Alex Hern writes on the latest email dump from the hacktivist group Anonymous, featuring more revelations about racist Republican Ron Paul.
The amorphous internet collective known as “Anonymous” announced today that they have successfully attacked and overtaken the websites of American white supremacists American Third Position (A3P); in doing so, they have also, they say, uncovered evidence of close links between A3P and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul.
In a statement on pirasec.com, Anonymous write:
Fellow anons: we are pleased to bring you the dismantling of a major US-based white supremacist network known as the “American Third Position”(A3P). These racist losers have chapters across the US, operate several white power websites, forums and online stores, and are even running a candidate in the 2012 elections…
In addition to finding the usual racist rants and interactions with other white power groups, we also found a disturbingly high amount of members who are also involved in campaigning for Ron Paul.
According to these messages, Ron Paul has regularly met with many A3P members, even engaging in conference calls with their board of directors.
Ron Paul’s racist politics and affiliations are already well known, being viciously anti-immigrant, anti-abortion and against gay marriage – not to mention having authored the racist “Ron Paul Papers” and receiving financial support from other white power groups (pictured with Don Black from stormfront.org [A large white-supremacist forum]).
Hard to believe Ron Paul draws some support from the left and the occupation movements, especially now that it is confirmed Ron Paul hangs out with straight up racist hate groups.
Ron Paul’s racism has been noted before.
In December, the Atlantic selected some of the most astonishing quotes from the newsletters he used to send out as a congressman, including:
“Given the inefficiencies of what DC laughingly calls the criminal justice system, I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal.”
“We are constantly told that it is evil to be afraid of black men, it is hardly irrational.”
[After the Los Angeles riots] “Order was only restored in L.A. when it came time for the blacks to pick up their welfare checks.”
[Martin Luther King was] “the world-class philanderer who beat up his paramours” [who] “seduced underage girls and boys.”
When asked on CNN about the newsletters, Paul walked out of an interview, denying he wrote them – although the Washington Post reports that he did indeed sign off on them.
Ron Paul is not, it appears, a particularly nice man; not even for a Republican presidential candidate.
See also:
• The World Outside Westminster – Falklands, nukes, protests and Gingrich – Chris Tarquini, January 29th 2012
• The World Outside Westminster – Oh, Carolina – Tom Rouse, January 22nd 2012
• Who is the Democrats’ Republican candidate? – Alex Hern, January 4th 2012
• Iowa 2012: Meet the candidates – Chris Tarquini, January 3rd 2012
• The global financial crisis, not 9/11, has defined the last decade – Tom Rouse, September 11th 2011
47 Responses to “Anonymous expose Ron Paul’s racist links”
Anonymous
garbage…
Nick Somerset
Well,well, how unpredictable, not. That as soon as someone gets Accused of racism, the dreg are quick to step in with their denial. But when drooling bigoted hate is spewed under every immigrant and every other minority article, instead you see a bunch of plus marks next to the most hateful and prejudiced comments, but no protest! F-in hypocrites. But yea, let’s just say this is ‘all’ made up. Ron Paul does stand with the extremist tea baggers, who’re white supremacists, on undocumented Mexicans, which anyone with an ounce of honesty knows are whom 99% think of in relation to the subject.
The f-in tea baggers defend the pilgrims, seek to downplay slavery, and obsess about the Mexican “invasion”. Yet they’re just ‘regular’ folks, my butt…
You could almost say that soon as a white person reacts strongly against being called a racist, he/she Is probably a racist (being on the defensive for one), it’s become such a trend by white supremacists to deny any and all racism, just like some devil would have someone. Even neo nazis can be heard denying their racism, as they rail against border crossers. The worn out ‘pro-law’ argument is almost synonymous with ‘white power’, it’s come to ring that hollow. That is why even neo nazis feel safe to hide behind it.
Finally, I’m not a Ron Paul Basher. In fact I’ve found some of his views to be spot on, especially regarding foreign policy, and pretty uniquely so among all running candidates. But if Republicans can go back centuries just to make the inane point that Republicans freed the slaves, therefore it’s Democrats who’re the ‘racist’, (utterly inane,if not insane btw), then why can’t someone point out racist links to someone in Current time without mass protests?