LOS ANGELES, December 8, 2011--
Ron Paul supporters are angry at his exclusion from the Republican Jewish Coalition presidential forum, despite Dr. Paul himself not publicly even caring. Supporters of the Klan do not get angry when they are excluded from NAACP banquets. Go on Ron Paul message boards, read the anti-Semitism, and then understand why nobody wants these miscreants anywhere near respectable events.
The Republican Jewish Coalition recently held their 2012 Presidential Candidates Forum in Washington, DC. Ron Paul did not attend, which of course resulted in his supporters going ballistic. Because Ron Paul supporters have a habit of shouting down speakers and disrupting events, anything that minimizes their attendance improves Republican events.
These events are for people to listen to the candidates and make an informed choice. Supporters of Dr. Paul already have their mind made up. There is no reason for them to attend a single event. They know who they are voting for.
Yet the problem with Ron Paul supporters goes deeper than just bad behavior. There is a cancer in the Ron Paul movement. It is called anti-Semitism, and it is pervasive among his followers.
Dr. Paul himself may not be one, but his outreach to the Jewish community has been non-existent. His supporters are angry that he was excluded from a Jewish event, but he never asked to be included. He has not said a single word about his exclusion. His supporters care. He doesn't. In all of his years in office, he has never truly reached out to the Jewish community. Therefore, when a Jewish forum takes place, it is reasonable to understand why neither side would want to interact.
Dr. Paul has never at any time condemned anti-Semitism, even in the most perfunctory of ways. He has never weeded out the anti-Semitism among his supporters. Those supporters will make the same argument they always make, that a few rotten apples should not spoil the whole bunch. This argument would be valid if the anti-Semitism was not so widespread. The bad apples are not the exception. They are much of the bucket.
It took only several minutes of searching on Ron Paul forums to find pure Jew-hatred, with desperate attempts to insist that anti-Semitism was not so because they said so.
The first comment was the stereotypical linking of Jews and money, which is every bit as awful as making remarks about black people involving chicken and watermelons. After the "Jews and money" link, the commenters got much worse.
Some tried to claim that they liked Jews but hated Zionists, as if that is not the most pathetic and tired excuse of anti-Semites.
One commenter compared Ron Paul to Jesus. Another accused Jews of using the Holocaust for political gain.
(I am sure my Holocaust survivor dad and grandparents, while they were fleeing for their lives, had other considerations besides how being nearly shot to death could benefit them politically several decades later.)
These comments were not "cherry-picked" to skew the data. They are the data.
These are Ron Paul supporters. They judge everyone else. Now it is time for them to be judged.
"Yes, but it will generate the most donations.
Submitted by YumYum on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 18:25.
$$$$$$$$$!!!!"
"Real Jews love Dr.
Submitted by Charlie's Angel on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 18:20.
Real Jews love Dr. Paul.....these are just ZIONIST sOB's!"
"what's wrong?
Submitted by jblackpost on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 18:44.
what's wrong with criticizing Zionism? Considering they were a bunch of warmongering left-wing atheists and communists who only cared about establishing the state of Israel and nothing else (not even Jewish life), I think separating this horrible movement (which I hate) from the Jewish people (whom I like) is a pretty good idea."
"Most Jews are pretty cool aka not Zionista -look at my hero
Submitted by sharkcity on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 18:45.
Milton Friedman
Isreal[sp] wouldn't be much more than just another country if it were not for the apocalyptic Christian lobby aka the neocons..
Not much difference in the right wing be it neocon, taliban, or zionist -Their all bizzacko in my book"
"At least in this post
Submitted by ANCAP_REASON on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 19:22.
you differentiated between atheists and communists...
The biggest warmongers are monotheists, specifically those of the Abraham tradition, by the way."
"Makes sense to me
Submitted by Smudge Pot on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 19:59.
in as much as "the Jewish lobby" represents the modern state of Israel. Ron never pretended to represent the 51st state in the union."
"Well....
Submitted by JFEJ004 on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 18:08.
It wouldn't be the first savior they've killed."
"Samaria? You mean the
Submitted by AtlantaIconoclast on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 23:39.
Samaria? You mean the Occupied remnant of historic Palestine. There is no such thing as Samaria any more."
"This is absurd and the height
Submitted by AtlantaIconoclast on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 23:34.
This is absurd and the height of irony. It is the Zionist who is extreme, and that includes Christian as well as Jewish Zionists. They have bullied and use the Holocaust to scare everyone into speaking out against Israel's policies.
So sick of this. I don't want us to give another penny to either Israel or its enemies.
Why can't be let go of the religious thing?"
"Be Careful
Submitted by Gary Patridge on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 21:53.
any criticism will be construed as "Anti-Semitic".
When will the World figure out that Zionists are not Isrealites? Pretty sure that Zionists are not God's chosen people..."
"One can dislike Israel, but
Submitted by AtlantaIconoclast on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 23:38.
One can dislike Israel, but not have a problem with Judaism. Why would anyone, but a Jewish supremacist, or Christian Zionist LIKE the apartheid state of Israel? This is not about anti Jewish sentiment. I have no problem saying it, for I truly do not care about someone's religion."
"I'm shocked!
Submitted by BigT on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 20:54.
You mean that rabid socialist zionist Jewish Neocons are working against freedom again?
Who'da thunk it???!!
News flash folks.
That's all they do is work against freedom.
They are the enemy within."
The real challenge was finding one Ron Paul supporter willing to stand up for what is decent and right. Among a bunch of ranting, raving, Jew-hating bigots disguised as reasonable people, one person named Toledana tried to reason with the mob.
"It doesn't help us
Submitted by toledana on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 18:39.
when RP supporters make negative statements about Israel, Zionism, or the Jewish people. I have heard some Jews say they have been turned off to Dr. Paul because of what his supporters have said.
It's not surprising that Ron Paul has been banned from a Jewish debate when people like you are making negative statements about them as a people. We need to open our arms to everyone, and instead of talking badly about them as a group help to educate them about Ron Paul's platform.
To much of the world, America is seen in a very bad light. Do you appreciate it when people make blanket statements about American citizens saying all of us are evil and bloodthirsty?"
Toledana's next comment was even more insightful, especially the last line.
"It is name calling
Submitted by toledana on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 19:20.
not constructive criticism. Rarely do people who use this terminology give any kind of explanation, and it comes off as angry and hateful.
Terming people "Zionist" is collectivist thinking and polarizes our movement from Jewish people who see Israel as their homeland. Whether or not you agree with that belief is up to you.... but throwing hate their way is not helping us get any votes. Instead we are turning even moderate Jewish supporters away in disgust.
I've never heard Dr. Paul use the term "Zionist" or speak the way many of the people in this thread are doing.
Raging against the "religious right," "Left wing extremists" and "neocons" doesn't do us any favors either. If we want to expand the movement we need to work on being inclusive... promoting education, not name calling. We need more votes, not more enemies.
Otherwise we are going to end up on a little life raft mumbling to ourselves."
Toledana is the aberration. As for the rest, this is what is infecting the Ron Paul movement. There are tons of things Dr. Paul could say or do. He has said nothing. He has done nothing.
Silence is acquiescence, and Dr. Paul will not stand up and condemn pure evil in written and spoken form. While his followers are spouting noxious garbage, he stays silent. Therefore, when it came time to hold a Republican Jewish forum, it was perfectly appropriate for Dr. Paul to remain silent far away from the event. His supporters will speak up for him, but not for anybody else.
This is why when his supporters complain, Jews everywhere should tune them out. They have spoken enough, and the words were pure ugliness.
When an anti-Israel, anti-Zionist, anti-Jewish presidential forum is held, the Paul supporters can all get together and rail about Neocons, moneylenders, bankers, merchants, Paul Wolfowitz, Wall Street, and other blood libel conspiracies.
Actually, these forums are being held on a daily basis. They are called Internet message boards.
Dr. Paul may wish to drop the willful blindness and see what his supporters really believe. Then he may wish to reach out to Republican Jews with any kind of outreach.
Most likely, he will not.
Brooklyn born, Long Island raised, and now living in Los Angeles, Eric Golub is a politically conservative columnist, blogger, author, public speaker, satirist and comedian.
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