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(The Atlantic Wire) Amusing The controversy over his newletters has caused Ron Paul's popularity to surge among certain parts of the electorate. Unfortunately for him, it's the parts made up of people that shout things like "white power"   (theatlanticwire.com) divider line 369
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2011-12-23 09:57:07 AM
RON PAUL is one of those politicians, like Michelle Bachmann, where attacks on him or her that cause moderate voters to run like hell away strengthen them. Their supporters already have a siege mentality, the feeling everyone's out to get their beloved candidate, so something like this just strengthens that. Meanwhile, to the rest of us, it's just more proof they're too farking nuts to even be seriously considered for President, let alone elected.
 
2011-12-23 10:36:59 AM
Who's next?
 
2011-12-23 10:45:54 AM
James!: Who's next?

I'm thinking at this point the GOP nomination make come down to a floor fight between Romney and "The Guy who sweeps up the convention hall"; assuming of course "The guy" can satisfy conservatives as to his immigration status
 
2011-12-23 10:47:52 AM
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2011-12-23 11:05:44 AM
James!: Who's next?

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REPUBLICAN ZUBAZ MAN
 
2011-12-23 11:13:05 AM
ARYAN PAUL!
 
2011-12-23 12:10:07 PM
GAT_00: RON PAUL might not be a white supremacist, but he says an awful lot of things they want to hear, and a lot of the things he wants to do are ones that will make it easier for them to discriminate.


Bingo.

He is against the civil rights act. He thinks businesses should be allowed to discriminate their hiring or who they do business with on nothing but the basis on race. He believes states should be the ones that decide which citizens should have their rights protected.

I don't think he's a racist.

I think he is a sincere fool who is to rigidly in love with what he views the US Constitution to mean. I think he is one of those people who would rather watch the country burn then admit that maybe his interpretation of the Constitution is wrong.
 
2011-12-23 12:17:22 PM
Ron Paul: Not racist but #1 with racists.
 
2011-12-23 12:17:56 PM
Just like the Tea Party: We're not racists!! - But we have no problem associating with racists, them saying they racist views (and for Ron Paul using HIS NAME and newsletter to preach racists statements) and having them around!!!

You Can't Shake the Devil's Hand and Say You're Only Kidding
 
2011-12-23 12:18:37 PM
This is Ron Pau's Jeremiah Wright.
 
2011-12-23 12:19:21 PM
GAT_00: RON PAUL might not be a white supremacist, but he says an awful lot of things they want to hear, and a lot of the things he wants to do are ones that will make it easier for them to discriminate.

His policies and the whole newsletter thing are just full of dog whistles. And I know dog whistles, because I can hear it with my superior Jew hearing for listening for pennies in Gentiles' pockets, then sending my black ghetto servants to rob them and use that money to buy orphans to make fried chicken on Black Shabbos.

/Since we're talking about white supremacists, Poe's law probably applies here, too. They are farking idiots.
 
2011-12-23 12:20:17 PM
Corvus: You Can't Shake the Devil's Hand and Say You're Only Kidding

What if you ask him to pull your finger?
 
2011-12-23 12:25:14 PM
www.ccpl.lib.co.us

Ron Paul fundraiser
 
2011-12-23 12:25:45 PM
Ron Paul isn't racist. Would a racist say something like this?:

"We quadrupled the TSA, you know, and hired more people who look more suspicious to me than most Americans who are getting checked," he says. "Most of them are, well, you know, they just don't look very American to me. If I'd have been looking, they look suspicious ... I mean, a lot of them can't even speak English, hardly. Not that I'm accusing them of anything, but it's sort of ironic."
 
2011-12-23 12:27:06 PM
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I'm one of the Jewiest Jews on Fark (despite no longer being observant), and this pic never fails to make me laugh.

Racism can be funny, people. Let's not thin out our skins and miss the good jokes.
 
2011-12-23 12:27:46 PM
All Hail the civil rights act! The legislature has successfully abolished racism such that nobody has even mentioned it for the last 50 years.

If you're a person, and the best candidate for your job is a skilled minority that you refuse to hire, then you deserve the loss you'll get from your bad decision.

Though on the other hand, if the best candidate is not a minority, but the government imposes a racial quota which forces you to hire someone else, then that is not a deserved loss.

But people so easily forget the the point of the economy is to produce things for consumers, not provide jobs with an arbitrarily designated fairness quality for everyone.

Things about minorities making Ron Paul angry (new window)

//$10 campaign donations for every schrote post again in this thread. $350 so far! Bonus $5 for circumstantial evidence about gynecology journals.
 
2011-12-23 12:27:47 PM
Corvus: Just like the Tea Party: We're not racists!! - But we have no problem associating with racists, them saying they racist views (and for Ron Paul using HIS NAME and newsletter to preach racists statements) and having them around!!!

You Can't Shake the Devil's Hand and Say You're Only Kidding


From what I've seen, Ron Paul's in support of a 1930's America, in every sense. This means that he wants to throw out all the government changes since then, from the gold standard to civil rights, desegregation, etc. While some of the progress (notably since Reagan) has been in a bad direction, he wants to throw out all social-governmental-legal progress, good AND bad.
 
2011-12-23 12:28:56 PM
do these newsletter feature tales of his struggle?
 
2011-12-23 12:29:02 PM
RON PAUL is right, if you have every been mugged by a minority, they can run fast... like they were running for the law.
 
2011-12-23 12:29:54 PM
vernonFL: Ron Paul isn't racist. Would a racist say something like this?:

"We quadrupled the TSA, you know, and hired more people who look more suspicious to me than most Americans who are getting checked," he says. "Most of them are, well, you know, they just don't look very American to me. If I'd have been looking, they look suspicious ... I mean, a lot of them can't even speak English, hardly. Not that I'm accusing them of anything, but it's sort of ironic."


Hmmmmm... maybe.
 
2011-12-23 12:30:20 PM
He has been a guest on political cesspool multiple times. That is enough for me to not consider him a viable candidate.
 
2011-12-23 12:30:27 PM
It's sad that our cowardly, authoritarian-owned MSM is focusing on this when Ron Paul has so many other ideas that are also terrible.
 
2011-12-23 12:33:26 PM
"States Rights" was the codeword for legalized segregation. Paul voted against a commemoration of the Civil Rights Act, claiming it made racial tensions worse. This was true initially, perhaps, but in 2004 when Paul opposed it there had been huge gains in minority social opportunities and the nation had become decidedly less racist.

That is the problem with libertarians. To them the only force for oppression in the world is government. Privatized forms of tyranny are both legal and morally justified (among those who worship Ayn Rand). Under libertarianism you are trading the potential chains of a democratic government that you have some say in, and taking on the chains of privatized corporations, criminals, warlords and whoever else masses private power over your life. They'll enslave you by debt, enslave you by low wage, enslave you through control of capital, and enslave you by monopolizing the good things of society. And the libertarians like Paul with stand and applaud, proudly sacrificing their chidlren's future like heathens given their children to the flames Ba'al.
 
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2011-12-23 12:34:30 PM
GAT_00: RON PAUL might not be a white supremacist, but he says an awful lot of things they want to hear, and a lot of the things he wants to do are ones that will make it easier for them to discriminate.

yeah, like revamping the judicial system to stop the wholesale imprisonment of blacks.
 
2011-12-23 12:35:15 PM
Bunnyhat: GAT_00: RON PAUL might not be a white supremacist, but he says an awful lot of things they want to hear, and a lot of the things he wants to do are ones that will make it easier for them to discriminate.


Bingo.

He is against the civil rights act. He thinks businesses should be allowed to discriminate their hiring or who they do business with on nothing but the basis on race. He believes states should be the ones that decide which citizens should have their rights protected.

I don't think he's a racist.

I think he is a sincere fool who is to rigidly in love with what he views the US Constitution to mean. I think he is one of those people who would rather watch the country burn then admit that maybe his interpretation of the Constitution is wrong.


Because the country will burn if people are given back the basic human right to freedom of association? You went to public school, didn't you?

At least be honest: the Civil Rights Act took away rights; it didn't give them.
 
2011-12-23 12:35:19 PM
This is pure hit peice. No mention of what Ron Paul said or even what was in the news letter. Just keep saying racists like him over and over and let people assume the worst.
 
2011-12-23 12:35:50 PM
Larofeticus: All Hail the civil rights act! The legislature has successfully abolished racism such that nobody has even mentioned it for the last 50 years.

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Larofeticus: Though on the other hand, if the best candidate is not a minority, but the government imposes a racial quota which forces you to hire someone else, then that is not a deserved loss.

Good thing that doesn't happen.
 
2011-12-23 12:37:12 PM
I was wondering when this bit of his history was going to come back and bite him. It was never a secret.

Up next: his expressions of support for tax evaders.
 
2011-12-23 12:38:18 PM
Larofeticus: But people so easily forget the the point of the economy is to produce things for consumers, not provide jobs with an arbitrarily designated fairness quality for everyone.

What does "the economy" have to do with basic civil liberties, exactly?

/Also: it's not just Ron Paul's newsletters that have a cloak-on-head racism problem. Go ahead and throw some more money at him if you want, though.
 
2011-12-23 12:39:38 PM
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2011-12-23 12:39:47 PM
pdee: This is pure hit peice. No mention of what Ron Paul said or even what was in the news letter. Just keep saying racists like him over and over and let people assume the worst.

I wonder where you could find such information?
 
2011-12-23 12:40:01 PM
Dr Dreidel: [s3.amazonaws.com image 600x429]

I'm one of the Jewiest Jews on Fark (despite no longer being observant), and this pic never fails to make me laugh.

Racism can be funny, people. Let's not thin out our skins and miss the good jokes.


Exactly. I just saw that for the first time and laughed so hard I nearly choked on the fortune cookie I was noshing from last night's Chinese food/Hannukah feast.
 
2011-12-23 12:41:27 PM
jake_lex: RON PAUL is one of those politicians, like Michelle Bachmann, where attacks on him or her that cause moderate voters to run like hell away strengthen them. Their supporters already have a siege mentality, the feeling everyone's out to get their beloved candidate, so something like this just strengthens that. Meanwhile, to the rest of us, it's just more proof they're too farking nuts to even be seriously considered for President, let alone elected.

This.

The really funny ones are the ones who pretend they don't support RON PAUL at all, while they spend entire threads calling anybody who doesn't enablers of tyranny.

/he's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy.
 
2011-12-23 12:42:28 PM
Ron Paul: not a racist but #1 with racists.
 
2011-12-23 12:42:36 PM
Bloody William: GAT_00: RON PAUL might not be a white supremacist, but he says an awful lot of things they want to hear, and a lot of the things he wants to do are ones that will make it easier for them to discriminate.

His policies and the whole newsletter thing are just full of dog whistles. And I know dog whistles, because I can hear it with my superior Jew hearing for listening for pennies in Gentiles' pockets, then sending my black ghetto servants to rob them and use that money to buy orphans to make fried chicken on Black Shabbos.

/Since we're talking about white supremacists, Poe's law probably applies here, too. They are farking idiots.


Hey guys, just so we're clear: we're not talking about dog whistles or "not racist but #1 with racists" stuff here. We're talking about explicitly racist statements by a publication bearing his name (new window).
 
2011-12-23 12:42:59 PM
And then there's his vote against the Darfur disinvestment act of 2007. I'm unsure as to why not doing business with the Janjaweed militia is unconstitutional.
 
2011-12-23 12:43:28 PM
DrPainMD: Because the country will burn if people are given back the basic human right to freedom of association?

You can associate with anyone you want in your private life. Not so much for a business open to the public.

/commerce clause
 
2011-12-23 12:44:01 PM
DrPainMD: At least be honest: the Civil Rights Act took away rights; it didn't give them


farm4.staticflickr.com

Say what?
 
2011-12-23 12:45:07 PM
Super Chronic: Bloody William: GAT_00: RON PAUL might not be a white supremacist, but he says an awful lot of things they want to hear, and a lot of the things he wants to do are ones that will make it easier for them to discriminate.

His policies and the whole newsletter thing are just full of dog whistles. And I know dog whistles, because I can hear it with my superior Jew hearing for listening for pennies in Gentiles' pockets, then sending my black ghetto servants to rob them and use that money to buy orphans to make fried chicken on Black Shabbos.

/Since we're talking about white supremacists, Poe's law probably applies here, too. They are farking idiots.

Hey guys, just so we're clear: we're not talking about dog whistles or "not racist but #1 with racists" stuff here. We're talking about explicitly racist statements by a publication bearing his name (new window).


And I meant to link this one (new window), not the Jezebel link that I found via Google. Or you can also link through from the Jezebel article.
 
2011-12-23 12:46:38 PM
DrPainMD: At least be honest: the Civil Rights Act took away rights; it didn't give them.

I see the homeschooling didn't help you either.
 
2011-12-23 12:46:52 PM
Votes are votes, and their campaign contributions are just as good as any other campaign contribution.

It's not like the racist little aspie with crackpot economic theories was ever going to be president anyhow.
 
2011-12-23 12:47:51 PM
vernonFL: DrPainMD: At least be honest: the Civil Rights Act took away rights; it didn't give them


[farm4.staticflickr.com image 375x500]

Say what?


Because if you can't deny jobs to black people based on the color of their skin then this just ain't 'Merica.

This is what Ron Paul supporters actually believe.
 
2011-12-23 12:48:02 PM
DrPainMD: Bunnyhat: GAT_00: RON PAUL might not be a white supremacist, but he says an awful lot of things they want to hear, and a lot of the things he wants to do are ones that will make it easier for them to discriminate.


Bingo.

He is against the civil rights act. He thinks businesses should be allowed to discriminate their hiring or who they do business with on nothing but the basis on race. He believes states should be the ones that decide which citizens should have their rights protected.

I don't think he's a racist.

I think he is a sincere fool who is to rigidly in love with what he views the US Constitution to mean. I think he is one of those people who would rather watch the country burn then admit that maybe his interpretation of the Constitution is wrong.

Because the country will burn if people are given back the basic human right to freedom of association? You went to public school, didn't you?

At least be honest: the Civil Rights Act took away rights; it didn't give them.


You sound Southern.
Kind of like how the Civil war wasn't about Slavery, but about property rights. By winning the civil war, we lost the right to own black people.
 
2011-12-23 12:48:57 PM
vernonFL: DrPainMD: At least be honest: the Civil Rights Act took away rights; it didn't give them


[farm4.staticflickr.com image 375x500]

Say what?


Now THAT is the kind of weiner I like to see in a website

odinsposse: It's sad that our cowardly, authoritarian-owned MSM is focusing on this when Ron Paul has so many other ideas that are also terrible.

I less than 3 this comment.
 
2011-12-23 12:49:05 PM
going to hang out with my buddy who is a PAULite in a few hours. i am sure this article will lead to hours of thoughtful discourse haha
 
2011-12-23 12:49:54 PM
Fart_Machine:

The Civil Rights act hasn't ended discrimination either. It just forces racists to be more creative about it.

In exchange for that, individuals conducting legitimate bushiness get to worry about unfounded discrimination lawsuits being used as a weapon against them.

A crime is the action itself; it is not the motivation. But that doesn't stop politicians from using laws to try and make bad thoughts go away.
 
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2011-12-23 12:51:02 PM
Fart_Machine: vernonFL: DrPainMD: At least be honest: the Civil Rights Act took away rights; it didn't give them


[farm4.staticflickr.com image 375x500]

Say what?

Because if you can't deny jobs to black people based on the color of their skin then this just ain't 'Merica.

This is what Ron Paul supporters actually believe.


when someone makes an idiotic statement...why not follow it up with another?
 
2011-12-23 12:51:56 PM
Larofeticus: Fart_Machine:

The Civil Rights act hasn't ended discrimination either. It just forces racists to be more creative about it.

In exchange for that, individuals conducting legitimate bushiness get to worry about unfounded discrimination lawsuits being used as a weapon against them.

A crime is the action itself; it is not the motivation. But that doesn't stop politicians from using laws to try and make bad thoughts go away.


So your argument is that employers still discriminate but legal actions against them for discrimination are unfounded. The Derp is strong with you.
 
2011-12-23 12:53:50 PM
182: Fart_Machine: vernonFL: DrPainMD: At least be honest: the Civil Rights Act took away rights; it didn't give them


[farm4.staticflickr.com image 375x500]

Say what?

Because if you can't deny jobs to black people based on the color of their skin then this just ain't 'Merica.

This is what Ron Paul supporters actually believe.

when someone makes an idiotic statement...why not follow it up with another?


So that's what your post was about?
 
2011-12-23 12:54:20 PM
vernonFL: DrPainMD: At least be honest: the Civil Rights Act took away rights; it didn't give them


[farm4.staticflickr.com image 375x500]

Say what?


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