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Conservative Political Website Redstate.com Bans Discussion of Ron Paul

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The following is from the conservative political website, Redstate.com explaining why they banned some discussions of Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul from their site:

Effective immediately, new users may *not* shill for Ron Paul in any way shape, form or fashion. Not in comments, not in diaries, nada. If your account is less than 6 months old, you can talk about something else, you can participate in the other threads and be your zany libertarian self all you want, but you cannot pimp Ron Paul. Those with accounts more than six months old may proceed as normal.

Now, I could offer a long-winded explanation for *why* this new policy is being instituted, but I'm guessing that most of you can probably guess. Unless you lack the self-awareness to understand just how annoying, time-consuming, and bandwidth-wasting responding to the same idiotic arguments from a bunch of liberals pretending to be Republicans can be. Which, judging by your comment history, you really don't understand, so allow me to offer an alternate explanation: we are a bunch of fascists and we're upset that you've discovered where we keep the black helicopters, so we're silencing you in an attempt to keep you from warning the rest of your brethren so we can round you all up and send you to re-education camps all at once.

Hey, we're sure *some* of Ron Paul's supporters really are Republicans. They can post at any one of a zillion Ron Paul online forums. Those who have *earned* our respect by contributing usefully for a substantial period of time will be listened to with appropriate respect. Those who have not will have to *earn* that respect by contributing usefully in the other threads... and not mentioning Ron Paul. Given a month of solid contributing, send one of us an email and we'll consider lifting the restriction on your account.

You may now resume your regularly scheduled RedState activities. Everyone but the Ron Paul spammers, that is. You can resume your regularly scheduled activities somewhere else.

Posted on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at 10:30:33 AM
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I would assume most Ron Paul supporters would be libertarian, NOT liberals. (they are different things) Most of the libertarians I know (myself included) are, by far, more conservative than most Republicans. How can anyone say that Republicans are conservative?
Conservative, you know, small government, low tax / low spending, less subsidies. When was the last time you saw a Republican pressing for these values?
It's been a loooong time!
He (Dr. Paul) must have you scared or you wouldn't bother to try to stifle his supporters.

Sincerely,
Keith Panik

You know, at one time there were such things as conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans.

One supposes Redstaters are a bit too young to recall those days.

Typical thuggish warmonger mentality. Can't defend their hypocritical worldview. Can't take the truth. Can't allow dissenting opinion.

Scum.

Ron Paul supporters = liberals!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

You guys crack me up.

Repulicans are supposed to stand for smaller government(less federalism), less taxation and a free market economy. When republicans start acting like republicans again instead of being bought and sold by corporations and interest groups I'll stop calling them democrats. (I don't like democrats much either)

I guess redstate doesn't want to deal with the issue at hand. Not really surprised. - Eric Monse

Hilarious. This is pretty silly. If people are spamming block their stuff. If they're just saying shit let them say shit.

Not a Ron Paul supporter myself, but you shouldn't pick on these guys. Not only is it their blog, but the problem is that they are a VERY insular crowd and have NO IDEA what a Libertarian is. The first five letters match "liberal," so as far as they're concerned, same thing.

Reddit.com banned any political figure from their search engines. Redstate.com does this. The blackout has creeped its way into the Internet. I mean, the media blackout or smear Ron Paul into the ground, so the supporters look elsewhere to spread their message and look at how they get treated. It just seems to me that more people would be interested in freedom. Apparently, a lot more people than I thought don't care if they are slaves.

I concur that Ron Paul supporters are the lowest of the internet, but they're not liberals.

They're conservatives through and through. They want to ban atheists from holding public office in Texas, and they believe that 95% of black people are "fleet-footed criminals". How much more conservative can you get?

I'm a diehard liberal, and I support Redstate.com's stand against spam. The people on Redstate may have vile views, but you Ronbots are just really irritating, and I completely understand why Redstaters are pissed.

(I agree with Ronald Paulgan that Paul supporters are no liberals, but many of them don't stand for or even know about some of Paul's crazier positions on race and religion. Here's hoping they figure it out soon.)

Liberal? Republican? How about calling him a man with just good common sense? This country is on the verge of bankruptcy and also starting war with Iran. Rudy and Hillary will both back war on Iran so at this point Republican/Democrat are one in the same.

I also have difficulty understanding how the word 'conservative' now applies to the current Republican party. It is like the word has changed meaning somehow. It would be better if Redstaters understood that Ron Paul supporters have not created new accounts so they can spam your website; they would like to discuss their views with fellow conservatives and are open to the views and merits of other candidates.

~qemqemqem

Kucinich/Paul '08 bitches!

Interesting. If no Libertarian candidate is on the ballot I vote Republican nearly all of the time. I even voted for Bush the first time. I even rallied at the Tx Governor's mansion when the election was being disputed.

I've contributed $500 to Ron Paul's campaign in addition to buying an awesome I Ron t-shirt and several bumper stickers.

There is no other candidate I'd vote for. If not nominated I hope Paul stays in the race as a 3rd party candidate or independent. If he doesn't I will write him in.

As a classical liberal, I would have to find censorship a worse outcome than sharing civil power with someone who did not agree with me on many issues.

All citizens inevitably get the type of government they deserve, thus it is best if they practice and encourage the best possible virtues. A government that puts its trust in the citizens to which it answers and justifies itself is ideal for liberty.

It's funny how everyone assumes Paul is a racist when he has explicitly stated the views in the newsletter were written by a ghostwriter and he strongly disagrees with them. Of course, the fact that he is very critical of racism in public office for the past 20 years goes without notice. Hell, he has an article on the stupidity of racism caused by restricting the liberty of the individual.

I don't agree with his abortion perspective but that is not a big deal (he can't change abortion law alone without Congressional support, which is in control of Dems) and compared to every other candidate perfectly willing to plunge us deeper into financial crisis, he is a sane choice.

It seems to me that the banning or censorship of any particular candidate or their supporters just adds fuel to the fire. I appreciate the controversy with the hopes that American people will ultimately do their homework and choose who works best for them. It also seems to me that the people that share on redstate.com are fairly complex. Complex is very good in certain applications but, in my opinion, not for our current state of Government. There is, alas, a simple solution for complicated minds (in politics), and that is the United States Constitution and Bill of rights. It is my firm belief that if (and when) we read and understand these documents, we the people do not have to be continually confused by Government jargon (IRS Tax Code, etc., etc...)

Ha! I guess that simplification is just too simple. Simplicity just doesn't have a buzz about it...not too much material there to stir the *stuff* up with. Boring!

I, for one, am just plain sick of where we are in Governmental quagmire.

It is time for a change...you know the rest.

Agree with them or get banned.

Sounds more like Communism and Fascism than Republicanism to me.

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