Ron Paul Twitter Account

[sailingaway]

If this is a marketing ploy it is the worst I have seen. I could see what might be intended.

1) Get's Ron in media to discuss foreign intervention and PTSD.
2) Put's to rest the 'newsletter' issue by showing that he doesn't keep tabs on things published under his name.

If this is the intention then he needs new marketing advisors.

I think the political class, and here I include those who blog and live by its circuses, generally tend into red meat because you have a chorus on the other side saying 'yea!' and it furthers the sturm and drang 'excitement'. At the expense of the people, imho, who are needlessly divided on emotional and cultural ground and are diverted from the true issues which should unite us to fight them.

Ron 'brings people together' PRECISELY because he DOESN'T stoop to that level.

[acptulsa]

Exactly. He cares about ideas, not people.

I don't think you said what you meant. If he doesn't care about people, why is he so motivated by ideas (like liberty) that help people?

And Ron Paul posts his own tweets. Many people know that

I don't. And judging by this thread, many others don't as well.

[Lightweis]

Whether he deserved it or not is not the point. To say that someone deserved to die right after their death is insensitive and it doesn't help the movement make it any easier to spread the anti-war message. Ron didn't inspire millions of people to oppose wars by talking like that.

Ron Paul speaks the truth. Thats what inspires people

[KingNothing]

I don't think you said what you meant. If he doesn't care about people, why is he so motivated by ideas (like liberty) that help people?

Well, I should have been more clear. He makes it a point to disagree with ideas, not people. He attacks concepts, not individuals.

[acptulsa]

Ron Paul speaks the truth. Thats what inspires people

He does speak the truth. But it isn't like him to be impolitic, and it sure isn't like him to be insensitive for no concrete reason.

Well, I should have been more clear. He makes it a point to disagree with ideas, not people. He attacks concepts, not individuals.

Ah, now that is much more clear, thank you. And it further illustrates why this doesn't look like Ron's own work to me.

[Feeding the Abscess]

Well, I should have been more clear. He makes it a point to disagree with ideas, not people. He attacks concepts, not individuals.

Ron Paul was attacking the concept of living by the sword.

[KingNothing]

Whether he deserved it or not is not the point. To say that someone deserved to die right after their death is insensitive and it doesn't help the movement make it any easier to spread the anti-war message. Ron didn't inspire millions of people to oppose wars by talking like that.

I imagine what Ron would have said is "this is a sad, predictable, consequence of militarism and insufficient medical care given to returning vets"

[LibertyEagle]

This tweet was more than foolish. In fact, it was downright stupid. Many people who had started listening; I mean REALLY listening, now will slam shut their ears. I am also concerned that the blowback will impact Rand too.

I hope it was worth it. Damn.

[tsai3904]

Ron Paul speaks the truth. Thats what inspires people

I agree. You can speak the truth arrogantly or you can do it with humility like Ron has done for decades.

[KingNothing]

Ron Paul was attacking the concept of living by the sword.

No, he wasn't. Whoever runs his twitter account was attacking Kyle.

[LibertyEagle]

I imagine what Ron would have said is "this is a sad, predictable, consequence of militarism and insufficient medical care given to returning vets"

Yeah, that would have been much, much better. Too late now.

[sailingaway]

Well, I should have been more clear. He makes it a point to disagree with ideas, not people. He attacks concepts, not individuals.

right, and this tweet attacks an individual -- who was just murdered.

I really don't think it was him.

[KingNothing]

This tweet was more than foolish. In fact, it was downright stupid. Many people who had started listening; I mean REALLY listening, now will slam shut their ears. I am also concerned that the blowback will impact Rand too.

I hope it was worth it. Damn.

Agreed. This was abhorrent. Ron should be embarrassed.

[KingNothing]

right, and this tweet attacks an individual -- who was just murdered.

Yep, and there are people here defending it.

How do you just not go crazy and ban these people?

[sailingaway]

Ron Paul was attacking the concept of living by the sword.

If this is some distant cousin of something Ron actually said, translated by someone who likes red meat, that might possibly be how it started, but it is not how it was tweeted.

[sailingaway]

Yep, and there are people here defending it.

How do you just not go crazy and ban these people?

For having a different opinion?

As long as they aren't tweeting under Ron's name.....

we don't have to AGREE with it.

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I literally believe that faulty logic is best addressed by good argument, in any event.

[Lightweis]

Yep, and there are people here defending it.

How do you just not go crazy and ban these people?

I completely agree with Ron Pauls comment. Well said doctor

[Bastiat's The Law]

Not sure why you guys are offended? The man killed 160 people. He deserved it

Is that how veterans are treated here? Seriously You guys are going off the deep end with this crap. Same trash that would spit on soldiers coming back from Vietnam. I'm ashamed to call you my countrymen.

[Feeding the Abscess]

right, and this tweet attacks an individual -- who was just murdered.

I really don't think it was him.

I disagree. Just as when Ron wasn't "blaming America," or whatever that means, when discussing 9/11 on the debate stage, he wasn't attacking Chris Kyle (although he'd be perfectly justified in doing so) - he was denouncing living by the sword.

[phill4paul]

I completely agree with Ron Pauls comment. Well said doctor

It was not Ron Paul. Stop it.

[sailingaway]

Ron is a veteran.

[FSP-Rebel]

Yep, and there are people here defending it.

How do you just not go crazy and ban these people?

Some apparently like their libertarian filet mignon well done and are willing a high price for it. I'll take mine medium with the proper seasoning.

[Feeding the Abscess]

Is that how veterans are treated here? Seriously You guys are going off the deep end with this crap. Same trash that would spit on soldiers coming back from Vietnam. I'm ashamed to call you my countrymen.

How many of those veterans reveled in their killing, called their sniped targets savages, wished they could have killed more of them, and profited from these views expressed in a book and in national TV interviews?

[kcchiefs6465]

Yep, and there are people here defending it.

How do you just not go crazy and ban these people?

Some people would ask the same about you. Peoples' thoughts aren't going to be 100% the same. So be it that some people are defending this tweet. I am not defending the man or the tweet. He was a murderer. Not a hero. He killed for a living. (simply, though he very well was duped into believing it was the honorable thing to do) The tweet was stupid. There was no need to put that out there like that. Ron Paul wouldn't have stated it as was stated.

[sailingaway]

I disagree. Just as when Ron wasn't "blaming America," or whatever that means, when discussing 9/11 on the debate stage, he wasn't attacking Chris Kyle (although he'd be perfectly justified in doing so) - he was denouncing living by the sword.

the 'blame America' was absolutely twisting his words, as the townhall blog above in this thread did.

[sailingaway]

How many of those veterans reveled in their killing, called their sniped targets savages, wished they could have killed more of them, and profited from these views expressed in a book and in national TV interviews?

Ron would NEVER assume ONE PARTICULAR one he didn't know had.

[angelatc]

Well, at this point it has gotten to the 2d amendment defenders who of all people should adore Ron, and they are just becoming a chorus.

Ron needs someone running his media who is actually THOUGHTFUL about whether they are being true to his voice.

Exactly. If Ron can provide pithy comments for material, that would be great. If not, there are an abundance of books and video transcripts to pull original quotes from, and it could always be infused with any of the hundreds of sources that Ron Paul mentions.

Just making stuff up and attributing it to Ron Paul never works out well.

[Feeding the Abscess]

the 'blame America' was absolutely twisting his words, as the townhall blog above in this thread did.

Just like Ron attacking Chris Kyle is twisting his words.

[phill4paul]

Who is on Ron Paul's payroll right now? Anyone? Because they should be fired, all of them, for not already getting out ahead of this by now.

[itshappening]

If this is a marketing ploy it is the worst I have seen. I could see what might be intended.

1) Get's Ron in media to discuss foreign intervention and PTSD.
2) Put's to rest the 'newsletter' issue by showing that he doesn't keep tabs on things published under his name.

If this is the intention then he needs new marketing advisors.

Ron has always been very clever at getting headlines and media attention. It's no accident he came to prominence. Look at his debate performances, he was even more forthright then than here. I wouldn't so far as to say this wouldn't be the kind of thing he would say, free from the halls of congress .