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Top_Solid7610 t1_j93jy7q wrote

The “free staters” are anti-community, anti-society, everything they do is to dismantle our committees and society.

They are prickly people who were never well liked, social outcasts, indignant, arrogant and angry that they don’t fit in, and thus blaming society for their rejection the reason for dismantling communities, because misery loves company. They desperately want company that they never had.

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ThunderySleep t1_j9e8ss2 wrote

Not a free stater, but their explicit purpose is to build a community.. They do all sorts of meetups and events because that's explicitly what they're trying to do.

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Top_Solid7610 t1_j9eu7tl wrote

Their activities are about organizing to further their agenda, not about community.

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anarchir t1_j9at8yt wrote

Free staters have a handful of community centers in the state, run businesses that are pillars of their neighborhoods, and have weekly potlucks. They aren't miserable, they're enthusiastic, supportive and excited about the ideas of freedom. Anyone who knows them would agree.

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Top_Solid7610 t1_j9back5 wrote

Way to admit you are a free stater without disclosing it

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anarchir t1_j9bly26 wrote

It's not really much of an admission when I'm completely open about that fact, now is it? Like I said, we're very active in building community. If you were more open minded, you'd consider coming to one of our events and seeing who we really are. They are on a public calendar afterall: FSP.org/calendar

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Top_Solid7610 t1_j9cehot wrote

"Their", "They", "They're" instead of we, our? Sure didn't sound like you were owning it to me. I give you credit for being open and honest that you are a Free Stater. Many pretend to be Republicans or Democrats to hide their political agenda in seeking election.

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anarchir t1_j9gf3iq wrote

I'm always open about it, most of us are. Politics and philosophy just dont come up in normal conversations for most folks. Going to come to one of our events then?

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adam5isalive t1_j93mqxq wrote

I didn't realize that people coming to join our communities who want a more peaceful and free society were also anti-community and anti-social. You are truly wise.

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Top_Solid7610 t1_j93o3bk wrote

The way they ran the Belknap Delegation would not be described as freedom loving or peaceful.

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adam5isalive t1_j93obzk wrote

You'll have to enlighten me.

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_Im_A_Five_Star_Man_ t1_j95xlys wrote

Don't know what happened in Belknap, but Croydon was a mess: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/10/us/croydon-free-state-politics.html

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adam5isalive t1_j95z2m6 wrote

They wanted to cut the education budget? Sounds like a good idea to me. Government schools are pretty garbage.

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Berzerk_Unit_Alpha t1_j97bav5 wrote

The schools in my town are great. I pay $6k a year in taxes. No kids. I hate paying but…

I want every kid in my town to have an education.

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_Im_A_Five_Star_Man_ t1_j95z8yi wrote

what are your other good ideas?

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adam5isalive t1_j9611qi wrote

A bunch of really good homeschooling co-ops around the state would be pretty nice.

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_Im_A_Five_Star_Man_ t1_j96b423 wrote

Why?

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adam5isalive t1_j96chm6 wrote

Because you get better results with homeschooling.

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_Im_A_Five_Star_Man_ t1_j96grhn wrote

Why do you think society doesn't do this currently, if it's a better idea?

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adam5isalive t1_j96ljq0 wrote

Lots of people are already doing this, the more the better. It's cheaper, doesn't require force or taxation, and those kids typically perform much better than government educated kids. Sounds pretty good to me.

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_Im_A_Five_Star_Man_ t1_j96ygbw wrote

why isn't everyone doing it if it's such a good idea? sounds like if you were in charge, it would be easy to fix everything.

https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence/

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adam5isalive t1_j970rly wrote

What I'm advocating for is the opposite of me being in charge. I want parents to be in charge. Maybe you should read that blog post yourself.

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_Im_A_Five_Star_Man_ t1_j9712w9 wrote

the people have decided they want public schools. you want the majority (regular, normal, functioning people from New Hampshire) to listen to the minority (free staters like you), aka you want to be in charge and tell people they can't have public schools.

You definitely do not understand that blog post.

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adam5isalive t1_j975x3c wrote

I'm not part of the FSP, and I'm from New Hampshire.
Sounds like you're saying it's cool to force things onto minorities. Why do you want to dehumanize and confiscate the wealth of people who aren't like you? That's pretty lame.

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