So do you think Rand Paul is racist? I think it's despicable for any politician to oppose any part of the Civil Rights Act, even on such supposed "principles" as privately versus publicly-owned businesses in light of the evilness of segregation and discrimination.
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Rand Paul, Racism and 1965 Civil Rights Act
20Yes, Rand Paul is racist - he's using libertarian principles as a facade in this instance15.00%3No, Rand Paul is not racist - his opposition on parts of Civil Rights Act is legitimately fair60.00%12I want a libertarian banana25.00%5A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Tags: None
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Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
I'm sure there are some parts of the civil rights act worthy of criticism. It isn't like it was written by Jesus.A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.
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I don't think he is racist. I agree with him that the civil rights act oversteps federal power, but... in this case it is clearly a good thing. In a perfect world we'd have a civil rights constitutional amendment. With all the ways in which the federal government oversteps its bounds this is one area where it is clearly a good thing, and by no means should it be on the agenda of any candidate for office. It is a dumb thing to mention publicly like that.
Rand is also being a bit of a dick to Stephanopoulos:
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Originally posted by OzzyKP View PostI don't think he is racist. I agree with him that the civil rights act oversteps federal power, but... in this case it is clearly a good thing. In a perfect world we'd have a civil rights constitutional amendment. With all the ways in which the federal government oversteps its bounds this is one area where it is clearly a good thing, and by no means should it be on the agenda of any candidate for office. It is a dumb thing to mention publicly like that.
Rand is also being a bit of a dick to Stephanopoulos:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/2010_Elect...ry?id=10705651
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I don't think he is racist, he's just an ideologue. He's very dedicated to the idea of the government never telling private business what to do but ultimately this leads to some retarded stuff like arguing that if a restaurant wants to be "whites only" then they should able to, that the government can't regulate any business for any reason even if (like BP) their corner cutting causes massive national damage and ruins the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, and that there should be no health inspections at restaurants or work places. In short, libertarianism is just retarded in real life.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.
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Originally posted by Drake Tungsten View PostJust for the record, Rand Paul was two years old when the Civil Rights Act passed.A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.
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