tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post7510704495147219474..comments2024-03-29T07:18:10.425-04:00Comments on Rational Nation USA: Chris Mathews Implies Ron Paul Is RacistLes Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-89411996675457181202011-05-17T14:00:31.121-04:002011-05-17T14:00:31.121-04:00Here is Ron Paul writing about the "black men...Here is Ron Paul writing about the "black menace"<br /><br /><b>"The criminals who terrorize our cities -- in riots and on every non-riot day--are not exclusively young black males, but they largely are. As children, they are trained to hate whites, to believe that white oppression is responsible for all black ills, to "fight the power," and to steal and loot as much money from the white enemy as possible. Anything is justified against "The Man." And "The Woman." A lady I know recently saw a black couple in the supermarket with a cute little girl, three years old or so. My friend waved to the tiny child, who scowled, stuck out her tongue, and said (somewhat tautologically): "I hate you, white honkey." And the parents were indulgent. Is any white child taught to hate in this way? I've never heard of it."</b>dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-21157863784286339992011-05-15T10:55:17.746-04:002011-05-15T10:55:17.746-04:00Anon- And you have the balls of a knat. Hiding beh...Anon- And you have the balls of a knat. Hiding behind your faceless nameless moniker.<br /><br />Time you grew up, stood up, and were counted for the obvious idiot you are.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-76792235657473686862011-05-15T10:27:31.902-04:002011-05-15T10:27:31.902-04:00Of course you are a racist. You prove it all the t...Of course you are a racist. You prove it all the time. Birther.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-37112569592408077022011-05-14T23:00:27.363-04:002011-05-14T23:00:27.363-04:00Les, if you do business with the PUBLIC, in the PU...Les, if you do business with the PUBLIC, in the PUBLIC SPHERE, and you are protected and considered a special class within that PUBLIC SPHERE, you should at the very least observe common public law. Is that really too much to ask?<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-68552012068574681392011-05-14T22:23:57.363-04:002011-05-14T22:23:57.363-04:00Les, I DO respect Mr. Paul's position regardin...Les, I DO respect Mr. Paul's position regarding property rights. But the south in 1964 was so beyond the pale in terms of its overt racism that this provision almost had to be enacted. Principles are excellent, but just like the snuffing out of bin Laden was the right thing to do, so, too, was the getting rid of separate lunch counters, IMHO.Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-67810210131912909562011-05-14T22:03:37.805-04:002011-05-14T22:03:37.805-04:00JMJ - It is as simple as this... When you own a bu...JMJ - It is as simple as this... When you own a business it is your property. Whom you chose to serve {or not to serve} should be at your your discretion.<br /><br />The market is self correcting and responds to social realities for the simple reason it is in everyones interest to do so.<br /><br />Only a fool thinks otherwise.<br /><br />So, I guess by your comment I know where you fit in.<br /><br />Now I suppose you will be calling me a raaaaacist!Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-77789055149855220462011-05-14T21:23:48.240-04:002011-05-14T21:23:48.240-04:00I don't know if Ron Paul is personally a racis...I don't know if Ron Paul is personally a racist, but that flimsy property rights argument against the Civil Rights Act has long been known to be cover for racism and polical pandering to racists.<br /><br />Who you keep out of your home, your car - your private property - is wholly your business. Who you keep out of your public business is another matter.<br /><br />When you do business with the public you have to live by the public laws. You can not hire from the public, trade with the public, manufacture products for the public, without abiding the public law. It is for the general welfare and security of the public, and it provides a safe and profitable enviroment for doing business with the public.<br /><br />Most importantly, you can not benefit from the public infrastructure and services, funded by the the public largesse, and then arbitrarily deny certain members of the public from doing business with you.<br /><br />This is Constitutional Law 101 and Paul is completely wrong on it. He is pandering to a very dumb and nasty constituency with a pseudo-constitutional argument that is as transparent as Goldwater's was back in the 60's. That sleazy argument was developed in an early incarnation of the Southern Strategy.<br /><br />That Paul would even engage in that argument is racist, just for historical reasons. He knows all the history here. It is historically racist, in that the "property rights" argument was long ago exposed as specious and incorrect, even by very conservative and libertarian jurists and scholars.<br /><br />Look, it's as simple as this:<br /><br />IT IS CONSTITUTIONALLY WRONG.<br /><br />The Constitution provides equal protestion under the law, it overrules all states and localities on that. In other words, if you do business in the public sphere, you are obliged to to business with all the public, regardless of race, religion, creed, gender, etc.<br /><br />If you have a personal problem with a person, based on personal interaction, that's another matter. If a person abuses your rights, be it at your business or home or wherever, then you have Constitutional recourse. If a person offends you simply by being in your public business - that's your problem. Get over it.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.com