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Moderate Supporters?

In the over-a-year I've been posting around various forums, involved with various projects, and watched people come and go from the entire situation... it seems really apparent that there is a core group which resents moderate supporters.

When did it become a crime to like Dr. Paul best out of the choices given, but not agree with him 100%? Why has the man achieved some sort of cult godliness which he would be the first to shrug off? Why are people who say "November surprise" instantly cheered, while those who venture to say "the guy isn't going to get the nomination" are instantly jeered? It's pretty sick, if you ask me.

A lot has been made of the "splintering" of the movement. This isn't new. There were a lot of Paul-curious supporters a year ago, people who felt this man had a better message than the other candidates, but who weren't prepared to shoot people in DC or live in a commune in Texas or start up a Paul-related business venture. They were simply regular old voters who were exploring the possibilities. A lot of them were shot down by Truthers or Paul-zealots who cried "black ops!" the instant someone expressed modest disagreement with Dr. Paul.

If one wonders why the donkeys and the elephants do so well, one has only to look at the "leftovers" squabbling over the title of king or queen of the fringe. What happens to all the people who simply dislike the two "choices" provided by the media and the state party machines, but who don't necessarily think 9/11 was an inside job, don't listen to Alex Jones, don't own guns, don't believe their water is brainwashing them, and might even glance at Fox News sometimes in their boredom during a channel surf? We don't want their kind! Right? Or is that the problem all along?

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MEL OK + 9/11 again. stop

I agree 100% Melissa. I don't call myself anything . I look for answers & let truth hit me where it my. POLITICS is so complicated & mixed ,but so easy if you let it be. What is right is right ,there is No interpritation needed. THANKS M . By the way someone mentioned 9/11, so here goes one more time . IF 9/11 was such a masterfull plot bu the FED why didn't they cover their ass by planting weapons of mass DIST. in Iraqie soil ??????

Good post

& it's important to realize that you don't have to agree w/ Dr.Paul 100% or even 85% & who would really want to live in a commune?

I do think that 9.11 is beyond fishy, Mellisa & really wish that I didn't believe this, but after putting my time in looking at a lot of facts & many sources, I truly believe we have been decieved.

It is not our job

to tell what the exact events of 9/11 truly were,...all we know is that the official story is a lie and that is fact. One needs only look at over head photos of the pentagon for christ sake. A plane does not fit into a 16 foot hole! 85 survaillance videos were taken from around the pentagon,...to date, only 4 videos have been released,...none of which show a plane hitting the pentagon.

Iraq is not the goal

World conquest is.

Melissa

This seems to be the nature of political forums in general and some good heated arguements may actualy help rather than hinder.Take a debate for instance most candidates do not pat each other on the back they tend to go at each other.But I think that everyone wants to take credit for the victories and wants to blame for the failures.I don't agree with Dr. Paul on everything 100%,maybe 98.9%.I for one thought he should have (after the first debate) set out a write in campaign to garner as many votes as possible,filed in all states that allow it and let us have our say regardless of the GOP.I also like Alex Jones,and with Alex also I don't agree 100%,but I do think there is plenty of evidence to point to a inside job on 9/11.I for one don't see that you can seperate truth from freedom or vise versa.I do hope that the Ron Paul campaign doesn't turn into the Ross Perot fiasco.That was a potential Presidential candidate pulling up stakes and leaving his supporters to dangle,and starting a PAC group and nothing changed and the PAC group disappeared.Do I blame the "truthers" or their message for being the problem,no,nor do I blame the "freedomers" or their message.I can find fault with the NWO,CFR,the GOP,and the political system in general they are responsible for unability for us to unite and show real progress.

Yeah I totally get you on

Yeah I totally get you on this one, Melissa. . .there were/are way too many "hardliners" who are like powdering the fucking muskets waiting to hunt down the NWO (cue Alex Jones' over-hyped adrenalin juicing intro. . .)!!!

It's like, the paranoia level is way too high and people take things so damn seriously that they forget there are other people in the world with similar good intentions but who think completely different from them!

And the other thing is, when someone is on the internet, they can be/do/say whatever they want without the uncomfortable reality of a live, visceral conversation. So we have all these inflated egos living out some quasi-fantastical notion of becoming some sort of revolutionary hero and acting brash and condescending on a measly forum. . .

Or maybe, Melissa, we are just black ops specialists trying to distract potential cultists, I mean patriots away from the truth about 9/11 and the New World Order? Perhaps, just maybe, THEY are controlling us all!!!

Ha Sancho! Well articulated!

Ha Sancho! Well articulated!

I think the problem- with

I think the problem- with posters like oruval for example- is that they are extremely emotional when responding to posts they don't like. The people that post here that disagree with Ron Paul on various points don't have some secret agenda- they're just talking, and if you think they're wrong then try to persuade them to your side. We're not going to convince anyone that free-markets and liberty are right by name-calling and telling them "You just don't understand". You have to do it through debate and education.

This man speaks truth.

This man speaks truth.

Ever wonder why so few members actually post here anymore?

I think we have over 10,000 members, yet only a few hundred ever post...hmm, I wonder why...

Next time read into it a little deeper when someone boasts how they "chased those trolls away".

Perhaps those trolls are like Melissa, or Jzneff for that matter, and are simply tired of paying taxes, tired of endless war, and are looking for a better way.

But nope...this movement doesn't accomidate them.

Well Melissa all I can tell you is

Take the blue pill. Cause when you know, not think 9/11 was an inside job because of actual physics being right,

when you know, not think that Flouride was used in Nazi concentration camps to quell people into submission so they wouldn't want to escape,

when you know, not think That Fox news is a control mechanism for propaganda then maybe, just maybe...

You'll understand that even though getting Dr Paul elected would be the best thing ever all you can hope for at the end of the day is waking up enough people so that freedom.. True freedom not what you think is freedom doesn't die.

Barry Goldwater

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!

Barry Goldwater lost ;)

Not arguing with the quote, but just to point out... he lost pretty hardcore :P

To answer your thread Melissa...

I used to be a "cult" like in my support of RP. Why? He was the 1st politician that really spoke truth. So, at first I naturally trusted his take on all positions.

However, as I've been learning political philosophy and economics I now have positons where I am disagree with him.


For example:
-I am now for the libertarian position on immigration; Ron supports the conservative position.
-I am now opposed to how Ron voted for authorization for the Afghanistation mission.

To sum up your post:

You're an individual ;)

I thought, at its core, that's what this whole effort was about... making it possible for us to be individuals. The trouble came into it when some individuals decided the other individuals were not worthy to support Dr. Paul, or were moles, or black ops, or made of recycled materials, or whatever else ... least that's one woman's opinion.

Regardless, you were inspired to get educated, and you have your own views that don't 100% jive with anyone. THAT is an achievement to be proud of :)

I agree

Thanks for this. I have been getting tired of all of the bashing. But, on a Ron Paul website I don't like to see people being discouraging. Remember, the power of positive thinking and ideals. Until we are absolutely sure there is no hope, no way, for Ron Paul to be nominated I don't want a lot of negativity here. Otherwise, we do need to focus on the positive issues on how we can truly implement change and quit bashing each other.

Healthnut4freedom

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5,6

I think Ron Paul is a

I think Ron Paul is a defeatist to the Ron Paul Revolution. He quit his presidential campaign. That is not pro-Ron Paul attitude. We should ban him.

uh, oh..that is one

uh, oh..that is one inflammatory comment for the sake of inflame. I thought you were going to "play" a little more carefully...BAD CAMERON!

Cameron

You need to look back at the whole picture of events that have lead us to where we are now. If he had done anyhting different it would have been less effective than what is being done now. At least now the walls have started to come down and the focus on how bad the choices are for president have raised a few eyebrows. Ron Paul is getting more media coverage than most of any of the former candidates.(and being proven more and more right) The message is spreading. If he had kept going the way he was it would not have accomplished anything. The media already had everyone convinced he had dropped out. Do you see ANY other former candidates sticking by and encouraging their supporters after the fact? Defeatist is not at all an appropriate term.

Hmmm

quitting and suspending are two different things. Suspending means he can always jump right back in. What else is he supposed to be doing with his time than what he is doing right now? Campaigning is not really an option so what he is doing is campaigning in the best way possible. So, though I am disappointed I can completely understand.

Healthnut4freedom

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5,6

I agree

I think him quitting was a poor decision. Why?
Because of all the attention and publicity that he has now lost out on.

I agree..

I hate to say this but I dont think RP really wants to be president. First off... he isnt after power. I dont see him ruthlessly climbing the political ladder trying to gratify himself. He said it himself that he wants to be presidnet to do virtually nothing... he doesnt wanna control the economy, you or anything... he just wants to do what is within his constitutional limits... which is exactly why he is the best man for the job!!!!

Semper Fortis

Can someone explain to me

Can someone explain to me why exactly he didnt run third party?

The Ron Paul movement has been splintered between so many factions now, but if it had stayed united he could have had a third party run bigger than Ross Perot or Ralph Nader. We have the Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin camps taking most of the Paulites, we have the 'write-in' die-hards (like myself), some people strayed over to McCain and Obama, a few went to Nader and McKinney, and then you have a few offshoot groups with their own candidates (reform party, neo-nazi parties, blah, blah, blah.)

It seems almost stupid for RP to quit now. He could have easily taken double digits in the polls. He could have been the new Ralph Nader, and his supporters would be taken seriously just as the Perot and Nader voters were. But now, instead of one large third party run, you have a dozen fifth party runs.

Stay Tuned

The Good Doctor said he wasn't seeking a "third party" nomination. He did not say he would refuse it if it were thrust upon him. His heart is so big, and his ego is so healthy that he has no quarrel whatsoever with the notion that this revolution is bigger than himself, us, the Demoblicans, or any "third party."

Keep you hope alive and check in to his, Mr Barr's, and Mr Baldwin's joint appearance on September 10th.

For all our talk of supporting Dr Paul and being strict Constitutionalists, why don’t we read the Constitution and realize that Dr Paul can be elected President without appearing on a single State ballot?

Because those of us here who are wise.

Know that you don't give up a position in congress that you have held for 30 years. No third party run is necessary because we are going to take back the republican party.. So go relay that message little boy to your masters.

Whoah, take it easy man.

Whoah, take it easy man. Why the need for a condescending attitude? That just shuts people down and makes them not want to post again, and even if you don't like what was posted it's wrong for you to "scold" someone like that. Be cool man, don't be a dick- it's a universal law, you know!

I heard GLENN BECK

I heard GLENN BECK 8/25/2008,say that RON PAUL's campaign was finished & it sounded like GLENN was saying the CFL. WHAT's the story ? I believe it is going well.
JUST ASKING,
TLF

Melissa, I think you miss the point

I have no problem with people who do not support Ron Paul in 100% of his opinions and views --- for one, I do not as well. The problem is with those few, but VERY vocal and active posters, who ATTACK his views, and core values of those who are pro-liberty.

For example, it is one thing to say that one does not own gold or silver, nor sees much use in doing so --- it is another thing altogether to vehemently attack owning the precious metals, deny that there could ever be any value in owning them, fiercely argue that it is foolish and immoral to "hoard" metals, and in general speak as if they were from the IMF, as a handful here have done.

It is notable that that same handful are also the same ones who will time and time again attack others who speak out against established power, whether it be the two-party system, the corrupt and manipulated MSM, mega-corporations who work in league with the government, or any other manifestation of "The Establishment" and the current status-quo.

Why do you blame truthers?

I dont agree with "everything" RP says. (I do agree with the overwhelming majority of it though). One can easily make the arguement that it was the truthers that turned the campaign into a revolution; the truthers were the original paulers. And that it was the johnny-come-lately non-truthers that werent comfortable with... the truth... to the point that they tried to down play the truthers contributions because they didnt want to be associated with them... thus driving a wedge in the movement.

Ive been a truther since the afternoon of 9-11 (first thing i screamed about was why werent there any jets in the air?????). But I know it will take a miracle for RP to win the nomination. I just dont see why non-truthers always accuse the truthers for undermining the campaign. It wasnt us... it the the MSM and the powers that be. By accusing.. me, as a truther, for driving people away... you yourself are driving the wedge within the movement that your complaining about.

Remember this: What was the precise moment that the RP candidacy skyrocketed? It was when he was attacked by Giuliani when RP gave an "alternative" cause for 9-11.

Semper Fortis

Reading Comprehension

A lot of them were shot down by Truthers or Paul-zealots who cried "black ops!" the instant someone expressed modest disagreement with Dr. Paul.

*or*. As in, two groups. *A lot of them*. As in, many people who were not on the Truther bandwagon last year would come in and be alienated by it. As in, a subset of Truthers. Not all, some. Not everyone shot down, but some. That is how the sentence is written. It even goes on to describe that subset more distinctly as those who cried "black ops!" the instant someone expressed disagreement. It does not say to burn Truthers, it does not espouse some conspiracy on the part of any subset of Paulites, but merely describes a pattern of behavior.

***

As for the rest:

I know people are working hard. Who said I wasn't? The fact remains that these movements largely fail because there's little room for moderates of any kind. The viewpoint that moderates are those who are "partly awake" or "learning"... is there room for people who just don't like politics at all, or politicians, or even statesmen, but think Paul just might have been the lesser of all the evils? It was merely a question. I've seen a lot of people come to the movement with curiosity and be turned away and turned off by the reaction. It's anecdotal, but then again half of this board is. I don't have to drive any wedge; it's been there since last June or July.

Some of you decided to take this post personally. Ask yourself why that was your kneejerk reaction to it, and why you didn't take the time to read it through and evaluate whether or not the shoe fit. Are you the sort who had to beat others over the head with your perception of things, or did you calmly debate, form your own opinion, and offer it to those who actually asked? Is there real harm in self-evaluating to that effect?

From the responses, one would surmise the answer is "yes." That is why that phrase about being doomed to repeat history came about ;)

The biggest problem is that

The biggest problem is that you are speaking from a biased perspective.

If you are a truther, you see your kind as beneficial to the movement. You view anyone that isnt a truther as blind and stupid and anti-truth. If you are a not a truther, you dont like the conspiracy theories and think they are detrimental to the movement. There is no 'truth' for you to 'get'.

If you are not involved in the movement, and 99.9999% likely not to be a truther, then you view Ron Paul as the figurehead for the truthers, and do not want to support him.

I do agree with some of your

I do agree with some of your sentiment. The parent post you were responding to, was making noise about the "original paulers" etc...implying who was here before who. Perhaps on this website.

But in general it's a load of crap.

I'm not real big on the whole clannish/collectivist attitude, and giving a group a designation with the word "truth" in it, and then proclaiming yourself a member...I don't need it.

Do my friends and I talk about the various problems with the official 911 explanations? Absolutely.

Do we feel a need to name our little group, and refer to ourselves that way? No.

If the truthers want this website. They can have it. I can support Ron Paul without it.

If and when that time comes, it won't be hard to go.

Ther are alotta people

especially young people, who believe that 9-11 was a conspiracy... but have never heard of Ron Paul. The only people who are turned away from RP because many of his supporters are truthers... are the ones who drank the MSM coolaid. Again... the RP revolution was never about 9-11 truth. It was about saving our country.

At the meetups we all agreed that the best way to bring people to the movement was to stay on the main issues of the war, economy, immigration, ect... we agreed to avoid conspiracy talk because we understood that people have been programmed and conditioned to have a certain reaction (notice everyone reacts virtually the same way). But here on DP, we can take it to the next appropriate level (which ought to a educational one) being as how we are already supporters. If you wanna debate 9-11 we can... if you wanna debate the CIA controlled drug cartels we can... if you wanna debate chemtrails we can... and we ought to because it is important... for both of us.

But if you wanna brainstorm with me.... knock our heads together on how we can help our common cause.. which is spreading RP's message... we casn do that too.

Semper Fortis

you gotta stop with the

you gotta stop with the whole koolaid thing. you sound like hannity when you use it.

lol

i hate hannity.

Semper Fortis

I know I know....He drives

I know I know....He drives me crazy too.

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Wait? Who are the 9/11

Wait? Who are the 9/11 truthers who have never heard of Ron Paul? 9/11 is one of the first and most prominent internet-driver CPs, and Ron Paul is the internet's candidate. I am trying to remove all hint of support or dismissal of 9/11 truth or Ron Paul here....but seriously dude. Who hasnt heard of Ron Paul? I think we got the name out pretty well.

Well,

some of it might be considered a "knee-jerk' reaction, because of a couple of things.

Regarding "jeering" of others who seem to accept the defeat of RP, there are alot of people who are still working hard to push to the last possible moment, and hope for a miracle.
There is a certain sentiment on the board that we should be kept in good spirits and supported, because we are keeping the faith.
All of us know it's a long shot, We're just trying to to keep a support level alive.

The other issue is that there have been loads of trolls that come here in order to infect the site with disinformation and argument and scorn, in order to fracture a movement that is dangerous to the existing criminal political structure.

So, between the 2, there is a protective activity going on, that may or may not be totally productive, but is a reality.

Regarding "moderate" supporters, speaking for myself, I feel a "moderate" supporter is somebody who is learning about the issues and why the current corrupt system isn't working. I think that there is a decent level of reception here for those looking to learn more about it from people who have a much deeper understanding of the complex matters than they do. .
There is not a good reception here for anybody looking to come in and tell us how the status quo really isn't as bad as we think, and that we're kooks.
Alot of people here are very advanced in studying what is going on, and are not neophytes at all. When somebody comes in here an implies that they should drop their learning, and "come back to the corral with Fox News", or that they don't need a gun, or that the money system is just fine, etc, then that ain't gonna fly at all.

The thing is, people arent

The thing is, people arent trying to splinter the movement. People legitimately have opposing view points. That is called disagreement. Only in your mind are there paid-moles working to divide the movement.

there are moles. probably

there are moles. probably not even paid. just malcontents who are anti-paul.

to think that they're not here tells me that you've never run an electronic bulletin board, or a web forum, or moderated a newsgroup.

it's such a trivial thing to go into a forum and game it, and unless you've been on the back end, tracking down ip addresses, and googling posting pseudonyms....then you have no idea.

Wrong again, Cameron

The thing is, there ARE some people (not many, but a key few) who ARE trying to splinter the movement --- and I have little doubt that at least one of them, at any given time, is an agent of the PTB, sent here exactly on that mission.

Crazy? A conspiracy theory? It's well known that the government has and is physically infiltrating various protest groups and poltical opposition groups, so why would they stop there, when infiltrating a blog is so much easier? Really, anyone who denies this possibility either has their head in the sand, or is a mole themselves.

You are pigeonholing

You are pigeonholing dissent! I personally dont think there are moles here. Why? Because there isnt any proof. In theory, there could be, but I see no indication that there are. Show me the [proof]!!

Let me hand you a mirror

for your "proof".

He's not a mole

Come on that's silly. He's just doesn't know much about economics. When you combine that with this sometimes childish behavior...

He's not a mole

Come on that's silly. He's just a little obnoxious at times.

a LITTLE?

Have you not followed his trollish garbage for weeks now?

Well I disagree with

his posts probably about half the time. Though, the other half the time he has some not bad insights.

Anyways, I think he turns a lot of people off because he can be quite childish in his posts.

Did your parents tie to you

Did your parents tie to you a pole in the yard as a kid? You because you seem to run in circles.

Troll

Troll

Good one

So clever. Who is the childish one now?