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Bucky

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13. Besides "let 'em die" economic philosophy, he's said a lot of racist or dog-whistle racist things

Reply to thescreaminghead (Reply #12)

Thu Dec 15, 2011, 05:46 PM

Dec 2011

If you google "Ron Paul +racist" you'll get a few hits from a few years back. He's done better at controlling his tongue in the past decade, but he's not an advocate of social equality.

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Besides "let 'em die" economic philosophy, he's said a lot of racist or dog-whistle racist things Bucky Dec 2011 #13