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by Brad WarbianyPossible discussion point — should we on the libertarian end of the spectrum start more aggressively using the rattlesnake image from the Gadsden Flag? I’m a huge fan, but may not be a representative sample.
UPDATE: Photo originally from this post. The post is itself worth a read.
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Pingback by Short Answer? | Scott Adcox — September 14, 2009 @ 10:12 amI think it would be great to use the Gadsden flag… it is recognized as historically relevant even to those outside of the liberty movement.
Comment by Amagi — September 14, 2009 @ 10:19 am1. where’s that image from?
2. the federalist response: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Join,_or_Die
Also, if right-libertarians use the snake, I’m going to start using a mongoose for left-libertarianism! ;]
Comment by Sam M-B — September 14, 2009 @ 10:22 amI like it. I say hell yes.
Comment by Stephen Littau — September 14, 2009 @ 10:38 amSam,
1) I don’t know where it originated. I am hosting it locally, but if you click it, it links over to Breitbart (but direct to JPG, not to a page w/ any context).
2) Libertarianism is an end, federalism is a means. Federalism might be better than what we have now, but I no more want a state government telling me how to live my life than I want a central government doing the same.
Comment by Brad Warbiany — September 14, 2009 @ 12:06 pm“I no more want a state government telling me how to live my life than I want a central government doing the same.”
You’re in California, right?
What, is there a problem? :)
Comment by southernjames — September 14, 2009 @ 12:17 pmAppears in this article:
Comment by Anonymous Coward — September 14, 2009 @ 3:27 pmhttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mbaron/2009/09/09/forming-the-leave-me-alone-party/
There is a long standing fear of snakes in the American populace (due largely to Christianity); an unrecognized reaction [from a deeply ingrained and then probably never questioned story] to an image could be counter productive. ~~~ ‘I don’t know why I dont’t like it-I just don’t’ ~~~
Perhaps a jesus fish, a tai ch’i wheel, an amalgam or something non-dissimilar?
Comment by JamesLloyd — September 14, 2009 @ 3:30 pmI am Canadian and even prior to moving to the US,I have long known the meaning of the rattlesnake as depicted here. It is entirely suitable.
Comment by Jenn — September 15, 2009 @ 4:15 amI like the idea. As a symbol, it makes a lot more sense than the other two.
Comment by John222 — September 15, 2009 @ 6:00 am