Please, remedial argumentation – stat. We’ve already got enough straw here to feed an entire stable of thoroughbreds. Also, for an analogy to work, it should use an example that is actually, y’know, analogous.

(Great movie, btw. Have a cookie.)

Did you ever see “the celluloid closet”? it’s a documentary about how Hollywood has portrayed gays over the years. Up until very recently it has either been as ridiculous stereotypes or doomed …people who end up dying in the movie. But at least there was visibility. At least even in homophobic caracature America saw homosexuals. That’s kind of how i feel about “topics” like this. If Ron Pauls supporters are morons topics is what it takes, hey here I am. Look at m I’m a raving lunatic. aaaaaa ron paul

A 1997 CNN/Time poll showed that “80 percent of Americans think the [US] government is hiding knowledge of the existence of extraterrestrial life forms.” (If someone has more recent data, feel free to update.)

In its heyday, Art Bell’s Coast To Coast radio show received “an estimated nightly audience of eight to ten million” listeners.

So yes, yes there are a lot of crazies out there; 1500 is a drop in the bucket.

That said, once again: strawman = fallacy. Show me where I said all Ron Paul supporters are crazy. I did imply that his base is, shall we say, existentially-challenged (hence the dog-whistle references in the letter to black helicopter conspiracies). However, I’m sure there are many sincere followers and dissident small government Republicans/libertarians who have been duped into believing that a wholesale embrace of anarcho-capitalist dogma (with a healthy side of JBS hysteria) = ‘following the Constitution’.

But keep on spamming and Digging. Remain utterly rEVOLting. You’re doing a bang-up job so far of mainstreaming the Good Doctor.

I didn’t write any of those comments you cite above and I don’t approve of them. Name calling from either side is unproductive.

Anyway, Crzay ol’ Ron drew 1500 people to a rally and fundraiser in Nashville today. Guess there’s a lot of crazies out there!

http://libertyslaststand.wordpress.com/2007/10/07/video-ron-paul-draws-1500-in-nashville-tn/

As usual, the cognitive dissonance of Ron Paul’s most rabid supporters is amusing, hence why I chose to shine the spotlight once again on the volcanic eruption of stupid (oh, how it burns, like pure molten magma).

Still, feel free to console yourself with comforting fictions and self-righteous (if ironic) claims to ownership of the moral high ground. (”Rational argumentation”? Like “YO BRENDAN! Get a girlfriend. Or go hang out with Larry Craig”? How about “Gee,now your a handwriting analyst.I think you play with your dick too much”, or “get your head out of your over-stretched sphincter and do a little research before spouting off your jizz-laden mouth”?)

Look, I’ve made it plain in previous comments that I don’t subscribe to anarcho-capitalist theory (considering it’s a gross perversion of socialist ideology), nor rote conspiracy theories re: one world governments – not to mention Paul’s unsavory comments re: race and reproductive freedom. Hence my antipathy towards him (which, it should be clear, predates his presidential candidacy).

YMMV, obviously.

That said, I’m perfectly willing to engage in civil discussion re: policy with those who wish to discuss such matters–in good faith. However, your previous contributions to other Ron Paul-related comment threads (both here and on other sites, eg, Brendan Nyhan’s) make it quite apparent that your primary goal is to aggressively pimp Paul TBS-style, and bully with fallacious and malicious reasoning those who, for whatever reason, don’t share your unwavering zeal.

Ergo, you get what you give, and, thus, deserve: “middle-school ridicule.”

BTW, your use of the passive voice is tedious, FZ. Some might even call it pompous and overly laden with premature hubris. You’re lucky I’m not one to quote cliches about pride and falls or unhatched chicken-counting. Still, once this is all over, I’m certain y’all will find a way to blame rigged elections, the MSM, or maybe those notorious ‘international bankers’ (in direct concert with the CFR and the UN) for the inevitable.

The “cult” (if that’s what it is) is a “cult of the Constitution,” which is one of the few things worth following with cultlike devotion.

When the discussion gets past “kooky,” “fringe,” “paranoid,” and “crazy,” we always seem to win over a few more people who are sick of the federal bureaucrats ignoring the Constitution and the $9 trillion debt and the collapsing dollar that comes with it. Which, I guess, is why some people don’t want the discussion to get past middle-school ridicule.

Someone else vying for the coveted title of ‘Captain Obvious’. Ron Paul: like flypaper for imbeciles. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I am off to fantasize about a hot ‘n’ sweaty three-way between myself, Senator Clinton, and Bill Kristol (as UN spy satellites record the salacious encounter for posterity).

(Hint: strawman + tautology = fallacy).