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I'm gay, not blind! (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I sure as fuck don't.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/09/13/140434378/ron-paul-its-not-governments-job-to-take-care-of-uninsured

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I may not agree with all his positions but he was at least a good dude and not a slimy crook

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I would say the "let people die" thing would make him not a good dude.

There was also the whole "I didn't know there was a bunch of white nationalist shit in my own newsletter l that I put my own name and signature on."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul_newsletters#Controversial_content

He for sure had no idea at all. I mean it was buried somewhere in the back where he might have missed it, right? It wouldn't have been right at the top of the front pa-

Oh.

Well, I'm sure he changed his mind when it came to that sort of thing. After all, he was only- *checks* 57 at the time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I once had a Ron Paul supporter threaten me with her leashed, pet monkey--she said it didn't like people who didn't support Ron Paul. The majority of those people were next-level loons.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They very much were. And I'm guessing many of them are now Trump's most fervent supporters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yep, the Tea Party stuff really helped pave the way for the current bullshit very directly.