Ron Paul’s Farewell Address: The Internet Can Stop Big Government

Re:Ron Paul’s Farewell Address: The Internet Can Stop Big Go... by warfangle on Friday November 16, 2012 @11:33PM (#4797202)

Even if he didn't write it, his name was on it. I feel pretty safe loathing anyone who would put their name on something a) they hadn't read b) they hadn't written and c) was so goddamn vile.

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Re:Ron Paul’s Farewell Address: The Internet Can Stop Big Go... by scarmig on Saturday November 17, 2012 @03:38AM (#4797644)

Eh. Most, though not all, of those were published in the 80s. And it's shitty, but it was a long time ago. I'm honestly much more disconcerted by RP's shifty treatment of them without adequately apologizing and taking responsibility for them.

People f'up sometimes. A lot, even. If I'm willing to give Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton a break for Jew-bashing in the 80s and GWB a break for driving drunk and Romney a break for high school bullying, I can't see a reason not to give Ron Paul one too.

If, of course, he were willing to own up to making a mistake...

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Re:Ron Paul’s Farewell Address: The Internet Can Stop Big Go... by warfangle on Saturday November 17, 2012 @11:05AM (#4798336)

Yeah, except I don't give those people a break for such things. Anti-semitism is pretty crappy, no matter when it is; I know people who have been killed by drunk drivers; There are teenagers across the nation who kill themselves every year due to bullying. I don't see why I should give them a break at all for these things.

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