Latest media theme: "Young people like RP for his marijuana and anti-war stance"

[Drex]

I've tried pot once and the law didn't stop me. So I guess the label sticks to me that I only like RP because of his war on drugs? No. When I tell people about RP I don't even tell them about the war on drugs. That's how much that topic means to me.

 

[Rebel4Liberty]

I've heard this line from the MSM at least 3 times today and yesterday...."Young people like RP for his marijuana and anti-war stance"

Im soooo disappointed in you young pups!

Here I was thinking that perhaps your enthusiasm for Ron had to do a concern about the trillions of dollars of debt being dumped upon your shoulders....

....or perhaps cuz u figured out that all the others politicians were full of shit...

.....or perhaps it was your idealistic opposition to DC corruption..

But nooooo.....Now I see that your all a bunch of hippy druggies.

Im disappointed in you kids..

Whoa! I just had to speak cause that is mis-characterized, and as much as the "drug war" issue is very important to me, its a complete package deal. In fact CENTRAL BANKING is at the heart of every "issue" just about, so please speak for yourself, thank you very much!

 

[Danke]

Whoa! I just had to speak cause that is mis-characterized, and as much as the "drug war" issue is very important to me, its a complete package deal. In fact CENTRAL BANKING is at the heart of every "issue" just about, so please speak for yourself, thank you very much!

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/facetious

 

[Sullivan*]

It's a package deal for me. I care about everything the OP listed, the drug stance is just icing on the cake.

 

[Jingles]

I discovered Ron Paul back when I was super into drugs in like late 2008/early 2009 (I haven't used them in quite some time, like over a year or so). It wasn't drugs that brought me to him in any sense. It was friends that liked him and got me interested. I follow him because he represents my beliefs on the role of government if we are to have one. Although I must admit that the "HE WANTS TO LEGALIZE HEROIN" was a good cherry on top at the time lol.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Whoa! I just had to speak cause that is mis-characterized, and as much as the "drug war" issue is very important to me, its a complete package deal. In fact CENTRAL BANKING is at the heart of every "issue" just about, so please speak for yourself, thank you very much!

I think your sarcasm detector is broken. Hopefully it's still under warrantee.

 

[Rebel4Liberty]

I think your sarcasm detector is broken. Hopefully it's still under warrantee.

Well, sarcasm/facetious aside. Doesn't feel good to be the type, since I smoke cannabis daily to be characterized by the "media" as only voting for Ron Paul for "drug legalization", but it is important and part of the catalyst of my awakening, nevertheless "package deal" on all issues. So I truly delight in the assumptions media likes to make of people who they think are stereotypes

I think the detector malfunctioned heh :o

 

[J-Reg]

The media goes out of their way to make the concept of self-ownership seem frivolous or goofy somehow, so they focus on the most extreme example of what self-ownership entails (i.e. drug use, or ingestion of "controversial" things). But what they'll never tell you is that this same concept of self-ownership is what gives us the right to pray to our God, speak our own minds, and even live our own lives free from the threat or initiation of violence.

Oh my. I'm almost speechless that was so good. Can I quote you?

 

[giovannile07]

I don't smoke marijuana and I'm young. Anyone else?

 

[Danke]

I don't smoke marijuana and I'm young. Anyone else?

You are in my prayers.

 

[BuddyRey]

Oh my. I'm almost speechless that was so good. Can I quote you?

Wow, thanks! :o

Sure, feel free to quote anything I say that you like. But in full disclosure, most of the great "thinks" I think were thunk by someone else first...and in this case, it was a paraphrase of Ron Paul's answer to the drug war question at the SC FOX debate.

 

[eugenekop]

Well, young liberals support RP for those reasons. However young libertarians support him because of a host of other issues.

 

[Halert]

I don't smoke marijuana and I'm young. Anyone else?

I live in amsterdam, I don't smoke marijuana and I'm young.
that beeing said I did smoke marijuana a couple of times but didn't realy like it.

 

[Dutch]

Young people just have better access to unbiased information.

QFT

 

[speciallyblend]

Ron Paul 2012 Legalize Freedom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HcXcYlF3_0<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HcXcYlF3_0">

 

[FreeTraveler]

Come on over to the dark side! We have cookies.

And great dope. And hookers. And we won't send you half a world away from the people you love to get your ass shot.

Sounds like a winning political platform to me. I've been looking for politicians who're down with that since I was a "Young People" getting his head busted for supporting civil rights and hating on the Vietnam warmongers -- and I'm 59. Anybody who doesn't like it has plenty of other choices among the authoritarians.

 

[mczerone]

Since when do you need a proper excuse to vote... Would the MSM be happier if we had a caste system so we can keep the "hippies" and "potheads" and other "undesirables" from voting? Good grief.

Yes. Just like they're ready to say "Iowa doesn't count" and disregard actual voting results because they don't like the outcome.

 

[donnay]

The youth ought to take umbrage over these remarks...the media is acting like the youth cannot think for themselves as usual!

I think the youth get it, that Liberty is worth fighting for...if they don't fight for it they have no future!! I am proud of the youth in this country and the elitist have certainly underestimated their passion!

 

[malkusm]

The media goes out of their way to make the concept of self-ownership seem frivolous or goofy somehow, so they focus on the most extreme example of what self-ownership entails (i.e. drug use, or ingestion of "controversial" things). But what they'll never tell you is that this same concept of self-ownership is what gives us the right to pray to our God, speak our own minds, and even live our own lives free from the threat or initiation of violence.

+rep, exactly this.

 

[Return2Sanity]

I think young people are supporting Ron Paul because they are sick of the student loan racket that turns them into lifelong debt slaves. If the average student only had $5,000 per year available to pay for college, then the schools would only be able to charge that much. But when the government loans students an additional $20,000 per year, then the college can (and will) raise its charges to $25,000. That's basic economics—law of supply and demand.

So, we've got kids taking on $80,000 in debt for something that should have only cost them $20,000 total. Plus, the government has passed a law that student debt cannot be discharged in bankruptcy, unlike other debts, so they are trapped even if they can't find a job. It's one thing for people to go into debt to buy things that are not necessities, but when we force our kids to take on lifelong debt just to be able to earn a decent living, we've really crossed the line.