Something objective rather than subjective.
I never really like any politician, I always thought they were blood sucking demons and corporate dick sucking whores. But as of last year I've been paying attention to Ron Paul, never truly got into the "hype" but i must say I got very excited... Not too long ago, after seeing posts on how Ron Paul was a "racist" I decided to look into the claims and formulate my own opinion.
Almost all of the articles that claim racism have the same format and start with something like this.
"For all those getting really excited about anti-war, libertarian Republican Ron Paul, it's worth noting that he's pretty racist and also an anti-Semite."
Back in the early 90's Ron Paul was quoted in the AP saying." "I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal." and that how being robbed by one how "fleet-footed" they can be.
Ron Paul also states, "By far the most powerful lobby in Washington of the bad sort is the Israeli government" and that, "The goal of the Zionist movement is to stifle criticism."
Is that really anti-semitic? or racist? I would like to say there is more proof that he is a racist.. I'm upset, I thought this was going to be interesting.
Here are some links.
If I missed other indications that Ron Paul is racist, please correct me.
http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/05/20/ron-paul-his-racial-views/
http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2007/05/ron-pauls.html
Now, this is the hardest hitting proof I found on the internet... And it didn't hit me that hard. Without a closer look into how America works the figure he used "95%" would seem very bias and even racist. But Noting that after the 70's forces within the United States government used division tactics in black communities to ensure things like The Black Panthers and the L.A. Riots would never happen again. They did this slowly with crack, extortion, police brutality, and a mathematic equation for economic starvation. As in cutting public subsidies, and for big corporate businesses to not put any of their annual money back into the ghetto because it is a "bad investment". Poverty is designed to leave you spiritless and poor, many of the youth fall into crime.
It is a class issue rather than a race issue. It's about being poor and committing crime. Not necessarily about being black and committing crime. I think those were just the statistics at the time. Race has been replaced by CLASS.
I've noticed that people on shoutwire usually don't view the article but shout it anyways. This is interesting, I remember seeing posts with 34 shouts and 6 views... Anyone who is pissed off at Israel will shout a pro Palestine article probably without reading it, and vice versa.
The same goes for people that are sick of their entertainment be interrupted by Ron Paul supporters. So they will just shout or bash something without caring much for the content. If people have an option to voice their disapproval for something, they will take it, no matter how faulty the claims are. So when people say, "Ron Paul is Racist!". All they are saying is, "Ron Paul booo!" Schoolyard gossip, thats all.