West Shokan, NY 12494
August 19, 2017
Wes Benedict
Executive Director
Libertarian Party
Libertarian Party
1444 Duke Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314-3403
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Dear Mr. Benedict:
I joined the Libertarian Party in 1977, and I was active in the New York chapter, at that time called the Free Libertarian Party, for several years. I stopped being active, but I have contributed to the LP and the campaigns of Gary Johnson. Part of the reason I stopped being active in the 1980s was an apparent anti-Israel tendency in the LP. As well, I have repeatedly detected anti-Semitism not only in association with the LP but also, and more emphatically, with the Ron Paul movement. Because of recent events in Charlottesville, this issue has come to a head.
I joined the Libertarian Party in 1977, and I was active in the New York chapter, at that time called the Free Libertarian Party, for several years. I stopped being active, but I have contributed to the LP and the campaigns of Gary Johnson. Part of the reason I stopped being active in the 1980s was an apparent anti-Israel tendency in the LP. As well, I have repeatedly detected anti-Semitism not only in association with the LP but also, and more emphatically, with the Ron Paul movement. Because of recent events in Charlottesville, this issue has come to a head.
If I am to be supportive of the
LP in the future, I need to have a clear accounting of the degree to which
racists and anti-Semites have infiltrated it. I also need to have a
clear picture of what you and the LP are doing to rid it of the
infiltration. If you wish to reply that it doesn’t exist or that you will
do nothing, my support for the LP will end, and I hereby request that you
remove me from your mailing list. What I need to know for my
support to continue is what the LP is doing to establish a litmus test
that excludes anti-Semites and racists. If the answer is nothing,
then please remove me from your mailing list.
Sincerely,
Mitchell Langbert
