Reply #3: I've had to have some long discussions with my sister's boyfriend on this

[TechBear_Seattle]

The core of Ron Paul's platform is "States Rights." I have had to point out that "states rights" has been a codeword for racial discrimination for more than a century, first in support of slavery and then (and now) in support of Jim Crow and segregation. Since the late 70s, "states rights" has become the rallying cry for people who would turn women into baby-making machines with no voice and no choice, people who oppose any law that forbids them from beating Jews, gay people or immigrants to death with impunity and people who want to turn public schools into religious indoctrination camps.

So when Ron Paul speaks of "states rights," he really means..... (fill in the blank.)

Point out the implications of his flavor of libertarianism, and the rest is easy.