Ron Paul's Extreme Worldview: No Compassion for AIDS
Patients or Sexual Harassment Survivors

By Meteor Blades
Daily Kos
December 30, 2011

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/12/30/1049973/-Got-AIDs-Your-fault,-says-Ron-Paul-Boss-cant-keep-his-hands-off-you-Switch-jobs,-says-Ron-Paul?via=blog_639718

Over the past couple of weeks, Iowa caucuses front-
runner Ron Paul has been changing his story and then
changing the changes about his role in publishing
incendiary newsletters. Added to that now is scrutiny
of Paul's 1987 book Freedom Under Siege: The U.S.
Constitution after 200-Plus Years. It first saw the
light of day in the run-up to his 1988 campaign for
president on the Libertarian Party ticket and was
republished in 2007.

Peter Hamby reports:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/30/in-early-book-rep-ron-paul-criticized-aids-patients-minority-rights-and-sexual-harassment-victims/]

    "The individual suffering from AIDS certainly is a
    victim-frequently a victim of his own lifestyle-but
    this same individual victimizes innocent citizens
    by forcing them to pay for his care," Paul wrote.

    ...

    "Every year new groups organize to demand their
    'rights,'" he continued. "White people who organize
    and expect the same attention as other groups are
    quickly and viciously condemned as dangerous
    bigots. Hispanic, black, and Jewish caucuses can
    exist in the U.S. Congress, but not a white caucus,
    demonstrating the absurdity of this approach for
    achieving rights for everyone." ...


    "Employee rights are said to be valid when
    employers pressure employees into sexual activity,"
    Paul wrote. "Why don't they quit once the so-called
    harassment starts? Obviously the morals of the
    harasser cannot be defended, but how can the
    harassee escape some responsibility for the
    problem? Seeking protection under civil rights
    legislation is hardly acceptable."

What a piece of work this guy is.

It would be heartening if some prominent Democrats,
presidential candidates even, would say what Ron Paul
is saying (mostly) about U.S. imperialism, what he is
saying (mostly) about the War on Some DrugsTM, what he
is saying (mostly) about civil liberties. In those
arenas, the nation would be well served if he were
broadly emulated.

But only by ignoring all his other odious points of
view, offensive, disgusting, hate-filled points of
view, can Ron Paul be defended. To ignore those is to
condone racism, homophobia, anti-semitism, 1%erism,
anti-environmentalism, victim-blaming, social safety
net-shredding and conspiracy-mongering. If he makes it
tougher for the Republicans to focus on their final
choice for a presidential nominee, if he becomes a
spoiler, huzzah to that. But anybody on the left who
thinks he would be a worthy candidate for our side is
afflicted with a serious case of tunnel vision.

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