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Re:Ron Paul locked out of his Facebook page by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:05AM (#25744161)
A good politician is never blatantly racist, that's political suicide.

Anyway, it's not enough to "not be racist", that's like the default, like "being nice to others" is. What are you when you're not nice? Just "there"? No, you're a prick.

When it comes to racism, if you're not openly against it, you condone it, and you're part of the problem.

Take Trump; in his position, he can take down the extreme right paramilitary organizations, the Proud Boys, the KKK, the conservative churches, etc. But he chooses not to, instead dogwhilstling his approval and support; statements like "stand back and stand by", encouraging the crowds to storm the Capitol, etc etc etc. He knows he'd be booted out hard if he starts to hard-R his way through speeches, but dogwhistles have no consequences, and inaction has no direct consequences.

Re:Ron Paul locked out of his Facebook page by Bancakes on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @05:23AM (#25744810)
>if you're not openly against it, you condone it, and you're part of the problem.

No ideology on the planet based on "us vs them" is legitimate. Nobody is going to rile up people for you, for free.

Re:Ron Paul locked out of his Facebook page by phoinix on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:35AM (#25744413)
> part of the problem.

You are right on all your words except that one part. Of course politicians know how string together two sentences with nice sounding words to convey any meaning they want. But Ron never said a homeless of one colour is more homeless than any other colour. A hungry of one colour more hungry of any other colour. But if you want to put your words into any other person, that's the start of a theocracy.

Many stuff about the climate change, are almost any other religion. And of covid too. Ron says many times hair raising stuff for the newly minted religion of the atheist left.

P.S. i personally eat the bark of the pine tree every day almost all day, specifically for climate change. If we make it economically viable to plant big trees in cities, because people will be benefiting from them as a food source, then climate may reverse in no time. But it may not be man made. And meat production is the worst for the climate, i am a vegan for years.

Re:Ron Paul locked out of his Facebook page by skinkestek on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @03:45PM (#25753333)
> he can take down the extreme right paramilitary organizations, the Proud Boys, the KKK, the conservative churches, etc.

Emphasis mime.

That's a fine mix my friend!

Greetings from a conservative churchgoer who'd rather not be lumped together with KKK!

Re:Ron Paul locked out of his Facebook page by Agustus on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @10:55AM (#25748523)
Minimum wage laws when instituted were racist. To this day it still detrimentally affects individuals trying to enter a work force by creating an artificial barrier.

Currently, there is a push to increase the minimum wage to $15. If I oppose this on my concept of what it is, a vestige of systematic racism that contributes further to that system, then what do I make of proponents of the increase who argue that voting against it is racist.

The entire endeavor is a waste of time, the politicos will do what they want and then tell you why we should hate Eurasia.