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LoLP Episode 48: Ian Freeman

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Lions of Liberty

Education, Business, Comedy, Self-improvement, News, Politics

4.6672 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2014

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, host Marc Clair welcomes in “Free Talk Live” host, Ian Freeman! Ian describes how he came into the libertarian movement through Harry Browne and activism within the Libertarian Party, before picking up and moving to New Hampshire as part of the “Free State Project”, along with his own “Free Keene” group. Ian explains why he opted to challenge an incumbent Democrat for the governorship of New Hampshire, how he drew the ire of the New York Times, and just what has the “STOP FREE KEENE!!!” group so upset. So grab your favorite beverage, and strap yourself in for another liberty-fueled edition of the Lions of Liberty Podcast! Visit our website:  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.6

Oh! Welcome to the Lions of Liberty podcast.

0:44.7

Here is your host, your guide, your shining beacon of liberty,

0:49.4

Mark Clare.

0:51.8

Welcome back here once again to the good old LOLP, the Lions of Liberty podcast, coming at you

0:58.8

from my humble abode out here in sunny Los Angeles, California.

1:02.8

Now, a couple weeks ago, I got a little ranty, you know what happens sometimes, addressing

1:08.5

some criticisms that I often get about my advocacy for

1:12.1

liberty, but I realize I left off one of the big one, and that's, hey, anyone can just sit around

1:17.2

bitching on the internet. What are you actually going to do about it? All right, fair enough. Technically,

1:23.0

it's true. If you call advocating for individual rights and for different ways of people looking at their

1:29.6

interactions with their fellow man, if you call that bitching. Bitching. Well, then it's true. Yes.

1:35.5

This advocacy is bitching and it is taking place on the internet largely, but it's really a very

1:41.5

silly criticism. I mean, it's more just attacking the forum or attacking

1:46.4

the idea of, you know, complaining or arguing about something. I wouldn't even call it complaining.

1:51.3

I'm trying to argue for a positive change in the world, for a positive way to look at things.

1:56.4

But really, if you're just addressing the forum, I mean, nobody accuses the president of just

2:01.4

bitching on TV when he gives his presidential address or has a news conference. No, it's just

2:05.9

the forum that he's using to communicate. And in many ways, the internet is still looked down upon

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