I’ll admit it, I thought Ron Paul to be a breath of fresh air at the Republican debates. His willingness to speak to how our interference in other parts of the world is stirring up hostility against America. In fact, at last night’s debates, he went so far as to say the Iraq War was being waged for the benefit of Big Oil.
So, as he gains in the polls and becomes the darling of the debates, I have to temper the respect I have for his views on the war with the words of his none-too-distant past.
Some 15 years ago, Ron Paul put out a newsletter. A few years later, the Houston Chronicle picked up on it and asked him just what he meant by his statements in the newsletter. Though his said that he opposed racism, some of the contents contained therein would point to the contrary.
Check out some of the excerpt from this 1996 article regarding the newsletter.
Under the headline of “Terrorist Update,” for instance, Paul reported on gang crime in Los Angeles and commented, “If you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be.”
But, wait, it gets better!
“Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions, i.e. support the free market, individual liberty and the end of welfare and affirmative action,”Paul wrote.
Paul continued that politically sensible blacks are outnumbered “as decent people.” Citing reports that 85 percent of all black men in the District of Columbia are arrested, Paul wrote:
“Given the inefficiencies of what D.C. laughingly calls the `criminal justice system,’ I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal,” Paul said.
Paul also wrote that although “we are constantly told that it is evil to be afraid of black men, it is hardly irrational. Black men commit murders, rapes, robberies, muggings and burglaries all out of proportion to their numbers.”
“85% of all black men in D.C. are arrested?” Umm…who is supposed to believe this?
But, here’s the icing on the cake.
He added, “We don’t think a child of 13 should be held responsible as a man of 23. That’s true for most people, but black males age 13 who have been raised on the streets and who have joined criminal gangs are as big, strong, tough, scary and culpable as any adult and should be treated as such.”
So, a white kid raised in a “good home” is less culpable for murder than a black kid raised “on the streets”?
Look, a lot can change about a person in 15 years but, I think Ron Paul may have some explaining to do.
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It has already been dealt with, many years ago. He didn’t write the words.
That being said, what is wrong with the words? They acknowledge the discrimination inherent within our education and criminal justice systems. They are not racist words and to paint them as such is intellectual dishonesty.
Do you deny that the criminal justice system discriminates against minorities and puts minority youth into more adult situations at a younger age? Do you deny that affirmative action is a discriminatory program?
I would be interested in seeing where these words have been discredited. If you can point me to a reliable source, I’ll put up a follow-up post.
Now, to your questions:
1) The words weren’t pointing out discrimination. Instead, they were seeking to justify treating black males, in general, as some criminal class. Furthermore, these words stated that 13-year-old black male criminals should be more culpable than 13-year-old white criminals. That’s discrimination.
2) As long as most of corporate America is overwhelmingly in the hands of white males (and. believe me, many of them are not there solely on their own merits), I’d be hard pressed to call affirmative action discriminatory.
Learn 2 google.
http://www.thedailybackground......-writings/
It’s expected that people will start trying to dig stuff up once they realize he’s legit. I think it’s funny that this is the best they can do.
Compare this deep dark terrible “secret” to what we already know about Clinton, Obama, Giuliani, McCain, etc. Kinda puts it in perspective.
[...] In it, I brought up questions about a newsletter, published under his name in the early 90’s, in which anti-black, racist vitriol was spewed. His supporters tried to dismiss it because Paul says he didn’t write it — it just [...]
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