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Old 11th May 2009, 02:45 AM   #41
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Originally Posted by Sword_Of_Truth View Post
Congratulations, you successfully located the first line of the first post.

Now read the rest of the thread.

And when you're done with that... you can read about the ugly hate filled rants Herr Doktor Paul used to have published in his name.

Ron Paul really hates people who don't look like him... it's no wonder the NAZIs like him.
there are many many posts, and it seems most Nazis are in agreement, Ron Paul is not a WN.

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There is no candidate that supports our beliefs fully because our philosophy is not accepted in mainstream society due to America's mainstream media influence.

Ron Paul may not be a WN, but at least he advocates less emphasis on special treatment of minorities and foreign policy and more on individual freedoms.
did Dr. Paul write that newsletter you linked to?

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Old 11th May 2009, 03:00 AM   #42
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Government and Racism
by Ron Paulby Ron Paul

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The controversy surrounding remarks by talk show host Don Imus shows that the nation remains incredibly sensitive about matters of race, despite the outward progress of the last 40 years. A nation that once prided itself on a sense of rugged individualism has become uncomfortably obsessed with racial group identities.
The young women on the basketball team Mr. Imus insulted are over 18 and can speak for themselves. It’s disconcerting to see third parties become involved and presume to speak collectively for minority groups. It is precisely this collectivist mindset that is at the heart of racism.
It’s also disconcerting to hear the subtle or not-so-subtle threats against free speech. Since the FCC regulates airwaves and grants broadcast licenses, we’re told it’s proper for government to forbid certain kinds of insulting or offensive speech in the name of racial and social tolerance. Never mind the 1st Amendment, which states unequivocally that, “Congress shall make NO law.”
Let’s be perfectly clear: the federal government has no business regulating speech in any way. Furthermore, government as an institution is particularly ill-suited to combating bigotry in our society. Bigotry at its essence is a sin of the heart, and we can’t change people’s hearts by passing more laws and regulations.
In fact it is the federal government more than anything else that divides us along race, class, religion, and gender lines. 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, thus making each group suspicious that others are receiving more of the government loot. This leads to resentment and hostility between us.
The political left argues that stringent federal laws are needed to combat racism, even as they advocate incredibly divisive collectivist policies.
Racism is simply an ugly form of collectivism, the mindset that views humans strictly as members of groups rather than individuals. Racists believe that all individuals who share superficial physical characteristics are alike: as collectivists, racists think only in terms of groups. By encouraging Americans to adopt a group mentality, the advocates of so-called "diversity" actually perpetuate racism. Their obsession with racial group identity is inherently racist.
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.
More importantly, in a free society every citizen gains a sense of himself as an individual, rather than developing a group or victim mentality. This leads to a sense of individual responsibility and personal pride, making skin color irrelevant. Rather than looking to government to correct our sins, we should understand that racism will endure until we stop thinking in terms of groups and begin thinking in terms of individual liberty.
from the nazi forum you linked to.

Paul just doesnt sound like a Nazi. period.
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Old 11th May 2009, 04:10 AM   #43
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Originally Posted by Sword_Of_Truth View Post
Ron Paul is the only republican the NAZIs will vote for.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...yke/images.jpg

Ron Paul, pictured with former KKK Grand Wizard and member of the American Nazi Party, Don Black and his spawn, Derek. Black donated to Pauls campaign and endorsed his candidacy.

Go to Flickr and look at all the Ron Paul pictures where he poses with a lot of people he has no Idea who they are - or if they contributed to his campaign. Your argument seems to be that "Obama is a oppressing Dictator just like Chavez because there is a picture showing them shaking hands".
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Old 11th May 2009, 11:58 AM   #44
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Originally Posted by Dictator Cheney View Post
there are many many posts, and it seems most Nazis are in agreement, Ron Paul is not a WN.
All White Nationalists are racist dirtbags, but not all racist dirtbags are White Nationalists.

But the fact remains, among WNs, KluKKers and neo-nazis, Ron Paul is the man because he is the one who thinks the most like them.

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did Dr. Paul write that newsletter you linked to?
Ron Paul is directly responsible for the content of the Ron Paul Freedom Report, Ron Paul Political Report and The Ron Paul Survival Report.

There's little evidence that he wrote all of it, or any of it. But he put his name on it.
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Old 11th May 2009, 12:02 PM   #45
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Go to Flickr and look at all the Ron Paul pictures where he poses with a lot of people he has no Idea who they are - or if they contributed to his campaign. Your argument seems to be that "Obama is a oppressing Dictator just like Chavez because there is a picture showing them shaking hands".
Grasping at straws, Ollie?

It isn't that Ron Paul found himself signing autographs and taking pictures with one of the leaders of the white nationalist movement. It's that the leaders of the white nationalist movement went to Ron Paul.

People who make thier choices based on hate choose Ron Paul.
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Old 11th May 2009, 01:45 PM   #46
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I don;t know if Ron Paul is a racist/white supremist personally, but that he refused to publically say that they were not welcome in his campaign is enough reason to consider him either incredibly ignorant, or a bigot.
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Old 11th May 2009, 01:51 PM   #47
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Go to Flickr and look at all the Ron Paul pictures where he poses with a lot of people he has no Idea who they are - or if they contributed to his campaign. Your argument seems to be that "Obama is a oppressing Dictator just like Chavez because there is a picture showing them shaking hands".
Which means he is an idiot, and thereby unqualifed to be president.
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Old 11th May 2009, 02:43 PM   #48
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Originally Posted by Dictator Cheney View Post
there are many many posts, and it seems most Nazis are in agreement, Ron Paul is not a WN.

did Dr. Paul write that newsletter you linked to?
He very well could have. Even if he didn't, he signed his frickin' name to it. People have given him the benefit of the doubt simply because he doesn't say such things in congress or before the media (and how could he? He'd be castigated immediately and likely lose his re-election bid if he did). Have any of the supposed ghostwriters come out to corroborate his explanation?

Besides, would you allow racist ghostwriters over the span of a decade to write in the first person all sorts of nasty things in a newsletter named after yourself, and not once read it to see how they might be representing you? What does that say about his level of responsibility?

Perhaps Ron Paul isn't a racist. He just hangs out with racists and panders to racists for political gain when the need arises. Of course in national elections you can no longer solely rely on your racist base, so you must strike up a different tune. I'm not sure which is worse.

Ronulan apologizers are pathetic.
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Old 11th May 2009, 03:31 PM   #49
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I don't think Ron Paul is a racist. He's just the kind of person who is crazy enough to ignore the common sense of his peers and think for himself. This sometimes leads him to be right when most other politicians are wrong, but more often it causes him to take completely crazy positions (isolationism, monetary policy), or to end up in bad company.
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Old 12th May 2009, 11:17 AM   #50
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I'm sorry Oliver, but what is your political affiliation?

Oh right, you never vote.
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Mhmm, Ron Paul actually is the only thing that prevents me from calling Republicans Nazis.
Revealing, yet again, your keen understanding of the nuances of American politics
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Originally Posted by Pardalis View Post
I'm sorry Oliver, but what is your political affiliation?

Oh right, you never vote.
That is one of two things amazing about Oliver
A.He is obssesed with US politics, but has never bothered to vote in a German election
B.Despite said obssesion, he is incredibly ignorant about American politics. He seems to take his idea of American Politics from left wing European opinion, which seems to be genetically hostile to the US.
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Old 12th May 2009, 01:47 PM   #53
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Originally Posted by dudalb View Post
That is one of two things amazing about Oliver
A.He is obssesed with US politics, but has never bothered to vote in a German election
B.Despite said obssesion, he is incredibly ignorant about American politics. He seems to take his idea of American Politics from left wing European opinion, which seems to be genetically hostile to the US.
The irony is that in his country, there is an actual Nazi party, and it has won seats.

Maybe if some people cared to vote at all, these bastards wouldn't sneak in by the back door.

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