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In reply to the discussion: Ron Paul Supporters Try Brainwashing Democrats... [View all]LostOne4Ever
(9,755 posts)11. Stealing this from a friend
The irony of them talking about brainwashed and Ron Paul is just too much. According to them libertarianism is supposed to be liberal on social issues and conservative on economic but Ron Paul is anything but that. Stealing this from a friend of mine:
As for, Ron Paul, he wants to:
* define life as starting at conception: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.2597
* build a fence along the US-Mexico border: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2006/roll446.xml
* prevent the Supreme Court from hearing Establishment Clause cases or the right to privacy (a bill which he has repeatedly re-introduced: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.300:
* pull out of the UN: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.1146:
* disband NATO: http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2004/cr033004.htm
* end birthright citizenship: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.J.RES.46:
* deny federal funding to any organisation "which presents male or female homosexuality as an acceptable alternative life style or which suggest that it can be an acceptable life style": http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d096:h.r.7955:
* and abolish the Federal Reserve: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.2755:
* in order to put America back on the gold standard: http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2006/cr021506.htm
* He was also the sole vote against divesting US federal government investments in corporations doing business with the genocidal government of the Sudan: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2007-764
Oh, and he also:
* believes that the Left is waging a war on religion and Christmas: http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul148.html
* is against gay marriage: http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul197.html
* is against the popular vote: http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul214.html
* wants the estate tax repealed: http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul328.html
* is STILL making racist remarks: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/02/ron_paul/
* believes that the Panama Canal should be the property of the United States: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d106:h.con.res.231:
* and believes in New World Order conspiracy theories: http://www.infowars.com/articles/nwo/ron_paul_first_bush_was_working_towards_nwo.htm
* not to mention his belief that the International Baccalaureate program is UN mind control: http://www.congress.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r109:E14AP5-0007:
Yeah his social views are so liberal
This is the problem with right wing libertarianism...they LIE about being socially liberal when they really are just a bunch of authoritarians who want to smoke dope. Gay marriage? Abortion? Prostitution? STATE RIGHTS ISSUES! In other words they don't give a damn about social freedom and really want the states to be able to persecute people to their hearts content.
Oh and further Ron Paul Hypocrisy:
http://www.examiner.com/article/ron-paul-files-complaint-with-un-to-get-domains-ronpaul-com-and-ronpaul-org
All the while taking in young people with their false lies of social freedom. But what do you expect from people who don't give a damn about poor people.
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