What is relevant is that what Lark did to Gorman was wrong. Just plain wrong. When a person enters the race for the LP presidential nomination, he has an implicit right to present his ideas and views to his fellow Libertarians. And he has implicit priority over LP bureaucrats such as Dasbach and Crickenberger. Bergland failed to establish any lies by Hornberger in this section of his email message.
Purges have no place in the party.
Bergland's assertion was false. I have never called for a purge of anyone, nor would I ever do so. Having reached the twilight years of his life, Bergland knows that his grip of power on the Libertarian Party could finally be slipping from his grasp, which might be what is now causing him to lash out at those whose competing ideas or paradigms might just accelerate the process. It is a sad confirmation that Lord Acton's dictum applies to Libertarians just as it applies to everyone else. In the year 2000, Libertarians face important issues regarding ethics and political success and failure at the national level.