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Brother Jonathan
Polite and hushed work well in Egypt right?
The different contexts are important.
If you want to emulate what happened in Egypt, go ahead. I can't say I blame you. Just, please, don't pretend that in doing so you are in any way acting as a Ron Paul supporter. Maybe we will need to give up on working within our political system and support something more overtly revolutionary at some point. But we can't mix both of those things together. It's one or the other.
I am a little perplexed by this. Why are we so mad about these "ron paul kids" and not mentioning a word about the evil's of Rumsfeld and Cheney? It seems to me that every thing said to them was absolutely justified. When you are dealing with the evils perpetrated by Rumsfeld and Cheny, to me, the standards for politeness can be considerably relaxed. But then again, I can't stand political correctness and would not have been upset in the least if I went to CPAC.
I keep thinking about what Ron has said over and over about civil disobedience and liberty.
That's the point.
Everybody's getting the vapors and calling for the smelling salts over a little well deserved heckling of two totally wicked characters.
When the time does come to stand up to the fire hoses and battle tanks, (and make no mistake, that day is coming) my god, I can only imagine the weeping and moaning and gnashing of teeth about how "irresponsibly" everyone is acting and won't you all "please go home and settle down".
"Integrity means having to say things that people don't want to hear & especially to say things that the regime doesn't want to hear.” -Ron Paul
"Bathtub falls and police officers kill more Americans than terrorism, yet we've been asked to sacrifice our most sacred rights for fear of falling victim to it." -Edward Snowden
Probably not.
Let me ask you a question: Do you honestly think you'd ever get a "conservative" who thinks Trump is right, to support Ron Paul?
ETA - Not that it matter one way or the other. Ask a 1000 people in the street what they thought of CPAC 2011 and 999 will say "wut?"
Last edited by Anti Federalist; 02-11-2011 at 01:46 PM.
Hey, are we all in the Marriott Ballroom yet ?? Woot Woot !!! Ron Paul 2012 !!!
"Never Miss a Good Chance to Shut up"
anybody here that would've boo'd at Obama's Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony? Paul Krugman's Nobel Prize for Economics?
The bigger government gets, the smaller I wish it was.My new motto: More Love, Less Laws
"Integrity means having to say things that people don't want to hear & especially to say things that the regime doesn't want to hear.” -Ron Paul
"Bathtub falls and police officers kill more Americans than terrorism, yet we've been asked to sacrifice our most sacred rights for fear of falling victim to it." -Edward Snowden
Antifederalist,
You have made some great points during this discussion and I agree with you and feel exactly the same way about what the political system has become and how it is literally destroying our country. I am glad to see that you've come around to Gaius's points because while we are trying to win over everyone that we can to supporting Ron Paul and the freedom message, we first need to win the Republican primary. Being that the Tea Party movement was born right here in these forums we need to reach out to them and work our way out. I am working on ways to reach conservative Christians, another large voting block we really need to come to our side. The actions of our friends at CPAC certainly didn't help me in that regard.
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Bachmann2012.com is For Sale, to benefit RPF and RP2012.
Silver kills vampires: We store. We wait. We win.
Economics, like chemistry, has nothing to do with politics. -Chodorov
I did a little bit of booing and shouting out myself. I shouted "hypocrite" and "you're only delaying the inevitable" when Sen. Hackett was called out.
Last edited by Vessol; 02-15-2011 at 08:10 PM.
"Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him over, but simply that you support him no longer; then you will behold him, like a great Colossus whose pedestal has been pulled away, fall of his own weight and break in pieces."-Étienne de La Boétie
Aye.
Now that was funny... AF inferred to be an anarchist roflol...
You can't possibly be serious with that comment.
Aye, they sure do get all dreamy...
I find it hard to believe many (if any) of the anarchists on this forum were in attendance. Were there any RonPaulForums anarchists there? That remark is likely baseless and in need of retraction.
I agree completely on context. One context achieved stated goals. One context never achieves any stated goals.
I was there and I've made it fairly clear that I'm an anarchist on these boards for awhile. Going to CPAC and promoting Ron Paul and his ideas I see as a way to bring real liberty to the eyes of the people. I feel that the more people know and understand Ron Paul's message, the more likely they are to oppose the current massive government or even the State in general.
Do you honestly think that people traveled to Washington DC and spent all that money on various expenses, just so they can "work against Ron Paul" by being rude?
Last edited by Vessol; 02-15-2011 at 08:31 PM.
"Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him over, but simply that you support him no longer; then you will behold him, like a great Colossus whose pedestal has been pulled away, fall of his own weight and break in pieces."-Étienne de La Boétie
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