Dale Franks, [1] this morning notes that while Ron Paul has come out with a statement about racism. And Dale, analytical type that he is, parses the statement out and finds it wanting:
Mr. Paul seems to be making the old argument that “government is the problem”. And all to often that argument is true. But, again, all to often, the problem is people themselves. And government, whatever its virtues or vices, does not solve the problems that arise from human nature. Neither, for that matter, does liberty. To argue otherwise is to argue for the perfection of man through political means. And that, my friends, is the very basis of collectivism.
Finally, I have to say that one can derive an uncomplimentary subtext to this message. And it is not one that that white supremacists, on the whole, will object to. Because the message I’m sure they’ll get from Mr. Paul’s statement is, “I’ll stop giving your tax money to the…” well, you know.
So in other words, Paul tried to defuse the problem, but because he’s trying not to offend the racists who support him, nothing earthshaking happened, here. And we’re still left where we were the other day… wondering how it is that Ron Paul gets a pass on this stuff. [2]
We’re still left with Ron Paul’s history as a PLO supporter [3]
We’re still left with Ron Paul’s history of being anti-Israel [4]
We’re still left with Ron Paul appearing repeatedly on the the radio show of the Tinfoil King, Alex Jones. [5]
We are still left with the fact that Ron Paul embraced the American Free Press, [6] which is a parent publication of the Neo-Nazi Barnes Review.
We’re still left with Ron Paul calling [7] our troops murderers. [8]
In short, we’re still left with the same problems that Ron Paul has always brought to the table… and this poor excuse for a statement solved nothing.