Ron Paul letters
I have been fairly dismissive of the allegations that Ron Paul is a racist. That is something that is often thrown around with little merit, and further I think his ideas are wacky enough that they will fail on their own. While it has been obvious that some racists and similar bigots supported him, that wasn’t particularly dispositive in my mind. Just as the first ammendment is a good idea even if it benefits activities we don’t like, other libertarian principles can be good ideas as well, even if they will allow some people to misuse their freedoms.
This TNR article though paints a very different picture of Ron Paul, and not a flattering one. Read the whole thing if the Paul campaign interests you, here is a bit from near the end:
it is difficult to imagine how Paul could allow material consistently saturated in racism, homophobia, anti-Semitism, and conspiracy-mongering to be printed under his name for so long if he did not share these views. In that respect, whether or not Paul personally wrote the most offensive passages is almost beside the point. If he disagreed with what was being written under his name, you would think that at some point–over the course of decades–he would have done something about it.
Ron Paul’s campaign is a marriage of libertarian principles with wacky far right anti-government beliefs and conspiracy theories. While I have a great deal of sympathy for the former, the latter is really just crazy. Add in these racist and homophobic elements and I think it is time for us all to just start ignoring Dr. Paul.
from this article.
If the NAACP says your not a racist – I would assume that your not.