CNN Anderson Cooper - Ron Paul at 10 PM tonight

[Bruno]

I thought Dr. Paul handled the Rand question rather well - Ask Rand.
The ball is back in the MSM court, having to interview Rand...

agreed

 

[TCE]

YouTube - Ron Paul on Trash TV, 1988 - Pt. 1

That is exactly what I was referring to. Put this up with the Ben Stein on Larry King and him owning Gupta. When Dr. Paul goes off, it is the most entertaining one minute lesson in liberty ever.

 

[Matt Collins]

when dr. Paul goes off, it is the most entertaining one minute lesson in liberty ever.

:d :d:d:d

 

[Romulus]

That is exactly what I was referring to. Put this up with the Ben Stein on Larry King and him owning Gupta. When Dr. Paul goes off, it is the most entertaining one minute lesson in liberty ever.

lol. I love it when he gets fired up. He's a humble man, but he certainly doesn't take any shit.

 

[wehrwd]

I have a bit of a problem with Ron's interview last night. Basically, it's this:

Ron is accusing those who oppose the idea of building a mosque near Ground Zero of engaging in broad generalizations and painting all Muslims with the same brush. I don't have the transcript at hand but this was one of his biggest points.

Yet to me, Ron was engaging in the same sort of generalizing when he basically implied everyone who is against the mosque is against it because of their "hate" and "hatred" for Islam.

Is it not possible many are against the mosque because of the obvious emotional and symbolic issues involved but AREN'T filled with hatred toward Islam?

Paul never seemed to consider that possibility last night, instead, like I said, just grouping all opponents together as guilty of "hatred" even as he decried critics' supposed grouping together of all Muslims and Islam.

Finally, he was asked about his own son and whether Rand was an Islamophobe, and there Ron said of course his son was NOT an Islamophobe. So why isn't it possible many or most others hold Rand's views and don't do so out of hatred or Islamophobia, but out of rational and understandable reasons?

This really bothered me last night even as I was watching the interview. This isn't even about the mosque and that issue, because I don't necessarily have strong feelings about that. I just feel that Ron basically has a major hole in what he was saying last night, and basically it's this: Ron was guilty of doing the same thing he was accusing critics of the mosque of doing.

 

[Depressed Liberator]

People who do oppose it hate Muslims. Their reasoning not to build it is because it is "insensitive". Why is it insensitive? 1,500,000,000 people can't have a place of worship because some loonies who called themselves Muslims did some terrible shit nine years ago?

 

[specsaregood]

Yet to me, Ron was engaging in the same sort of generalizing when he basically implied everyone who is against the mosque is against it because of their "hate" and "hatred" for Islam.

Is it not possible many are against the mosque because of the obvious emotional and symbolic issues involved but AREN'T filled with hatred toward Islam?

Actually he said just that in one of the cnn interviews.

He also pointed out that not everyone is filled with hate, but that they are played/forced to pick sides by the people that are using it for their own nefarious agenda.

 

[someperson]

Watch the interview on CNN American Morning; I think it will clear things up for you, wehrwd.

YouTube - Ron Paul: Without Hate For Islam Our Aggressive Foreign Policy Couldn't Continue