Ron Paul did not speak at a recent Republican Jewish Coalition Presidential Forum. Dr. Paul has had years to reach out to the Jewish community and has never done so. While Dr. Paul did not complain about his exclusion from the forum, his supporters went ballistic because they do that.
When the notion that anti-Semitism in the Paul movement is brought up, the Paulbots go into attack mode. They pretend the problem does not exist. They list the entire history of Dr. Paul’s Israel policy and insist he is the best candidate on Israel because they believe is the right candidate on everything. They get angry at me calling Dr. Paul an anti-Semite even though I have repeatedly said I do not believe he is one. My beef is with his supporters. Then they say I should not blame him for his supporters. Of course I do. He could rein them in. He chooses not to do so.
The Paul supporters are an ironic bunch. They are a small enraged minority that act like 100% of America agrees with them. Anyone daring to disagree is screamed at as unpatriotic, stupid, evil, etc. They are pure, and everyone else is heretical. Yet when the anti-Semitism issue is brought up, they insist that is the small fringe group making the whole movement look bad. They say you cannot blame them all.
Nobody is blaming them all, but they are blaming nobody. The problem is pervasive, and it is more significant than they will admit. After several days the Paulbots stay in their bunker, insisting that hatred of Israel and Zionists is different from anti-Semitism. Legitimate criticism of Israel is what they hide behind. Yet this is a fig leaf. The Paulbots are infected with Jew-hatred.
The following two comments represent the best and worst of the movement.
“J Trem
>[email protected]
>how delusional can you get? , you are a hateful neoconned zionist propagandist who completely and absolutely hates any and everyone who disagrees with your fanatical ideology and war mongering views . zionism is murder and it has failed and will continue to fail as a credible ideology in any and every sense of the word . antisemitism is a myth, a political joke, a conspiritorial hoax, it does not exist , please deal with it like the rest of the world has . the faster you return to reality better your senses of truth will be , your undeserved hate of ron paul and his supporters is inexcusable and only serves to further denigrate your already fleeting reputation. , you are no conservative , your not even that much of a jew, not in truth atleast, i am jewish and i follow the group True Torah Jews, we know zionism is a political disgrace , you have allowed yourself to be enslaved , for that you have our deepest pity… as is evidence from your posts,
your views and your childish immaturity in dealing with replies to your anti paul smut , you have lost , both in conservative relevance , as well as anyone taking you seriously in general. stop complaining of so called ‘antisemitism ‘ ( which by technical definition means dark skinned ARABIC peoples of the middle east , which includes all arabic nations , do your research kid . your delusional zionist hate has long since worn its ugly welcome ..”
Forget that the guy is a crackpot. Ron Paul supporters want to pretend he is a statistical aberration. He is not. I get tons of these emails from Paulbots. Here is what these imbeciles receive from me in return.
“Due to the volume of mail I receive, I am unable to respond to private correspondence. Please post your comments publicly.
eric aka the Tygrrrr Express”
Naturally the fellow remained combative.
“I cannot , I am currently blocked from your website … another example of your refusal to accept the reality of the Ron Paul campaign , and recognize the disturbing lunacy of your zionist and overall aggressive idealist views , I have said my peace .
J Trem”
Of course I blocked the guy. There is no constitutional right to hate speech and nobody has the constitutional right to comment on any internet message board. I favor legislation requiring every person who comments to do so using their real name and email address. It would cut down on gutless cowards abusing innocent people. Also, when a Ron Paul supporter says tey have “said their peace,” don’t believe it. These people never shut up. Ever. Again the message to this lunatic was the same.
“Due to the volume of mail I receive, I am unable to respond to private correspondence. Please post your comments publicly.
eric aka the Tygrrrr Express”
The man who said he was done of course kept ranting and raving.
“I have spoken truth as it needed to be said, only you can decide if you wish to return to reality or not on your views of modern day society, otherwise you are truly lost”
Like a typical Ron Paul supporter, this man believes that everything he says is the truth.
Anyway, after days of trying to get an ounce of humanity from one of these deniers, one person eventually stepped up to the plate after ducking and bobbing and weaving.
“William McQueen ([email protected])
Mr. Golub, may I get a little clarification here? But first this: I categorically and absolutely deplore and condemn any and all anti-Semitic comments made by supporters of Ron Paul (or by anyone) and acknowledge their existence. I agree that Paul should make it clear that this is not the kind of support he accepts, wants or needs. That said, I have a question: If one respects, supports, likes, and admires Jews, admonishing friends, family, colleagues, even employers when those little coded remarks are made, eschewing any clubs, fraternities, teams, that discriminate, acknowledging the vital relationship between Israel and the U.S., affirming their right to exist and prosper as well as our debt to them for years of cold-war cooperation, if one has, despite all this, some doubts about the current Israeli leadership’s goals or motives beyond security as well as some sympathy for the hapless Palestinians, does that make one anti-Zionism and, therefore, anti-Semitic? For someone who is not a Jew, when it comes to Israel, is it all-in or you’re an anti-Semite?
Bill McQueen”
My response followed.
“Regarding the first part, that is what I call an unequivocal condemnation of anti-Semitism. That is what I was looking for. Too many Paul supporters have to be dragged kicking and screaming to get to this point, but late is better than never.
Regarding your question…based on the exact way it is phrased, no what you described is not anti-Semitism. I totally disagree with the Palestinians and think they are 100% responsible for their miserable lot in life. Yet if others disagree with me and show sympathy for them, no that s not anti-Semitism. As for questioning Israel’s actions, we all have the right to question anything and everything. Only if Israel is held to a different standard than everyone else does anti-Semitism creep into it.
eric aka the Tygrrrr Express”
Why is this so complicated for Paulbots to understand?
Because they don’t want to understand it.
The Paul movement is infected with Jew-hatred.
Does every single Paul supporter who rails about Neocons, bankers, merchants, moneylenders, Paul Wolfowitz, and other similar topics have bigotry in their hearts? No. Do too many of them? Absolutely.
As for the ones railing against Zionism, they know d@mn well what they are. They are anti-Semites. The worst of the lot try to pretend that since Arabs are Semites, they cannot be anti-Semitic. The entire world knows this is semantics, and that the issue is associated with Jews.
Either the Ron Paul movement will clean itself up or it will forever be a place for fringe lunatics to congregate. Dr. Paul’s supporters worship him with all the fanaticism of Branch Davidians loving David Koresh. If he publicly condemned anti-Semitism, they would obediently follow.
He won’t, and that speaks volumes at a blaringly loud decibel level.
eric