The newsletters, opposition to Civil Rights Act, no gold medal for Rosa Parks, Don Black donation..Is this enough to prosecute Ron Paul as a racist. Or is this just slander and speculation?
Were you intending to be sarcastic?
At this stage I'll simply ask: who cares?
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No, all of that is soundly libertarian. Why should businesses be forced to accept business from minorities if they don't want to? The CRA is probably unconstitutional. Why should the federal government provide a gold medal for Rosa Parks? Is that the proper role of government? The newsletters not written by Ron Paul... who cares? The Don Black donation... so DB thought RP was tough on immigration, when in reality Ron Paul advocated the rule of law but at the same time wanted immigration restrictions relaxed (which Don Black and stormfront probably wouldn't be too happy about). At the same time, many stormfronters support Ron Paul because of his stance against NAFTA. The other side of the coin shows that Ron Paul is against NAFTA because it subsidizes some businesses and isn't truly free trade: he would get rid of "trade agreements" and genuinely engage in free trade by lowering or even eliminating tariffs.
Ron Paul is a true minarchist from the social contract perspective, IMO, but I don't think many people actually realize that. He seems to genuinely believe that everyone has natural rights, some of which must be given up for government. At the same time, he seems to believe in less government at all fronts which shows his minarchist colors.
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RP was correct on all the above stated issues. And who cares anyways? Hopefully those of us in this community are above branding others with Marxist nonsense terms ending with "ist" or inventing "isms."
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krazy kaju:Ron Paul is a true minarchist from the social contract perspective, IMO, but I don't think many people actually realize that. He seems to genuinely believe that everyone has natural rights, some of which must be given up for government. At the same time, he seems to believe in less government at all fronts which shows his minarchist colors.
There is no proof of this. In fact, if you listen to is rhetoric, particularly his post campaign rhetoric, it's hard to distinguish him from many other libertarians. He's avoided talking policy, about political change, and seems to be speaking much more philosophically.
To some people, if you're not a flaming anarchist, then you're a statist. At 72, I think Paul has learned how to be soft spoken and selective about his beliefs.
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The Newsletters
They were not penned by him, though they have his name written on it. However, he take full responsibility for what was said, and recants much of it. This happened nearly 20 years ago, and to my knowledge, there hasn't been a recurrance.
Oppositions to Civil Rights Act
He was not in office when the original act went through, but voted NO on its commemoration decades later. Many of the provisions Civil Rights Act were unconstitutional, not to mention harmful towards private property. Suffice it to say, if we turned to and enforced the constitution with respect to individual rights, the Civil Rights Act would have never been necessary. It is not necessary.
No Gold Medal for Rosa Parks
He suggested that each of the congressmen pitch in, rather than spend the taxpayers money. It was also not within the jurisdiction of Congress, hence unconstitutional.
Don Black
Ron Paul protects the individual rights of individuals, even racists. Don Black knew what he was giving his money to, it was his choice to support whoever he likes.
Not Racist at all.
liberty student:To some people, if you're not a flaming anarchist, then you're a statist. At 72, I think Paul has learned how to be soft spoken and selective about his beliefs.
Was that sarcastic? Anyway, I loved it when he talked against the Cuba embargo and minimum wage in the Florida debate. Boy, he got more hisses then than the all other debates together about such things as the Iraq war. :)
To the original poster: I think others already addressed your points (e.g. he always suggests for congressmen to pay for medals from their own pockets; he of course votes against being charitable with other people's money), but it puzzles me that you suggest someone should be prosecuted for being a racist. It might not be nice, and you might not want to associate yourself with such a person, but as long as they don't practice it, and keep it to themselves, you're just going to create more hatred and solidify their belief system if you go on chasing them.
Equality before the law and material equality are not only different but are in conflict with each other; and we can achieve either one or the other, but not both at the same time. -- F. A. Hayek in The Constitution of Liberty
wowdavidp1:Is this enough to prosecute Ron Paul as a racist.
LOL
Wow, so they hissed at lifting embargoes on a communist country, yet they have no problem with communism in the USA? Cognitive dissonance, much?
I think we had a similar thread a while ago.
wowdavidp1:The newsletters, opposition to Civil Rights Act, no gold medal for Rosa Parks, Don Black donation..Is this enough to prosecute Ron Paul as a racist. Or is this just slander and speculation?
But let's look what they have. What statement/action of him do the consider "being racist"?
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With all these "Ron Paul is a racist" comments, I've been waiting for someone to come along and say "Ron Paul is an anti-semite", so I can post a picture of his office with drawn-in red circles around the pictures of Ludwig Von Mises and Murray Rothbard on his wall and say, "His biggest heroes are Jews."
No takers yet though. Although, I'm kind of expecting it, since claims of anti-semitism and racism seem to go hand-in-hand.
"Keynesianomics is a Ponzi scheme"
"You are correct in that Capitalism does not help with poverty, but it is only because it eliminates poverty altogether.."
Fephisto: With all these "Ron Paul is a racist" comments, I've been waiting for someone to come along and say "Ron Paul is an anti-semite", so I can post a picture of his office with drawn-in red circles around the pictures of Ludwig Von Mises and Murray Rothbard on his wall and say, "His biggest heroes are Jews." No takers yet though. Although, I'm kind of expecting it, since claims of anti-semitism and racism seem to go hand-in-hand.
Actually, there were claims (I don't know how mainstream) calling Ron Paul an anti-semite mainly due to his lack of support for Israel and his Nazi/nationalist supporters.
Jon Irenicus: Was that sarcastic? Anyway, I loved it when he talked against the Cuba embargo and minimum wage in the Florida debate. Boy, he got more hisses then than the all other debates together about such things as the Iraq war. :) Wow, so they hissed at lifting embargoes on a communist country, yet they have no problem with communism in the USA? Cognitive dissonance, much? -Jon
Haha, so, so true. I think many people don't even realize that the minimum wage was actually an invention of Marx. He argued that unions were good because they prevented wages from falling below what Marx would arbitrarily consider "proper" during times of recession.