Jeremiah
Member
- Joined
- Dec 14, 2007
- Messages
- 149
The Truth about the Ron Paul Newsletter articles
I have posted several comments on this issue in other places on the forum. Anyone who wishes to look into these can do so. They will see the development of my own thought on this subject which has helped me to better understand the message of freedom.
It is my hope that we can come to an understanding of the truth and therefore how we can respond to the smears and allegations of racism in Dr. Paul's newsletters.
I have read at least one article, on the LA Riots, and have read several excerpts, not just quotes, from other articles. I accept Dr. Paul's assertion that he wrote some of the material, that others wrote the balance of it and that he properly takes moral responsibility for all of the articles. Everything I have read I would categorize as anti-racist not racist and consistent with Dr. Paul's message of unalienable individual rights to be protected by the government under the Constitution as opposed to Group or Civil Rights granted by the goverment, in other words, privileges not rights.
Dr. Paul is categorically opposed to collectivism which at its root is racism. Racism is the essential nature of the collectivist ideology. It is designed to divide society into controllable segments and to engender resentment amongst them, by granting privileges to one segment or another at the expense of other segments, in order to facilitate control of the population by the ruling elite. The present mindsphere of much of Western society is conditioned by this ideology. Even those who see themselves as "libertarian", embracing the principles of unalienable individual rights, have grown up and been educated in schools and universities that are impregnated with the collectivist ideology and presuppositions and so they themselves have been mentally and emotionally conditioned to accept them as true.
This is why so many of the supporters of Dr. Paul are disoriented by the current attacks on him, believing as they do that the articles quoted are indeed "racist" and in so believing they justify his enemies who are in fact the true racists. They then find it difficult to mount a strong defence against them, because they find themselves half believing the allegations and hoping that there is some reasonable explanation for them.
It has probably not yet occurred to Dr. Paul himself that these attacks are in fact "projections" of the mental condition of his attackers, because this mindsphere is alien to him. He was educated in a time before this ideology had taken root in American society. He has a strong Christian faith and an intellectual foundation in true libertarian economics and philosophy. These attacks are "hit pieces" designed to destroy him, and the quotes used are distorted to conform to the prejudice of the attacker, but the truth is that these writers also believe what they are saying. They believe that Dr. Paul is a racist because they themselves are the racists, seeking privilege for one segment of society at the expense of another. Their minds have been thoroughly possessed by the collectivist racist ideology. It is indeed they who are the racists and many of the newsletter articles quoted by them as damaging to Dr. Paul are in fact articulate expositions of this truth, that it is the collectivists who are the true racists. The articles in Dr. Paul's newsletters are anti-racist, they are not simply not racist, they are anti-racist, dealing as they do with the malign effects of government welfare programmes and affirmative action. They are all perfectly consistent with Dr. Paul's philosophy and they should also be understood as such by his supporters. This will entail for some a very painful awakening to their own condition. But it will be worth the effort because they will begin then to taste the true meaning of freedom.
Now for the good news. If we can obtain copies of these articles with sound provenance, especially the ones with quotes used in the attack pieces, and have them reprinted, along with their source data, then we can use them to win over the Christian evangelical community because when they see the source documents, they will understand the malevolence and motivations of the attackers, and they will agree with virtually everything said in the Ron Paul Newsletter articles. True Christians are just as opposed to collectivism and affirmative action as Dr. Paul. Remember Ronald Reagan's opposition to Communism? These attacks may turn out to be the best news for the campaign we have yet had, if they are met head on with the truth and we do not acquiesce in the lie that the articles are in any way racist.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have posted several comments on this issue in other places on the forum. Anyone who wishes to look into these can do so. They will see the development of my own thought on this subject which has helped me to better understand the message of freedom.
It is my hope that we can come to an understanding of the truth and therefore how we can respond to the smears and allegations of racism in Dr. Paul's newsletters.
I have read at least one article, on the LA Riots, and have read several excerpts, not just quotes, from other articles. I accept Dr. Paul's assertion that he wrote some of the material, that others wrote the balance of it and that he properly takes moral responsibility for all of the articles. Everything I have read I would categorize as anti-racist not racist and consistent with Dr. Paul's message of unalienable individual rights to be protected by the government under the Constitution as opposed to Group or Civil Rights granted by the goverment, in other words, privileges not rights.
Dr. Paul is categorically opposed to collectivism which at its root is racism. Racism is the essential nature of the collectivist ideology. It is designed to divide society into controllable segments and to engender resentment amongst them, by granting privileges to one segment or another at the expense of other segments, in order to facilitate control of the population by the ruling elite. The present mindsphere of much of Western society is conditioned by this ideology. Even those who see themselves as "libertarian", embracing the principles of unalienable individual rights, have grown up and been educated in schools and universities that are impregnated with the collectivist ideology and presuppositions and so they themselves have been mentally and emotionally conditioned to accept them as true.
This is why so many of the supporters of Dr. Paul are disoriented by the current attacks on him, believing as they do that the articles quoted are indeed "racist" and in so believing they justify his enemies who are in fact the true racists. They then find it difficult to mount a strong defence against them, because they find themselves half believing the allegations and hoping that there is some reasonable explanation for them.
It has probably not yet occurred to Dr. Paul himself that these attacks are in fact "projections" of the mental condition of his attackers, because this mindsphere is alien to him. He was educated in a time before this ideology had taken root in American society. He has a strong Christian faith and an intellectual foundation in true libertarian economics and philosophy. These attacks are "hit pieces" designed to destroy him, and the quotes used are distorted to conform to the prejudice of the attacker, but the truth is that these writers also believe what they are saying. They believe that Dr. Paul is a racist because they themselves are the racists, seeking privilege for one segment of society at the expense of another. Their minds have been thoroughly possessed by the collectivist racist ideology. It is indeed they who are the racists and many of the newsletter articles quoted by them as damaging to Dr. Paul are in fact articulate expositions of this truth, that it is the collectivists who are the true racists. The articles in Dr. Paul's newsletters are anti-racist, they are not simply not racist, they are anti-racist, dealing as they do with the malign effects of government welfare programmes and affirmative action. They are all perfectly consistent with Dr. Paul's philosophy and they should also be understood as such by his supporters. This will entail for some a very painful awakening to their own condition. But it will be worth the effort because they will begin then to taste the true meaning of freedom.
Collective Rights = Racism, Individual Rights = Anti-Racism
Now for the good news. If we can obtain copies of these articles with sound provenance, especially the ones with quotes used in the attack pieces, and have them reprinted, along with their source data, then we can use them to win over the Christian evangelical community because when they see the source documents, they will understand the malevolence and motivations of the attackers, and they will agree with virtually everything said in the Ron Paul Newsletter articles. True Christians are just as opposed to collectivism and affirmative action as Dr. Paul. Remember Ronald Reagan's opposition to Communism? These attacks may turn out to be the best news for the campaign we have yet had, if they are met head on with the truth and we do not acquiesce in the lie that the articles are in any way racist.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Last edited: