sources that the government is tracking most if not all electronic communication in America. 

This report is an excellent mainstream account of startling information and thus is a useful and reliable resource. Just remember, things are even worse than the Post reports. 

VIDEO: Three More Reasons to Fear -- and ABOLISH -- the IRS

In the wake of the recent IRS scandals, our friends at Reason TV have produced a fast, funny -- and creepy -- video that gives you "three good reasons to be scared as hell of the IRS."

Reason's Nick Gillespie points out that: 

1. The IRS always been a political weapon.

John F Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon all sicked the IRS on enemies and dissenters. And they were just following in the footsteps of Franklin Roosevelt, whose own son said his father was "the originator of the concept of employing the IRS as a weapon of political retribution."

2. IRS rulings are super-complicated and capricious.

The federal tax code is longer than Atlas Shrugged, Ulysses, and the Old Testament put together -- and far less entertaining. And it's so complex even former IRS commissioners need help preparing their returns.

3. Get ready, America: the IRS is... Obamacare's enforcement mechanism.

Starting next year, the IRS will be the cop patrolling the Affordable Care Act's mandates. Yes, you'll be explaining to the IRS when, where, and how you bought health care. 

Learn from this entertaining short video -- just a minute and a half long -- and share it with friends. 

As for the solution, we agree with Libertarian Party Executive Director Carla Howell: abolish the IRS and the income tax -- right now!

Woody Harrelson: People Would Do Fine Without Government

Woody Harrelson is one of the world's most famous and respected film stars. He's also well known as an outspoken activist for causes including civil liberties, peace, environmental issues and relegalizing marijuana. 

In an interview in the June / July 2013 Issue of Details magazine Harrelson expands on his political views -- revealing a strong skepticism about politics and politicians and declaring, among other things, that he's an anarchist who thinks people would get along just fine without the State. 

Excerpts: 

WOODY HARRELSON: I tend to not like politicians, because it's a subtle form of prostitution. Or maybe not so subtle.

DETAILS: So you dislike Democrats as much as you dislike the GOP?

WOODY HARRELSON: It's all synchronized swimming to me. They all kneel and kiss the ring. Who's going to take on the oil industry or the medical industry? People compare Obama to Lyndon Johnson, but I think a better comparison is between Obama and Nixon. Because Nixon came into office saying he was going to pull out of Vietnam, and then he escalated the war. A lot of us were led to believe that Obama was the peace president, but there are still, I think, 70,000 troops in Afghanistan. 

DETAILS: You're an advocate for legalizing marijuana. Do you think recent events make it more likely?

WOODY HARRELSON: I can't imagine that it's going to happen, no. The deeper issue is, what does it mean to live in a free country? In the U.S., something like 80 percent of people in prison are there for "consensual crimes." 

DETAILS: Do you want to get more involved in politics?

WOODY HARRELSON: No. I don't believe in politics. I'm an anarchist, I guess you could say. I think people could be just fine looking after themselves.

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Intellectual Ammunition is written by Liberator Online editor James W. Harris. His articles have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, and he has been a Finalist for the Mencken Awards, given by the Free Press Association for "Outstanding Journalism in Support of Liberty."
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They Said It...

JAY LENO -- TAXATION IS CONFISCATION: "The latest scandal in Washington, of course, is raising questions about the IRS. You know, I have a question. Why is it called the Internal Revenue Service? How is having your money confiscated a service?" -- Jay Leno May 23, 2013

JAY LENO -- SOME GOOD FROM TAX SCANDAL: "A Democratic congressman said that he worries that the IRS scandal might have a chilling effect on the IRA and that they might be afraid to audit people. So finally some good is coming out of all of this." -- Jay Leno May 23, 2013

RON PAUL -- IRS'S VERY JOB IS TO VIOLATE LIBERTY: "While it is important for Congress to investigate the most recent scandal and ensure all involved are held accountable, we cannot pretend that the problem is a few bad actors. The very purpose of the IRS is to transfer wealth from one group to another while violating our liberties in the process, thus the only way Congress can protect our freedoms is to repeal the income tax and shutter the doors of the IRS once and for all." -- Ron Paul, "The IRS's Job Is To Violate Our Liberties," Texas Straight Talk, May 20, 2013. 

RAND PAUL -- DON'T FUND AL-QUAEDA: "We should not aid the allies of al-Qaeda in Syria, nor should we be giving weapons to radical extremists who might use them against Syria's two million Christians." -- Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) arguing against arming Syrian rebel groups allied with Al-Qaeda. See ten-minute Senate video of Paul arguing this before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations here.

STOSSEL -- CUT GOV'T, END POVERTY: "The Feds spend almost 4 trillion dollars and most people have no clue about what to cut? Well, I have a few ideas. Who needs a Commerce Department? Commerce... just happens. The Education department? Department of Energy? Labor? Cut those too! If we cut government to the limited government the founders had in mind, poverty would become something so rare our kids would have to learn about it in history books." -- libertarian journalist John Stossel, "The Fight Over 'Austerity,'" May 30, 2013. 

SUPREME COURT SAYS NEVER MIND THAT PESKY FOURTH AMENDMENT: "The Fourth Amendment forbids searching a person for evidence of a crime when there is no basis for believing the person is guilty of the crime or is in possession of incriminating evidence. That prohibition is categorical and without exception; it lies at the very heart of the Fourth Amendment. … Make no mistake about it: As an entirely predictable consequence of today's decision, your DNA can be taken and entered into a national DNA database if you are ever arrested, rightly or wrongly, and for whatever reason. …I doubt that the proud men who wrote the charter of our liberties would have been so eager to open their mouths for royal inspection. " -- Justice Antonin Scalia in his dissenting opinion in Maryland v. King, June 3, 2013. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that police can collect DNA from people merely arrested, not convicted of a crime. 

THE REAL PURPOSE OF GOV'T SCHOOLS: "The real purpose of public (i.e., government) schooling is to produce good little citizens who defer to the authority of the federal government. Through 12 years of regimentation within an army-lite structure, the minds of people are gradually molded from childhood to trustingly defer to the judgment of federal officials, especially when it comes to things like 'national security.'" -- Jacob G. Hornberger, President of the Future of Freedom Foundation, "An Example of Deference to Authority," May 31, 2013.

JOBS, WHO NEEDS 'EM: "President Obama gave the commencement address at Morehouse College over the weekend. Great speech, very inspiring. He told the young graduates their future is bright -- unless, of course, they want jobs." -- Jay Leno May 21, 2013.

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"They Said It..." is compiled by Liberator Online editor James W. Harris.

Persuasion Power Point #349

by Michael Cloud





Turn Objections Into Objectives
 
* "But if we legalize marijuana, wouldn’t millions and millions more Americans try it, become regular users, and waste their days stoned and unproductive?"
 
* "Gun control laws aren’t perfect, but if just anyone were able to buy and own a gun, and carry it in public, wouldn’t we have radically more gun violence?"
 
* "Legalize prostitution? You can’t be serious! Sexually transmitted diseases would skyrocket. Married men would stray more often. And crimes surrounding prostitution would go up."
 
Many libertarians treat objections like these as total deal-breakers to our libertarian proposals. As insurmountable obstacles to getting someone to favor expanding freedom in controversial areas. As unshakeable opinions held by those who want to limit liberty. 
 
But what if these objections are NOT total, absolute, unalterable deal-killers?
 
What if they are instead genuine concerns to be answered, problems to be solved, or fears to be neutralized?
 
What if we turn these objections into objectives? Into goals and targets?
 
* Try this: "So, John, if I understand you correctly, you’re saying that before you will support legalizing marijuana, you want to make sure that marijuana use and abuse wouldn’t skyrocket. Is that a fair summary of the points you raised?"
 
(Wait for “Yes” response.)
 
"Would you like to look this up with me?" 
 
Then simply Google or Bing for the facts. Or go to the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP). Or Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP). Or another reliable source of facts on the issue. 
 
* Try this: "So, Mary, if I’m hearing you right, you have serious concerns about more Americans owning and carrying guns. You’re concerned that, even in the hands of law-abiding Americans, more guns might lead to more gun violence? Mary, is that pretty much what you’re asking?” 
 
(Wait for “Yes” response.) 
 
"Would you like to see what we can learn from reputable, knowledgeable sources?"
 
Then search for the facts on Google. Try the Fact Sheets at Gun Owners of America (GOA). Or try GOA’s “Just for Skeptics” FAQ. Or the book More Guns, Less Crime by John Lott. 
 
* Try this: "So, Jane, you have 3 serious concerns about legalizing prostitution. Would it cause sexually transmitted diseases to skyrocket? Would it cause more married men to have sex outside their marriages? And would crimes surrounding prostitution go up?” Are these your concerns?”
 
(Wait for “Yes” response.)
 
"Would you be willing to look up the facts on these things online or from knowledgeable sources?"
 
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When we turn objections into objectives, we remove a strong emotional charge from the issues, and open up the possibility that our conversation can instead be guided, influenced, and decided by the unbiased facts. 
 
And this is great for libertarians, because the facts are friendly to freedom. 

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In 2000, Michael was honored with the Thomas Paine Award as the Most Persuasive Libertarian Communicator in America.
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Ask Dr. Ruwart

Dr. Mary Ruwart is a leading expert in libertarian communication. In this column she offers short answers to real questions about libertarianism. To submit questions to Dr. Ruwart, see end of column.


What's stopping the the private sector from offering better and cheaper education than the government?

QUESTION: If the private sector can provide education better and cheaper than the government, why aren't they doing it? Nothing is stopping private industry from providing better service than government schools to poor children. They can do this right now and it is 100% legal. So why don't they?

MY SHORT ANSWER: Actually, providing education to poor or even middle-class children is NOT 100% legal. Parents who send their children to school are required by law to utilize schools that meet specific requirements, such as certified teachers, accreditation, and specific types of curricula. 

Even home-schoolers must abide by regulations, which differ from state to state. If parents don't follow these regulations, their children can be taken from them by Social Services, even if the children can ace every standardized test. 
 
In spite of these hurdles, the private sector already does provides better education for many poor and disadvantaged. The typical Catholic inner-city school takes 88% of all applicants, many of whom are not even Catholic. About 20% of Catholic schools accept students expelled from public schools. Even after adjusting for race, family background, and social class, the average Catholic high school student gained three years of learning above that of the average public school student. The educational gap between minorities and whites narrows for minorities in Catholic schools. 

Ombudsman Educational Services, specializing in drop-outs, boasts an 85% graduation rate. Students advance one grade level for each 20 hours in this program, while spending half as much as the public schools. A quarter of the students at the renowned Marva Collins Preparatory School in Chicago (recently closed) had learning disabilities, yet almost all students read one level above their grade. Tuition was less than a third of what public schools in the area received per pupil.

Of course, pre-schoolers are unaffected by educational regulations. Consequently, the private sector can provide advertiser-sponsored Sesame Street and other educational programs that are essentially free for the user. Likewise, the Internet provides educational resources for just about anyone, for low or no cost, including virtually everything taught in K-12. However, even if a child had the equivalent of a college degree from such a learning experience, they still would be required by law to attend a government-regulated school or regulated home school. 

There is hope. The innovative private sector may eventually overcome all of these government-created obstacles. Today many experts say we are on the verge of a revolution in cheap or free online education. One explosive new example of this is Khan Academy, which describes itself as "a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education for anyone anywhere."

References:
Catholic Schools and the Common Good by A.S. Bryk, V.E. Lee, and P.B. Holland (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1993), pp. 246-247; 262-263; 286.

Educational Choice for Michigan by L. Reed and H. Hutchinson, (Midland, MI: Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 1991), p. 49.

J.G. Cibulka, T.J. O'Brien, and D. Zewe, Inner-City Private Elementary Schools: A Study (Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press, 1982), p. 137.

"Do Private Schools Serve Difficult-to-Educate Students?" by J.R. Beales and T.F. Bertonneau, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, October 1997.

C. Lochhead, "A Lesson from Private Practitioners," Insight, December 24, 1990, pp. 34-36; 

"Choice, Charters, and Privatizations" by D.W. Kirkpatrick, schoolreport.com, September 1996.

"A Canadian's Perspective on Milwaukee's Choice Program," School Reform News, June 1999, p. 7.

T. Hetland, "Learning Thrives at Westside Prep," Heartland Perspective, January 15, 1993, p. 2.

LEARN MORE: Suggestions by Liberator Online editor James W. Harris for further reading and viewing on this topic: 

* "The Education Visionary: Khan Academy founder Salman Khan on the future of learning," interview by Nick Gillespie, Reason magazine, February 2013 issue

Excerpt: "[T]he nonprofit Khan Academy [offers] free online lectures and tutorials that are now used by more than 6 million students each month. More than 3,000 individual videos, covering mathematics, physics, history, economics, and other subjects, have drawn more than 200 million views, generating significant funding from both the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Google. Khan Academy is one of the best-known names in online education and has grown to include not just tutorials but complete course syllabi and a platform to track student progress."

* VIDEO: "Khan Academy Founder Talks Radical Education Reform and The One World Schoolhouse," interview by Nick Gillespie & Joshua Swain, Reason TV, November 9, 2012. Reason TV's Nick Gillespie talks with Khan about how to radically transform American education, why technology is never the solution reformers expect, and how massive amounts of money go missing every day in conventional public schools. About 14 minutes.

* The Alliance for the Separation of School & State: This website offers a wealth of information and arguments concerning private alternatives to government education, and how this will especially benefit the poor and disadvantaged. The organization was formed by Marshall Fritz, a pioneer in the field of freedom in education (and also founder of the Advocates for Self-Government).

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Got questions?  Dr. Ruwart has answers! If you'd like answers to YOUR "tough questions" on libertarian issues, email Dr. Ruwart
 
Due to volume, Dr. Ruwart can't personally acknowledge all emails. But we'll run the best questions and answers in upcoming issues.

Dr. Ruwart's previous Liberator Online answers are archived in searchable form.
 
Dr. Ruwart's brand new book Short Answers to the Tough Questions, Expanded Edition is available from the Advocates, as is her acclaimed classic Healing Our World.
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One-Minute Liberty Tip 

by Sharon Harris



Funny Video: How NOT to Talk to People About Liberty

One of the best ways to learn how to better communicate the ideas of liberty is to see someone doing it… the wrong way. 

How NOT to Talk to People About Liberty by The Libertarienne Show is a fun, funny, short video that shows you exactly that.  

In just a quick minute and a half, you'll see a catalog of ways guaranteed to turn most listeners off to libertarian ideas -- maybe forever. 

In addition to laughing -- this is some funny stuff -- you might go, "Oops!" and blush with self-recognition once or twice. I know I did! 

If you like this video be sure to also check out their Facebook page, which has lots more great stuff. 

How NOT to Talk to People About Liberty stars Cathy Reisenwitz with special guest, Libertarian Girl. 


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