Defending Ron Paul: Minorities, Equality, Property Rights

This is a video series from Matt Ribar and David Kretzmann analyzing AlterNet.org's 8/26/11 article on Ron Paul:

"5 Reasons Progressives Should Treat Ron Paul with Extreme Caution -- 'Cuddly' Libertarian Has Some Very Dark Politics"

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Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• ron
• paul
• 2012
• alternet
• progressives
• libertarians
• liberals
• government
• libertarianism
• racism
• property
• rights
• segregation
• civil
• act
• 1964

[lilsm555]

People just need to grow up thats really what its about. If you are not allowing someone because they are black you are just a straight up IDIOT and should be educated ASAP. There should be no law it should just be common sense.

[mikeroweRules12]

Ron Paul!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Suptiche12]

This is actually really well done. Thanks guys.

[hortulanus94]

College students just have a certain way with videos....lol. Great video!

[YaHuWaHservant]

@criticalthinktruth I am sorry mate, but you are truly ignorant in both the stances of Ron Paul and the benefits of his stances. I would try and convince you he is an amazing choice, however I feel that to be as wrong as you are it is truly a choice. I simply hope that whichever puppet you do support makes you feel good as our country continues to sink into more unemployment and a worsening economy. Cheers

[criticalthinktruth]

Also, it seems to be a slap in the face to undo the civil rights laws. And yes it'd be dumb for businesses not to accept different races, but I believe this property rights issue would end up causing more division than anything. From what I'm noticing, it seems like most of Paul's fans (I thought I was one), are mostly all white... many even white supremacists or anti-semitic! That's just what I've observed.

[criticalthinktruth]

I don't know-the more I read about the tea party in general, and the more I read about Ron Paul his ideas are seeming more and more unrealistic. He claims to be a Christian...yet he would take away health insurance for the ones who truly need it. That doesn' make sense, that is not the actions of a good samaritan. And the rich/poor divide is widening, I don't see how his policies will help that. Rich can hire people for less than min wage, they'll make a profit won't they!

[TheSkunker]

@criticalthinktruth And, just for the record, God never gave us government. Humans are responsible for that mistake.

[TheSkunker]

@criticalthinktruth Not many business owners in today's America would sacrifice a demographic (and a portion of their profit) for the sake of fulfilling a prejudiced whim. Sure, it would happen on occasion, but then again, it's that person's right to run their own personal business how they see fit. The business is theirs, NOT the governments. It really comes down to whether you value the rights of the individual over the "rights of the collective". If you don't, then you're no libertarian.

[criticalthinktruth]

And if he is to end the Federal reserve system, which I believe is fabulous, what is his plan then...will we still be using dollars? Who will be printing the money and in charge then? What is his plan for the poor, unemployed, or those who have jobs but don't offer health insurance if he takes away Medicaid/Medicare? I agree with him on these things, but I haven't heard him explain a lot of what he would do after taking these things away.

[criticalthinktruth]

I am with Ron Paul on everything except that...I am afraid he is going to be very stubborn and not want to compromise on the issue of property rights....so if some people start putting signs on their businesses saying "Whites only" or "blacks only," that takes away freedoms right there! Thats not liberty! God gave us government for a reason...there are just some things that have to be governed...I think that placing property rights above civil rights would make us revisit race (not a good way).

[criticalthinktruth]

I agree it may not be as bad as the 1960s...but why would we want to go back to the past!!!!!!!!? The civil rights act came about because of a MOVEMENT! Why should we let Ron Paul put property rights at more importance than civil rights!?! T