(December 23, 2011 at 9:30 pm)aleialoura Wrote: What makes one racist in the UK? Here in America, if you're a rich white man, and you slap you're name on the title of a newsletter that makes negative statements of judgement on an isolated race of people, as if it's their skin color that makes them deserving of that judgment, it might mean you're racist... might not.What makes one racist? Espousing racist views. There is no evidence Ron Paul has ever done that, and as I've said repeatedly before, even if there was, he hasn't done it in recent years. In fact, he's done the opposite; he's campaigned for a fairer justice system that treats minorities properly, and for equal protection under the law. This whole "once a racist always a racist" attitude that you (and other liberals) seem to have is really quite astounding, given the number of ex-racists that find absolution each year. These are human beings we are talking about here; everyone makes mistakes at some point...the very least we can do is accept them when they shed their evil views.
Quote:If you then lie about having heard of, or read the newsletter when you're running for president, because you know what's in it, and how racist it is, then what else is to be concluded?...but he didn't lie. He never denied knowledge of the newsletter's existence. What he did deny was reading it and writing it. There is (to my knowledge) no evidence that he did read or write it, only speculation on both sides.
Quote:Who knows what he says in private, and how he really thinks. We could speculate all day long, but nobody in a position of extreme power should think along the lines of black people and white people. We're all Americans here. Here is a video example of some indications that Ron Paul is a racist:Erm...did you even watch the video? Could you point out the bits that were racist? He quoted prison statistics that highlight the unfairness of the judicial system which give harsher punishments to blacks, and then went on to say Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks were his heroes. If that's racist, what the heck isn't?
Quote:What if Barack Obama were to stand up there saying what Ron Paul is saying? Mind you, I agree with him on the general idea of drug prohibition statement. I don't totally hate the shit out of him. Black people aren't the only people in America who do drugs, or get needlessly punished for them, by the way.Since I can only see good things in that video (which is scary since apparently it's "racist"), I'd say that Obama would be hailed as a hero for saying the same things.
Quote:The deal is, if he wasn't a racist, he wouldn't be trying so hard, and putting so much emphasis on championing the rights of "blacks". It's a classic sign of guilt. He's a racist, he knows it, he can run from it, but he can't hide from it. He needs the black vote, because black people are really not so much a minority on election day. Also, poor people who do drugs, of every color are not a minority in America.How is he trying "hard"? Did you take a minute to look at the audience in the video, or to the people on stage? This was clearly a debate at a minority function; of course he's going to talk about minorities. You know what it's also a classic sign of? Not being a dick politician and focusing on one set of people. Fuck me...Ron Paul reaches out to all minority groups, highlighting the unfairness that he sees them suffer...yup, he MUST be a racist. Are you being serious?
Quote:He's a backward thinker. The last thing this shit hole needs is another backward thinker running it into the glory of yesterday. (When the blacks knew their fucking place) [barf]So you like the fact that the drug war claims a disproportionate amount of minorities as victims? Because according to your argument, to point out that discrepancy is "backwards thinking" and racist.
Just wondering, what do you make of this: http://www.nolanchart.com/article1134-na...acist.html
I mean, the guy knew Ron Paul back in the days when he was "supposedly" writing racist newsletters on a semi-regular basis, yet according to him, Ron Paul was frequently talking about police repression of black communities, and how much respect he had for Martin Luther King Jr. Do you now at least see why you can't just tarnish someone with the "racist" label? There are multiple sides to the story.
