Comments on: How exactly are we defining “racist” these days?

By: louise

louise — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:50:14 +0000

JennyDreadful, I linked them in post #1. That this hasn’t come out sooner is disgraceful; all I can think is that too many folks are spoon-fed MSM and now have mush between their ears. He should have been shut down FAR before now!

To Rose: Goodness, I thought I was an established smartass by now; sorry if you thought I was supporting RP. Nonono… should have “/snark” ed…

By: tannenburg

tannenburg — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:45:29 +0000

…aaaaand Krystalnacht was justified by the Nazi authorities after a Jewish man shot a German ambassadorial official in Paris in 1938, by this elegantly constructed logic:

The international Jewish conspiracy wanted to defame Germany by having a Jew protest Nazi treatment of the Jews by shooting a perfectly innocent German.

And the wheel goes ’round and ’round, and nothing ever changes…

By: BabyPop

BabyPop — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:22:58 +0000

^”Poser racists,” if you will. Just when you think you’ve seen it all…^ My posts were directed to JennyDreadful, sorry, I should’ve used quote and preview!

By: BabyPop

BabyPop — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:20:11 +0000

According to this. the first white supremacist quoted above is not a "real" white supremacist, but a "Jew" plant. Who knew racist white folk thought there was a conspiracy against them by the Jews?

By: lizvelrene

lizvelrene — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:20:09 +0000

Jenny Dreadful – a lot of the statements that people pull as evidence of his racist beliefs are from independent newsletters that Ron Paul sent out to his followers in the 1990s. Paul has since refused to distrute further copies to anyone and denied that he wrote them (he’s put off some of the doozies on “a staffer”) but there are plenty of damning statements there with his name attached.

This archived Houston Chronicle article summarizes some of those statements.

It isn’t any one thing he said, but a series of things he’s said that he’s now scrambling to disavow.

By: Jenny Dreadful

Jenny Dreadful — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:16:40 +0000

I’m not a Ron Paul supporter, but I’ve been trying to find reliable sources to corroborate the allegations of racism and I haven’t been able to locate anything. It’s obvious that his politics are racist, and again, I’m not a supporter, but I don’t think that “Commander” Bill White is a reputable source, and neither is that batshit crazy commenter whose quote was excerpted in the post.

Roxie, where did you get that Ron Paul quote? I haven’t been able to find it in its original context anywhere.

I think Ron Paul is a dangerous hack, and I’d never vote for him, but so far, most of the articles people have pointed me to regarding Paul’s white nationalist ties have been pretty flimsy. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

By: tannenburg

tannenburg — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:12:18 +0000

Roman after the Battle of Actium: “Oh, this Octavian Caesar means to restore the Republic, after all? It’s not like he wants to become Emperor or anything.”

Frenchman in 1799 on the eve of Napoleon’s takeover: “Obviously he doesn’t listen to all of that nonsense about attacking England and Russia from some extremists. He’ll preserve the Revolution.”

Russian in 1917: “Lenin calls for an end to the War, and that’s what we all want! All that nonsense about collectivization of farms and nationalization of industry is just propaganda.”

German in 1932: “Oh, those brownshirts calling for the expulsion of the Jews are just fringe elements. Hitler’s a sensible man, he’ll calm down once in office. He’s got a lot of good ideas for Germany!”

Note to all of you “undecided” voters out there: if a Loony Tune politician says something, you might want to consider that he means it.

Then again, if a close study of history proves anything, it’s that the most powerful force in politics is willfully wishful thinking.

By: evil fizz

evil fizz — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:31:26 +0000

Can we have an “exalted cyclops” of Feministe? I vote for Zuzu.

Seconded!

By: BabyPop

BabyPop — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:59:33 +0000

I am absolutely amazed – AMAZED – at the willful ignorance of Ron Paul supporters, particularly from the punk fucking rock set…

By: brandann

brandann — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:29:53 +0000

no no no…it’s totally true! you haven’t heard him going on about how he delivered hundreds of babies so that is how he knows they shouldn’t be aborted? but he would never legislate that. no…that would be to buttinsky of the government…*coughcopoutcough*

*sigh*