Civil disobedience was the reason Ron Paul counts MLK as one of his heros. Same reason he cites Rosa Parks and Ghandi.
Ron Paul = Martin Luther King?
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Dan Kone
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I think you over-estimate how much the American people care about policy.
RawBudzski
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Ron Paul won't be elected so does not matter if he is a racist in disguise. <3
Your post doesn't matter even though you are a douchebag in real life. <3
You don't get to make that call. The people do through their vote not you on a pot forum.
But yea good thoughtful post.
NLXSK1
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The only excitement happening for ron paul's campaign is on pot forums...
Not true but still funny...
beardo
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Actually the votes of the citizens do not decide who gets to run for president or who becomes president
budlover13
King Tut
So are you implying that their major difference is bringing civil rights back towards the center of the spectrum of government control but from different ends/sides of the middle?
UncleBuck
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what i am saying is that the injustices that occurred before implementation of civil rights was done by state and local governments. these are the people in which ron paul wants power to be invested.
dr. king called for intervention from the federal government to help bring these injustices to an end, something ron paul firmly objects to.
king and paul are 180 degrees opposite in philosophy, thus making this thread complete fail.
budlover13
King Tut
But do you not agree that they are both seeking the rights of the minority?
UncleBuck
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i would say that this concern is only in ron paul's peripheral vision.
budlover13
King Tut
See, i see him fighting for a LOT of minorities.
Personal Liberties do not come with a majority support most of the time.
budlover13
King Tut
Oh goodness! We're not going back to the CRA debate. Right?
UncleBuck
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i wouldn't make it an issue if not for ron paul making it an issue.
budlover13
King Tut
And he has stated his position on why he makes it an issue, believe it or not
You somehow have this idea that if you were against the CRA, then you must be against civil rights. Do i have this correct?
deprave
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Ron Paul is a champion of Civil Rights and the Constitution, the two go hand and hand, these are the foundations of classic liberalism and humanitarianism....Librtarianism comes from classic liberalism... It would be convenient for libertarians if the civil rights movement were indeed broadly libertarian but its really not technically although it is philosophically in many ways. Also, Like any good person, libertarians can identify with the civil rights movement's pleas for meritocracy and against blind hatred.
Unlike libertarianism, the civil rights movement rarely distinguished between state and private discrimination. King also supported many left wing ideas such as banning prayer in school and entitlement programs, he allegedly surrounded himself with "Communist". One could argue that MLK was very left wing by todays standards in comparrison to Ron Paul, this is a very easy argument to make.
But I will make some points here on specific issues how we can see MLK as similar to Ron Paul, Libertarianism, and also Conservatism. I see MLK as a sort of socialist libertarian in the classic sense but it can be argued that MLK was a libertarian for a multitude of reasons. Again is really hard to compare the two based on technical reasons because there is essentially none but this is what there is from a from a technical perspective and not philosophic
*They were/are both anti-war
*Both have/had PHDs
*Both are/were Average men who took on the state and were successful. (Philosophically MLK did not take on the state but he technically he did)
Really thats it for Technical View...but philosophically they are alike in many ways...
Unlike libertarianism, the civil rights movement rarely distinguished between state and private discrimination. King also supported many left wing ideas such as banning prayer in school and entitlement programs, he allegedly surrounded himself with "Communist". One could argue that MLK was very left wing by todays standards in comparrison to Ron Paul, this is a very easy argument to make.
But I will make some points here on specific issues how we can see MLK as similar to Ron Paul, Libertarianism, and also Conservatism. I see MLK as a sort of socialist libertarian in the classic sense but it can be argued that MLK was a libertarian for a multitude of reasons. Again is really hard to compare the two based on technical reasons because there is essentially none but this is what there is from a from a technical perspective and not philosophic
*They were/are both anti-war
*Both have/had PHDs
*Both are/were Average men who took on the state and were successful. (Philosophically MLK did not take on the state but he technically he did)
Really thats it for Technical View...but philosophically they are alike in many ways...
Dan Kone
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Is that the same constitution that originally proclaimed that someone who's black is actually only 3/5th of a person? lol
And it's really hard to call someone who didn't support the civil rights act or even Lincoln ending slavery "a champion of Civil Rights".
I get you like Ron Paul, and that's ok. But you can't just say stuff which is clearly absurd and expect people to believe it.