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LIE:Ron Paul
is a racist. TRUTH:Ron Paul
is absolutely not a racist, and has spoken out against racism. The
bulk of these allegations come from a publication printed under his name,
with words written by someone else, which unfortunately have attempted to
resurface as of late. During the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, a newsletter
called the “Ron Paul Political Report” was published with Dr. Paul’s
permission via his campaign. It surprisingly contained statistics and
characterizations with a rather racially charged slant. The
Houston Chronicle (registration required) back in 1996 ran a piece on
this. As
detailed in that article, comments included the following: “Opinion polls consistently show that only
about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions, i.e. support the
free market, individual liberty and the end of welfare and affirmative
action.” “Given the inefficiencies of what D.C.
laughingly calls the `criminal justice system,' I think we can safely assume
that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely
criminal.” “We don't think a child of 13 should be
held responsible as a man of 23. That's true for most people, but black males
age 13 who have been raised on the streets and who have joined criminal gangs
are as big, strong, tough, scary and culpable as any adult and should be
treated as such.” “By far the most powerful lobby in There is one very significant problem with all of
this: Ron Paul never said any of these
statements. They were instead ghostwritten by someone in his
campaign, who he would go on to fire because of it. Ron Paul later told Texas
Monthly magazine in 2001, “I could never say this in the campaign, but those
words weren't really written by me. ... It wasn't my language at all.” (A
direct link to words contained in the Texas Monthly
article is unavailable online without a subscription, but they are cited
on USA
Today’s political blog.) At the time though, he
was advised not to go into that level of detail, as it would be too
confusing, and he felt morally responsible for the words because they came
from his campaign, regardless of whether he actually wrote them, so instead
he flatly denied the statements as untrue. Which technically, they were. Several
sources, including two blogs have come out
reporting this story. The first was the left-leaning blog
Daily Kos. Following that was the right-leaning blog Flopping
Aces. Following that was The New York
Sun, which then lead to a piece by USA
Today. But again, the fact that these blogs and
articles have been posted at all is completely without merit. Dr. Paul has
served 10 terms as a congressman, taking a break in that stretch to return to
his medical practice (Dr. Paul is a licensed obstetrician and gynecologist).
He writes a weekly column on his
congressional website, and made countless speeches, often discussing on
individual liberties and rights. In all his years of public service, he has
never once made any remarks remotely racist. Instead his detractors have had
to stoop to digging up an obscure publication from the late 1980’s to early 1990’s, that has long been discredited, because it wasn’t written
by him. Congressman
Paul’s own views on racism are quite different than the publication
cited: Racism is simply an ugly form of
collectivism, the mindset that views humans strictly as members of groups
rather than individuals. Racists believe that all individuals who share
superficial physical characteristics are alike: as collectivists, racists
think only in terms of groups. By encouraging Americans to adopt a group
mentality, the advocates of so-called "diversity" actually
perpetuate racism. Their obsession with racial group identity is inherently
racist. The true antidote to racism is liberty. More importantly, in a free society every
citizen gains a sense of himself as an individual, rather than developing a
group or victim mentality. This leads to a sense of individual responsibility
and personal pride, making skin color irrelevant. Rather than looking to
government to correct our sins, we should understand that racism will endure
until we stop thinking in terms of groups and begin thinking in terms of
individual liberty. Ron
Paul believes in individual rights given by our Creator. That all people are
equal in the eyes of their Creator. This view of people as individuals is
diametrically opposed to racism. In
addition to allegations of racism against African Americans, Ron Paul has
also been accused of being anti-Semitic. The allegations don’t only come from
statements in the already-cited “Ron Paul Political Report”, but because Dr.
Paul has been critical of our government being lobbied by the Israeli-governmental
interests, namely through the American Israel Public Affairs Committee
(AIPAC). This however has nothing to do with any resentment towards Jewish
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