Very disturbing strategy being used against Ron Paul

[JamesButabi]

An aquaintance of mine recently told me something I found very disturbing. He is a Romney supporter (I dont hold that against him), whom recently left their equivalent of our "meetup" group due to bad policies of slandering others and not actually promoting their own candidate. Apparently their arguement for slander was that Romney had such a huge lead they could merely keep others down to win the nomination and Ron Paul was target number 1.

He told me that not only was their meetup targeting Ron Paul but the malicious idea the meetup was using, was copied from another campaigns this year also being used against RP.

They are basically trying to demonize our base (even more than the media currently is) as violent, aggressive, rude, and ignorant. They are doing this by mass email and phone calls. Basically they will pick a random article from a google feed and then all lambast the author with hundreds of contacts with obscene rhetoric, slandering, and sometimes even violence.

 

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

What good little slaves, Rockefeller would be proud!

 

[Nate-ForLiberty]

This is starting to make sense. I knew Ron Paul supporters wouldn't be stupid enough to email people with threats of violence. We need to infiltrate these Romney meetups and video record them talking about this strategy. We have to oust them.

 

[AGRP]

You can't stop an idea whose time has come.

 

[TIMB0B]

The good news is Romney supporters believe that Ron Paul is the man to beat.

 

[TIMB0B]

This is starting to make sense. I knew Ron Paul supporters wouldn't be stupid enough to email people with threats of violence. We need to infiltrate these Romney meetups and video record them talking about this strategy. We have to oust them.

Are the people that exposed acorn and planned parenthood Ron Paul supporters?

 

[outspoken]

Romney and Obama are cut from the same mold. I don't understand how an ardent supporter of Romney could be opposed to anything Obama has done. Why even bother having a meetup, just vote for the goon in place. Who knows, maybe they're really racist.

 

[sailingaway]

So we have to be sure to really not be any of those things so when we say trolls like that are not us, it is clear (from typical comments etc) that isn't true. That would explain that one article about a 'reaction I didn't expect' basically saying the guy had gotten threats from RPrs who didn't like what he wrote which I find outlandish.

 

[virgil47]

So we have to be sure to really not be any of those things so when we say trolls like that are us, it is clear (from typical comments etc) that isn't true. That would explain that one article about a 'reaction I didn't expect' basically saying the guy had gotten threats from RPrs who didn't like what he wrote which I find outlandish.

Is it any more outlandish for RP supporters to chase people or boo them when they are about to speak or just walk out while causing a commotion because those are some of the things supposed RP supporters have done.

 

[sailingaway]

Are the people that exposed acorn and planned parenthood Ron Paul supporters?

Not as far as I know.

 

[sailingaway]

Is it any more outlandish for RP supporters to chase people or boo them when they are about to speak or just walk out while causing a commotion because those are some of the things supposed RP supporters have done.

I think threats of violence are worse than following Hannity at some distance and protesting, yes. I think booing is awful, most of us do. But that isn't the norm for us by a long shot. It is a trait of a few which is being used to paint the many. Also, if there are agitators in place to make us look bad, as this report suggests, that could explain a lot.

 

[Valli6]

Really disturbing in light of this thread from yesterday!
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?298987-This-isn-t-gonna-help...

It covers a story by a Business Insider writer claiming to have been barraged with abusive emails from Ron Paul supporters.

The Ron Paul Reaction I Wasn't Expecting
Last night, I posted a brief piece wondering aloud if perhaps Rep. Ron Paul is going too far with his request to audit all of the gold held by the U.S. government at Fort Knox…

I received many reactions from Ron Paul supporters, some of them downright disturbing.

I am troubled that so-called Libertarians -- who should hold the freedom of speech, and civil difference of opinion, to be sacred objects -- would resort to emailing me late at night with personal threats, strange theories, and angry outbursts….
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-ron-paul-reaction-i-wasnt-expecting-2011-6#ixzz1PV1Lcbpu

Sounds like they're having some success. How do you counter such a sleazy tactic?

 

[ronpaulhawaii]

If someone can write up a press release that addresses/exposes this, we might be able to get some good earned media... Anyone want to take a stab at it?

We could probably use the Mitt Bot NPR Madness episode as ongoing evidence of cheating by the establishment types. I have a screenshot of one of the voting graphs, I don't have any of the screenshots from their forum, where they were caught planning the fraud...

 

[LibertyEagle]

You mean, like this:

Bill O'Reilly deserves to have snow balls thrown at him. Snowballs with rocks inside.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...-to-Keynesian-Economics&p=3342583#post3342583

 

[KatieForPaul]

I heard a quote once that went like this, "How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours." I have full faith in our collective ability to come up with a sound solution and response to this and rise above such underhanded and devious tactics.

I can't wait to see the ideas roll in.

 

[BucksforPaul]

I called it in this thread. :collins:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?298987-This-isn-t-gonna-help...&p=3346360#post3346360

I agree and am willing to bet that this hack did not get any e-mails about moon landing or Obama's birth certificate from Dr. Paul's supporters. The chances of him getting these said e-mails are similar to the gold actually being physically present at the Federal Reserve. At least the one that is supposed to belong to the US.

 

[RonPaulGetsIt]

Pretty pitiful they will not talk about the issues. We are living through a destruction of the dollar which will impoverish all but the few who understand the mischief the fed has created and all romney supporters can do is try to smear the guy who predicted the whole thing.

 

[Valli6]

I agree and am willing to bet that this hack did not get any e-mails about moon landing or Obama's birth certificate from Dr. Paul's supporters.

I hope the writer (David Seaman) doesn't happen to be a Romney supporter.

 

[givemeliberty]

I have seen this crap in action. A republican activist I work with went to cpac and when she returned said that the Ron Paul supporters there were the rudest people she had ever seen. Said they were booing and screaming, that they littered the place with leaflets and stickers and were just the most annoying people she or anyone else had ever met. Said that no condidate should tolerate this behavior. Said they were trying to stack on to the mic etc... Then went on to say "He can't win" several times. The last time though I did sense a little insecurity..."He CAN'T win"....

 

[BucksforPaul]

Two can play this game and since we own the interwebs we could literally own this guy. This liar believes in man made global warming, loves mandates, is pro choice, believes in gun control, anti-constitution, came up with Obomneycare, draft dodging, polygamist could easily be exposed. I say we start posting as Mittens supporters (threw up in my mouth) supporting the aforementioned positions. For example, on a conservative website post a pro-choice or gun control comment and pretend to be this fools supporters and we could even cite his quotes to support our position. I know this is low, but these fucks started it and are giving our movement a bad name. I am sorry but I am so pissed right now.