Comments on: Rand Paul on William Lloyd Garrison and Segregation

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 03:46:15 +0000

There is a benefit to making racist action legal– we could identify the racists. Or rather the racists would self-identify. Then we right-libertarians wouldnt have to try and defend ourselves against conspiratorial racism accusations. Then the debate could focus on why a governmental structure based on individual rights increases the overall wealth of society. Granted, racism would appear again, but wouldnt you rather know which businesses were run by racists and give your money to a non-racist?

By: Once again: The Civil Rights Movement and Abolitionists were NOT Libertarians « Ph.D. Octopus

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:09:36 +0000

[...] arrangement ever made by men.” I’ve already written about why its nonsense to think abolitionists were modern libertarians. Garrison did not support Rand’s beloved [...]

By: Rand Paul compares himself to MLK, says smoking in restaurants is a god given right - Page 38 - Political Forum

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:16:44 +0000

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By: Rand Paul: I’m MLK and Frederick Douglass : Delaware Liberal

Rand Paul: I’m MLK and Frederick Douglass : Delaware Liberal — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:01:44 +0000

[...] Additional: Ph.D. Octopus explains how Paul gets the history wrong on William Lloyd Garrison. [...]

By: Blue Bluegrass » Blog Archive » Kentucky Republican Candidate Rand Paul Compares Self to Dr. Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., Abolitionists. Penicillin Can Cure This, Dr. Paul…

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:05:39 +0000

[...] For example, I am opposed to the government telling restaurant owners that they cannot allow smoking in their establishments. I believe we as consumers can choose whether to patronize a smoke-filled restaurant or do business with a smoke-free option. Think about it — this overreach is now extending to mandates about fat and calorie counts in menus. Do we really need the government managing all of these decisions for us? —————————————————————————————————————————————— Ph.D. Octopus notes that [...]

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Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:05:40 +0000

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Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:33:05 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:11:39 +0000

Nice blog. Would like to see you do an update about Randy Paul’s latest oped where he compares himself and his “views” to that of Marin Luther King, Jr.

I’ll add to your post that not only did “Non-state consumer action” not desegregate all public facilities in Massachusetts. It didn’t do it anywhere. No where in America did non governmental interference create a fully desegregated society. What it did do was create a Jim Crow South and a quasi segregated North. Randy’s views don’t merely show an ignorance of history. It creates a whole other alternative universe.

By: JosephW

JosephW — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:55:05 +0000

The biggest fail point in Rand’s use of Garrison is the fact that Garrison was born in 1805. He had no legal rights as a mere teenager in the early 1800s and anything he might have written or said would have borne no weight with anyone in the political venue. (Even if he participated in any sort of demonstrations and protests, he wouldn’t have had any influence.)

By: AllanM

AllanM — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:46:15 +0000

Possibly pointing out the obvious: The government of the US fought a war to end slavery and racial discrimination. Without that war, we would have racial discrimination still today, accompanied by de facto slavery in the south. The only thing that killed “share-cropping” aka serfdom in the South was the ability of the ex-slaves to flee north to freedom after the Civil War, which they did in large numbers. Paul is simply wrong, and we must all say it over and over again until everyone gets the message.