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I don't particularly like Ron Paul. Here's why:
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0632242545 wrote
at 5:07 PM, Sunday October 2, 2011 EDT
http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/kxuyz/alright_rpolitics_im_not_a_big_fan_of_ron_paul/
Long story short, Ron isn't as much a libertarian as he is a an anti-federalist. He's fighting a battle that was lost 200 years ago. Imparting more rights to the states doesn't make the country any more efficient, if anything it's regressive. And if you remember, we fought a bloody civil war over the issue already. The fact is, the only way you could think of Ron Paul politically is as an anti-federal libertarian voluntarist, as real libertarians basically are tantamount to anarchists. The flaw in libertarian thought though is that it fails to account for the fact that not everyone is perfect, ethical, moral, and responsible - that everyone isn't an ideal person. Or that there is even enough good people in society to locally police the irresponsible, unethical and immoral. Libertarianism sounds good on paper but in practice it can't work because of human nature. |
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Travis O Johnson wrote
at 10:28 AM, Thursday October 6, 2011 EDT what makes you think that I dont think that segregation should be left to the power of the states...do you not know where I stand lol just bc i like him, doesnt mean that i agree with all of his stances...i generally like most ppl and I like his fervor and his dedication to uphold what is written <-----green/libertarian/republican |
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Travis O Johnson wrote
at 10:29 AM, Thursday October 6, 2011 EDT socially Ron Paul and my ideologies are really compatible
well at least on the surface |
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Travis O Johnson wrote
at 10:30 AM, Thursday October 6, 2011 EDT I think utopia is controlled communism
with a structure implemented by the federal govt...upheld at the state level and regulated by the ppl |
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greekboi wrote
at 2:35 PM, Thursday October 6, 2011 EDT lol @ dc not responding to this...probably took ALL of his willpower not to
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0632242545 wrote
at 7:41 PM, Thursday October 6, 2011 EDT lol
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0632242545 wrote
at 8:02 PM, Monday October 10, 2011 EDT The difference between what libertarians, liberals and Ron Paul believe:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/09/02/the-difference-between-what-liberals-believe-what-libertarians-believe-and-what-ron-paul-believes/ |
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0632242545 wrote
at 4:58 AM, Tuesday October 11, 2011 EDT Bump over spam
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4rk wrote
at 9:47 PM, Tuesday October 11, 2011 EDT scrumgear basically wrote over and over: I'm not listening. He never actually made any kind of argument, he just... didn't want to argue.
Ron Paul has one thing that's kind of amazing: He cannot change his mind. It's both refreshing and an obvious hindrance. |
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Travis O Johnson wrote
at 10:33 PM, Tuesday October 11, 2011 EDT 4rk you hit the nail on the head
and i like that about Ron Paul...I like when people adhere to what's written...i like when leaders are unbiased...I like his platform too |
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0632242545 wrote
at 12:00 AM, Wednesday October 12, 2011 EDT His platform, aside from the hippie shit, is completely regressive. He's not even a libertarian in any sense (other than wanting the nation to become isolationist again - but even that is more conservative than libertarian). Make no bones, RP is closer to a classic conservative than the current batch of GOP officials which are just corporate lackeys.
That being said, I don't think we need to be conservative in dire times - we need leaders willing to change their minds, who aren't set in their ways to make decisions on issues that aren't cut and dry, without regard to corporate welfare (of which there is plenty). The only good aspect of Ron Paul's political views I can see is that he doesn't seem like he would bend to corporate interests (which would probably get him shot). Everything else about him is superfluous, regressive in nature, or socially conservative. |
