Why Ron Paul attracts some liberals.

[joshcryer]

172. You're posting on DU, the readers are DUers, please spare me this nonsense.

Not even worth reading walls of text that have been repeatedly crammed down my throat while denying what I said without providing any real reason. Intent is irrelevant, generalizations have implications. Stop generalizing about people unless you're willing to own the implications.

Personal attacks against fascists and ultra-nationalists and far right wingers are strong, they show that we judge character, they show that we don't fold over when someone with a history of bad character pretends to be on our side. They show that we scrutinize the enemy. They show that we're not going to sit down and play nice. I like them for that reason.

This call for civility is the very thing that got us in this mess. Obama ran a very moderate, post-partisan, very "reach across the isle" campaign. We saw where that led. He installed a cabinet that was center-right. His entire first year when he had his mandate trying to get everyone to meet and agree on things. Then when they did he wound up compromising so hard that we didn't get what we needed to make this country stronger in the short term.

Fuck Ron Paul.