Ron Paul, on the "Ground Zero mosque" controversy

[midwestnerman]

In my opinion it has come from the neo-conservatives who demand continual war in the Middle East and Central Asia and are compelled to constantly justify it.

They never miss a chance to use hatred toward Muslims to rally support for the ill conceived preventative wars. . . Defending the controversial use of property should be no more difficult than defending the 1st Amendment principle of defending controversial speech. But many conservatives and liberals do not want to diminish the hatred for Islam -- the driving emotion that keeps us in the wars in the Middle East and Central Asia. . . .

The outcry over the building of the mosque, near ground zero, implies that Islam alone was responsible for the 9/11 attacks. According to those who are condemning the building of the mosque, the nineteen suicide terrorists on 9/11 spoke for all Muslims. . . . . This is all about hate and Islamaphobia.

My emphasis.

I'm emailing this to Rush Limbaugh, Howard Dean, etc.

http://www.ronpaul.com/2010-08-20/ron-paul-sunshine-patriots-stop-your-demagogy-about-the-nyc-mosque/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Don't forget Sister Sarah Palin.

[Mz Pip]

2. I'm no fan or Ron Paul

but he's right about this. He has been a consistant isolationist when it comes to foreign policy and he sees this controversy as a way to continue support for the wars.

Equating Islam with Al Qaeda makes about as much sense as equating Christianity with The Army of God.

[Recursion]

9. Did you hear his anti-corporatist speech to the RNC?

I wish Democrats talked like that.

[Douglas Carpenter]

3. I hope Ron Paul's right-wing supporters read this - kick and recommend!!

[uppityperson]

4. Interesting take on it, thank you. k&r

avoid a peaceful world at all costs

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. He'd have to be right about 27,933 more issues to counterbalance his dickishness. -nt

[Winterblues]

6. Even a broken clock is right every once in a while.

Whatever will the hate filled Tea Baggers do now, that their Hero says stuff like this... Makes their pointed heads spin like crazy I would imagine.

[Lisa0825]

7. Ron Paul is a like a broken clock... he gets it right now and then. nt

[JerseygirlCT]

12. +1 nt

[malaise]

8. Ron Paul???

Oops yep he should send this to his son.

Reworded

[tuckessee]

10. That's the best summation of the controversy I've seen.

Too bad many liberals aren't as "progressive" on this issue as is Ron Paul.

[Beacho]

11. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in awhile

Doncha know?

[midwestnerman]

13. Including finding the Afghanistan nut, the Iraq nut, the Cuban embargo nut, etc.

the habeas corpus nut (he said he would never violate habeas corpus), etc. He backs many things I disagree with, but you falsely imply he is only right an extremely low number of times.

[Prometheus Bound]

14. Yup, he gets it.