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Originally Posted by Paloma
No context on this one, but for those who don't know, those two fine gentlemen with Ron Paul are the founders of Stormfront.
I'm really confused on how Ron Paul isn't racist, after all he's against the Civil Rights act iirc. I don't see how his reasons could be anything other than he's a ****ing bigot. It's just like when you hear morons who fly the Confederate flag talk about how it's not racist!!! it's about state's rights!!!
I don't think so....
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Wrong. Ron Paul is a Libertarian, through and through. He may be wearing Republican's clothing right now, but he's still a Libertarian.
The most important thing about the Libertarian Party's stance on - pretty much everything - is that things should be carried forth with an absolute minimum of government control.
The actual government passing legislature that applies to the nation as a whole, even when meant as anti-discriminatory legislation, is always going to infringe on someone else's beliefs. Leaving social issues up to the states is, in his eyes, a much more fair way for the majority of a given area to receive proper representation on these issues.
Oh, and that was his son, Rand Paul, who said he was opposed to the Civil Rights movement. I'm sure, though, that Ron Paul would say the same thing regarding actual legislation passed as being a state issue, not a government issue; with those particular decisions, the politician's own personal feelings don't come into play, and I actually kind of like that...but at the same time, I don't have faith in people to be smart enough to vote for things which seem like common sense.