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You Know You're A Paulbot When...

by Mets102

You write something along the lines of:

Ron Paul is great in his opposition to the wars and his desire to cut military spending and his opposition to the military-industrial complex. He was right about Afghanistan. He was right about Iraq. We shouldn't be launching these imperialistic wars just because we can and we feel like it. He's right that it's wrong to do so. He's right that we can't afford to do. And, oh yeah, I know he sucks on everything else.

Or you write something like:

Yeah, Ron Paul wants to pull us out of the UN, but he also wants to get us out of NATO, which has no purpose now that the Cold War is over. He also opposed both Afghanistan and Iraq from the outset and wouldn't have let the British pull us into World War II. If our foreign policy followed his outlook, we, and the world, would be a much better place for it. And, yes, I know, he's really bad about women's rights, civll rights, and pretty much anything else.

While those quotes are purely fictitious, they do represent the ideas espoused by some on the left. We all know that there is an infestation of Paulbots at this site. Denise Oliver Velez had a great, and funny, diary about it last Friday. Unfortunately, it's not just limited to this site and the pseudonymous people here. We also see it from prominent names, such as Glenn Greenwald, which this diary, and several comments therein, documents.

Despite what some people say, when one makes comments along the lines of those written above, that is a defense of, and advocacy for, Ron Paul. Writing 95 words of praise, followed by 5 words of damnation is exactly that. Opening with a few words criticizing him, and closing with a few words criticizing him, but having the middle, and bulk of the comment or piece, being absolutely effusive about Ron Paul is nothing more than a defense of, and advocacy for, Ron Paul. It is easy enough to see through the faint, and insubstantial, words of damnation and get to the heart of the comment.

I know this has been said time and again, both by myself and others, but one should not be praising Ron Paul under any circumstances. He may come to some of the same end goals as us in certain areas of foreign policy, but he comes to them for exactly the wrong reasons. In addition, that ignores how truly horrific he is when it comes to every other issue under the sun. He wants to criminalize abortion. He has no problem with states criminalizing conduct between consenting adults. He has no problem with states criminalizing drugs. And that is just the start of it. As has been repeatedly said, his issue is about states' rights and lessening federal power.

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