[specialist]

FWIW, I'm fine with recruiting disciples from right-libertarians circle. I'm totally onboard with "freedom from coercion". And that's a pretty good place to start from.

As an activist, I spoke to anyone and everyone who'd have me. Socialist, Green, Libertarian, Democratic, Republican, and all sorts of nonpartisan orgs.

At the time, I felt everyone's core values were more or less the same. Opinions started to diverge over priority. More so with implementation. Then game-over once the dialog drifted into personalities.

I gotta believe that the way forward is flipping the script from nitpicking over differences to emphasizing our agreements.

And I sense that one of our shared, unifying, omni-partisan values is our mutual hatred of bureaucracy. Of any kind. Corporate and governmental.

[tomrod]

Was it my comment you were intending to reply to?

[specialist]

Ya. I'm trying to subtly encourage you to not write people off based on their labels, self identified or otherwise. Because you seem reachable somehow.

I'm no smarter or better than any one else about this stuff. I have a history of getting really spun up. I do feel my efforts have helped my own mental state.

One thing that has helped, for instance, is figuring out that we're all a little bit crazy. Another is realizing that my "own the libs" siblings don't actually believe the stuff they say; it's just sport for them. So I try to not take the bait.

Any way. You get the idea.

Peace.

[tomrod]

Got it. Way too subtle then.

I don't write people off on labels. I have a high degree of suspicion that I share with others when they publically and openly signal adherence to a damaging set of certain lies, like antivax advocacy. In this case, they write themselves off.

I am classical liberal and know what it is like to have a minority view that is in reality held by everyone when you get past the barriers.

In this case, the website looks scammy.