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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Why are Ron Paul's supporters so, generally, rude and antisocial?
They have a right to their opinions, of course, but they remind me of “code pink” or other Leftie organizations -— they do not respect our right to disagree with them!
2 posted on 02/13/2011 8:46:09 AM PST by Kansas58
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To: Kansas58

While so much for the Young Americans for Freedom.


4 posted on 02/13/2011 8:50:51 AM PST by SubMareener (Become a monthly donor! Free FreeRepublic.com from Quarterly FReepathons!)
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To: Kansas58
Why are Ron Paul's supporters so, generally, rude and antisocial?

They're a strange lot, aren't they? Thge attack like a pack of hyenas at the slightest criticism of Paul, screeching "Neocon! Neocon!" when I'll wager about 95% of the Paulinistas don't even know what a neocon is.

...but they remind me of “code pink” or other Leftie organizations...

That may not be by accident. The Code Pinkos tend to like Ron Paul. There generally are some of Paul's cult in attendance at any significant Code Pink or A.N.S.W.E.R. rally. Paul did, after all, endorse people like Adam Kokesh, Bob Barr, Ralph Nader and Cynthia McKinney.

7 posted on 02/13/2011 8:57:14 AM PST by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: Kansas58

They’re young. That’s not an excuse, but it’s a fact. Remember, they are the future of the Conservative Movement.


15 posted on 02/13/2011 9:14:02 AM PST by Absolutely Nobama (I'll be civil when the left stops trying to destroy America.)
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To: Kansas58
they do not respect our right to disagree with them!

First, you give a lecture on rudeness and anti-social opinions and then you pontificate, without a shred of evidence that that Ron Paul supporters (wihtout qualifiers) "do not respect our right to disagree with them!" If you want to have a respectful conversation count me in. One pointer, however. Try to apply this standard to yourself. You might make more headway.

28 posted on 02/13/2011 9:31:20 AM PST by Captain Kirk (Q)
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To: Kansas58
Why are Ron Paul's supporters so, generally, rude and antisocial?

There's a tendency in libertarians who've studied long and think they've "worked it all out" to present their opinions in abrasive, unpleasant ways.

A classic example is Murray Rothbard, who was known as "Typhoid Murray" for the effect he had on some libertarian gatherings.

Another would be Lew Rockwell, one of the most unpleasant folks I've ever met in person.

A gentler example was a fella I knew who'd always chime in "You mean at no extra charge" when I'd say something was "free". He was right, of course, but that didn't always make the correction palatable.

As for anti-social, you need to attend a few libertarian parties. That part I never had a problem with.

64 posted on 02/14/2011 2:03:23 PM PST by jimt
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