I agree with you in most ways, I always like Ron Pauls stance on firearm ownership. As Newman has said, I really think Ron Paul is a blessing in disguise. I know many won't agree with me.
This is the only way I can really defend Ron Paul, I know there has been talk that he is a anti-semite because he "appeals" to anti-semites. Think of it from this perspective.
I am a political activist. I have been involved in many political protests against illegal immigration with the minutemen and what not, we get a lot of criticism from leftists and liberals and Mexicans, what's worse is sometimes we get people that show up who are in the KKK or part of StørmFrønt or Neo Nazis. They don't always identify as one but they start talking about the same issues we do then people say "Hey if you are against illegal immigration, you must support neo nazis!" this is just a comparison.
I am a advocate of gun rights, in many of my gun debates, unfortunately guns are viewed in a bad light. I say how guns have been used for good purposes and some liberal will say how crazy rednecks and nazis love guns and claim i'm some right wing extremeist red neck with a confederate flag on my wall (well I do have a confederate flag living in the south). They associate gun owners as redneck racist white trailer park trash.
Judaism, you know what? I am Jewish, Nazis accuse me of being a liberal leftist neo-con who supports homosexuality, gay marriage, gun control, communism, hollywood, pornography, globalism, the war on Iraq, and democrats. Guess what, some people who happen to be Jewish (or self hating Jews) do, does that make all Jews liberals or supporters of homosexuality, gay marriage, gun control, communism and whatever else? ABSOLUTELY NOT! Heck JTF is living breathing proof of that.
Guys the point I am trying to make is yes Ron Paul has stated things that are taken out of context.
Not every person who is critical to Israel is a anti-semite, i'll give you an example. Most of us "HATE" our current government. We do NOT hate America. We HATE the government and some of the people here, just like we do not HATE Israel, we HATE the current person in power (OLMERT). We HATE that Sharon sold the Israeli people out. Unfortunately some people find it easier to critisize Israel as a whole rather than the people in power. You are going to get vast variety of people that support Ron Paul on this for different reasons.
Some people support him because they do not agree with foreign aid to Israel, now this could be because they hate Israel that they are neo nazis and muslims, this could be because people don't support the situation going on in Israel today, this could be because we simply do not want to send foreign aid to any country to be fair, and this could also be because we don't want to see Israel become a welfare state (like myself). There are various purposes for supporting this.
9/11, same. Ron Paul never said that 9/11 was a conspiracy, he never said 9/11 was a inside job nor did he blame America or Israel. He blamed US policy which is quite a bit different. This again can be taken into context.
Some conspiracy nuts associate this as that 9/11 was a inside job by the government, therefore they support Ron Paul and use this to their agenda. Some neo nazis use this and claim it is our alliance to Israel or that it was done by Israel. Others like myself simply feel that our involvement in the middle east gave them a reason to attack us.
Intervention. Ron Paul abides by the founding fathers that they were against intervention. Some may feel that this is similar to the democrats that he doesn't want to fight and wants to back down, some feel Ron Paul is doing it because he is sympathetic to muslims, others like myself feel he doesn't want to get involved because he simply doesn't see Iran as a threat to the United States and this is moreso a threat to Israel and they are capable of taking out Iran by themselves.
The point I am making here is that Ron Paul does not have a agenda, He is not an anti-semite, you must realize that people are using Ron Paul for their own political agendas. Think of it from their viewpoint how he benefits them, then think of Ron Paul how he benefits you.
To the Nazi, Ron Paul benefits them because they figure (please note these quotes are sarcastic)
"Hey this guys against illegal immigration, we all know how Jews love illegal immigration to destroy white culture"
"Hey he believes 9/11 was a sham, we all know those Jews and Israel did it!"
"Hey he's against foreign aid, no more aid to the zionists woo hoo!"
"Hey he supports guns, we all know those Jews support gun control for the new world order!"
"Hey he's against the war in Iran, we all know Zionists are mad about this because we won't fight their war for them!"
"Hey he's against the IRS, no more money for Israel!"
Now reverse that and think how he benefits us, the Jews
"Hey this guys against illegal immigration, so are we, illegal immigrants are destroying this country"
"Hey this guys against foreign aid, not only will Israel be free from US money with strings attached, but US will no longer funds Israels enemies!"
"Hey he supports guns, nazis took away guns from Jews, this guy supports the constitution and believes in getting rids of backround checks"
"Hey this guys against the IRS, the 16th amendment was never ratified and we have more money to spend for private college or stocks or whatever, good for business"
Guys the point i'm making is you can make Ron Paul out to what you want him to be, you can make him out to be a Nazi, you can make him out to be a Muslim sympathizer, you can make him out to be a Anti-Semitic Jew hating bastard, whatever you want. The problem is, you are projecting your views on him because unfortunately there are anti-semites who happen to support him and muslims who support him. Would you not vote for Guiliani or Hunter or Huckabee if Nazis were donating money to him?
Even Ron Paul said, he doesn't screen donations, he doesn't question who sends him money, he only cares about freedom or liberty. Isn't that what America is about? You guys really need to look at the bigger picture, the Nazis and the White Supremists are the fools for voting for him, the Nazis are practically opposite of what Ron Paul supports.
Sorry if anything I said was taken the wrong way but I don't view Ron Paul as evil.
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