The answers to some common questions you may have regarding the Minority Advocate can be found below:
- What is the Minority Advocate? The Minority Advocate is an individualist blog by me, Tracy C. Henry. It is my tribute to the ideal of freedom and the inherent rights of man.
- Okay, who is Tracy C. Henry? I am a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Maryland University College with a BA in Humanities, and I am a professional entertainer and musician by trade.
- Why a blog about individualism, egoism, capitalism, freedom, etc.? Because if there ever were a time when objective philosophy was needed, this is it. The great American experiment is in danger of collapsing from the slow rot of collectivism which seeps through every facet of public life. At stake are the very principles which have made America the greatest civilization in the history of mankind, principles which had not been codified in a social contract prior to America’s establishment. Specifically, I refer to the notion that man–as an individual, not as a member of the abstraction known as “society”–has the unalienable right to his own life, liberty, and the pursuit of his own happiness. Other nations and societies may have approximated this bold declaration, but only America specifically recognized the primacy of individual rights and the importance of that primacy to a free society. Unfortunately, we now live in an era of compromise–a time when “consensus,” “bipartisanship,” and “international prestige” are considered more important than objective values. Such compromises have led us to “progressive taxation,” a “mixed economy,” and a host of other violations of individual rights in the name of “social justice.” However, there can be no compromise with evil, and no such thing as a free slave. In a compromise between right and wrong it is only the wrong which stands to benefit, for it has nothing to offer the right. It is the threat to my own liberty and that of every other human being who is slowly being shackled, link by link, for the “public good” that inspires me to produce the Minority Advocate.
- Your statements seem a bit “over-the-top.” Aren’t you being a bit hyperbolic? Perhaps. But after taking a look at the 25-point National Socialist Program which gave rise to Hitler and the Third Reich, you may change your mind (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Program). Pay particular attention to items 7., 10., 13.-17., and 20.-21. Sound familiar?
- You sound like a conservative/Republican/right-winger. Are you? As with most people, I am conservative on some issues and liberal on others; to everything there is a season, after all. In my estimation, however, such labels are relatively meaningless, particularly in our current climate of hyper-partisanship. Logical consistency in one’s views is far more important, and above all things I strive for such consistency regardless of whether it places me to the left or the right in other people’s eyes. I do think it’s worth noting that most of the time my study of, and reflection upon, political and economic issues leads me to conclusions which many would consider to be conservative.
There are certainly more questions to be asked and answered, and when I can think of them (or when someone else asks them), I’ll add to the above list.
