Rep. Ron Paul for Prez

[SeanL]

Originally Posted by iella

Because if you listen to him talk, you'll realize he's the only one out of the white guys on the stage who ISN'T racist. He stated his support for the repeal of the Jim Crow laws (government forcing segregation) but also objected to the laws that required private property and business owners to behave in one way or another (government forcing desegregation, essentially). (source)



In other words, a truly color-blind government wouldn't force anybody to do ANYTHING one way or the other. Forced segregation is just as racist in nature as Affirmative Action. One may seem racist and the other standing up for minorities' rights, but in reality, the basis of BOTH is that we are forcing people, businesses, and government entities to treat people one way or another on the basis of their race or ethnicity. Why, then, is one okay while the other is not? Dr. Paul demonstrates his ideological consistency in pointing out that both are unconstitutional intrusions of government on the rights of private citizens.

One of the consequences of liberty is that you have to coexist with people who don't share your views. At one point in time, people in this country fought and died to preserve the right to think differently (or even incorrectly). Your right to think and behave in a way that pleases you doesn't end when your opinions are, in the opinion of the majority, wrong.

Never said he was racist, but he does pander to racists (see newsletters and refusal to reject the support of white supremacist groups). Furthermore, point is the policies he supports - extreme state's rights conservatism (not libertarianism) - logical conclusion would be the oppression of millions of Americans. While he is against the Jim Crow laws PERSONALLY, he would do nothing as President to bring an end to said oppression (as evidenced by his opposition to the Civil Rights Act). That is how screwed up his policies are and why his political positions are not based in reality.