Congressman Ron Paul's Answer To Combat Racism
POSTED BY: 6ixStringJack
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 01:55
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
He's a personal hero of mine.... and I don't think I've ever said that before about somebody who didn't hold a guitar.
HEAR HEAR!!!
I've been hearing good things about Ron Paul lately and this thread will cause me to look into him a bit more. So at least in my humble little case, your thread has worked.
Also....Ron Paul...Les Paul...??? Could it be possible?
And you can't change that by gettn' all bendy.
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"Lets look at how people got on shall we? We had Jim Crow laws, unprosecuted lynchings, back-of-the-bus policies and general segregation, the assasination of Medger Evers MLK and Macolm X... "
Ahhhh, the good ole days.......
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Originally posted by kaneman:
"Lets look at how people got on shall we? We had Jim Crow laws, unprosecuted lynchings, back-of-the-bus policies and general segregation, the assasination of Medger Evers MLK and Macolm X... "
Ahhhh, the good ole days.......
whaddya think of Ron Paul Kane?
And you can't change that by gettn' all bendy.
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I must admit that I don't know much about RP, however I did just spend an hour on youtube...I like every thing he has said about immigration, taxes, and the constitution........
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The only problem I can see is that he is a Doctor. He may have stuck his fingers in too many asses.... Squeezed to many balls while saying "turn and cough"...Oh, and that fucking needle thing
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After more fact finding and research...THIS COULD BE THE END OF HIS BID....I support RP....110%..
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I think Ron Paul is hopelessly naive about racism.
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Always look upstream.
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Now that I have a little more time...
Quote:Wow. Did "the government" create sexism or slavery? Those divisions existed long before "the government" did. While I think it's generally true that dividing society benefits those in power I don't see what this government gets out of religious, gender, or so-called racial divisions. It doesn't increase their coffers, and unless the government actively portrays a group as "the enemy within" (like the Nazis painted the Jews or like the right wing paints gays) it doesn't even increase their power. What I DO find inevitably benefitting from these divisions is corporations. In fact, if they can make everybody fight everybody along any line whatsoever- age, IQ, gender, race, height, good looks etc.- then nobody will ever get together to fight corporate power structure around. Oh and BTW- you're not about to fight them by yourself.
In fact it is the federal government more than anything else that divides us along race, class, religion, and gender lines.
Quote:Assuming there's genuine goodwill to be had. In a zero-sum society, genuine goodwill is awfully hard to come by.
Government, through its taxes, restrictive regulations, corporate subsidies, racial set-asides, and welfare programs, plays far too large a role in determining who succeeds and who fails in our society. This government "benevolence" crowds out genuine goodwill between men by institutionalizing group thinking
Quote:"government loot" is not anywhere near as important a factor as a job. So if anyone is fighting for anything, it's a job.
thus making each group suspicious that others are receiving more of the government loot. This leads to resentment and hostility between us.
Quote:What I see is free-market capitalism for individuals and socialism for corporations. Does that seem fair to you? IMHO the true antidoe to racism is full employment.
The true antidote to racism is liberty. Liberty means having a limited, constitutional government devoted to the protection of individual rights rather than group claims. Liberty means free-market capitalism
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which rewards individual achievement and competence, not skin color, gender, or ethnicity.
Not only is Ron Paul hopelessly naive about racism he's also hopelessly naive about capitalism.
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Originally posted by SignyM:
The true antidote to racism is liberty. Liberty means having a limited, constitutional government devoted to the protection of individual rights rather than group claims. Liberty means free-market capitalism, which rewards individual achievement and competence, not skin color, gender, or ethnicity.
Now I'm confused. Are you quoting Ron Paul now after you said he was naive? That's almost word for word what he was saying. The "Cliff's Notes" version, if you will.
"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." http://www.myspace.com/6ixstringjack
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By Malbadinlatin: ....Ron Paul...Les Paul...??? Could it be possible?
LOL.... Well, I'll take it over Ru Paul anyday. I'm glad you're interested in learning more about him. I realize that he's probably not going to be popular with a large group of people, particularly the Oprah crowd because he speaks common sense and he proposes that we should be responsible for our own actions and not rely on Government. He avoids telling people what they want to hear and he tells it like it is.
The truth is hard for many to face, but the longer we wait to face the truth, the harsher it will be when we're ultimately forced to face the music. Honestly, I don't know what his chances are because the Dems are going to have anti Ron Paul ads telling people that they're going to lose welfare if he's elected. I'm all for it though. Welfare programs are simply an important ingredient for Communism and wealth re-distribution and have no place in this country.
My only exception to this rule would be that injured Veterans who served our country should not be left to fend for themselves after they come back home. If we weren't funding our war of terror, we'd have plenty of money to protect ourselves and take proper care of our soldiers, rather than spreading ourselves so thin that they don't even have the proper body armor when the Administration sends them out to die.
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By Kaneman: After more fact finding and research...THIS COULD BE THE END OF HIS BID....I support RP....110%..
LOL.... I just had a great campaign idea for Ron, Kaneman. Make a post on every thread in this forum about how much Ron Paul sucks and he'll probably get 90% of the fff.net vote!
"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." http://www.myspace.com/6ixstringjack
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