KMOD (3,382 posts) http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026558844
So why do Rand Paul folks troll here?
just curious.
Who has the epic story of the Ronulan invasion of CU?
TreasonousBastard (25,103 posts)
3. If you're not quite awake yet, there are places...
where Randian libertarianism and liberalism seem to intersect.
They don't, really, but sometimes it's fun to think they do.
lovemydog (5,617 posts)
5. Yeah, they may intersect a bit on legal weed and anti-military interventions. Of course, on everything else liberals hold dear like protecting civil rights, progressive taxation, regulating Wall Street, they are diametrically different. At least as I see it.
libertarians are against civil rights? I don't think that is correct.
lovemydog (5,617 posts)
14. Not for black people.
Rand Paul is on the record as being in favor of removing the civil rights act and the voting rights act. If anything, I think those acts should be strengthened and more fully enforced.
Sure, there are different kinds of libertarians. And yes, as far as their own civil rights are concerned they are probably all for it. But please read up a bit on where most of them today stand on many issues that are core principles of liberals and core principals of the democratic party.
Jamaal510 (8,193 posts)
20. In addition to that, I'm pretty sure he opposes contraceptive rights. IDK where he stands on gay rights, though. But like his father, Rand's freedom fighting street cred looks a bit shaky.
Soo...... Rand Paul hates Balcks, Gays, Women, Minorities (but Blacks more), contraceptives, foreign wars, drug laws, progressive taxation, Wall Street regulations, Car immissions, Late Term Abortions, Church and State,... what else again?
beam me up scottie (27,380 posts)
10. It's like a cult.
No shit.
lovemydog (5,617 posts)
15. I tried talking with one once in real life and he kept going on about the fed. Whenever I tried changing the subject he kept going on and on about the fed. He'd been laid off from some investment bank. Drove a Porsche, smoked lots of weed, married a rich neurotic. Thought he was way smarter than he was. Shockingly ignorant of the most basic civics and history knowledge. I thought he was a smug insufferable ignoramus who acted like he'd just joined a cult.
A RAND PAUL BOUNCY!!!!Scootaloo (17,000 posts)
12. Same reason McCain supporters post here
Nobody supports McCain.
Jamaal510 (8,193 posts)
24. To weaken support for Democrats and progressives in general, since his agenda is toxic for ordinary people and is the antithesis to what we want. They ultimately want to do away with government, while the Left sees it as a useful thing in most cases. The Internet is pretty much their only outlet. In real life, the Paul clan isn't taken very seriously (especially with Rand's pet weasel on his head), and Rand's father struggled to stay polling in the double digits even within his own party in 2012.
Orsino (29,856 posts)
29. They're not all trolling. Perhaps.
A few things Paul has said sound like what we want, so much so that maybe they forget that he's a lying, weaselly airhead. Yeah, I can believe that some well-intentioned people are willing to promote him a little.
I'm sure there are trolls exploiting that perceived vulnerability of DU's.
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