Comments on: Andrew Sullivan endorses Ron Paul http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/12/20/andrew-sullivan-endorses-ron-paul/ A web site by Joshua Sowin that addresses culture, books, technology, ecology, religion, and other topics. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:17:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Josh Sowin http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/12/20/andrew-sullivan-endorses-ron-paul/comment-page-1/#comment-57810 Josh Sowin Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:18:02 +0000 http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/12/20/andrew-sullivan-endorses-ron-paul/#comment-57810 Thanks for commenting, Paulo. People do seem to love him or hate him. I like what I've heard him talk about. There are always extremists who support candidates, but you are right that he seems to attract more. Probably because he takes some extreme positions on things, and that attracts those kinds of people. Thanks for commenting, Paulo.

People do seem to love him or hate him. I like what I’ve heard him talk about. There are always extremists who support candidates, but you are right that he seems to attract more. Probably because he takes some extreme positions on things, and that attracts those kinds of people.

]]> By: Paulo http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/12/20/andrew-sullivan-endorses-ron-paul/comment-page-1/#comment-57808 Paulo Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:58:33 +0000 http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/12/20/andrew-sullivan-endorses-ron-paul/#comment-57808 Ron Paul's opposition to civil rights, voting rights for the District of Columbia, net neutrality legislation, and the 14th and 16th Amendments thoroughly disqualifies him from my list, even without considering his eager backing by neo-Nazi groups and conspiracy cults. I've been seriously bothered by over-eager Ron Paul supporters who conflate the man himself with the concept of freedom, gloss over his close and current ties to crypto-libertarians and survivalist militias, and buy into his uncomfortably Larouche-esque rhetoric of economic catastrophism, all the while equating his values with those of the founding fathers without regard for diverse interpretations of historical context. Sullivan's endorsement as a gay conservative is especially troubling given Ron Paul's inconsistent wavering on support for key homosexual issues: opposing a constitutional amendment on the definition of marriage (good for gays) while at the same time also opposing gay adoptions in DC (bad for gays). He could do better given his context, but he appears to have bought into the hype instead. More info: http://icanhaz.com/ronpaul Ron Paul’s opposition to civil rights, voting rights for the District of Columbia, net neutrality legislation, and the 14th and 16th Amendments thoroughly disqualifies him from my list, even without considering his eager backing by neo-Nazi groups and conspiracy cults. I’ve been seriously bothered by over-eager Ron Paul supporters who conflate the man himself with the concept of freedom, gloss over his close and current ties to crypto-libertarians and survivalist militias, and buy into his uncomfortably Larouche-esque rhetoric of economic catastrophism, all the while equating his values with those of the founding fathers without regard for diverse interpretations of historical context.

Sullivan’s endorsement as a gay conservative is especially troubling given Ron Paul’s inconsistent wavering on support for key homosexual issues: opposing a constitutional amendment on the definition of marriage (good for gays) while at the same time also opposing gay adoptions in DC (bad for gays). He could do better given his context, but he appears to have bought into the hype instead.

More info: http://icanhaz.com/ronpaul

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