2. Stepping back a little, it's kind of amazing that Ron Paul hasn't gotten more flack for the newsletter & general racial politics
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3. Evidence has been out there for a long time that Ron Paul's political base built on overt appeals to white racial resentment.
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4. The stuff in the Ron Paul newsletter should have been challenged much more than it has been by libertarians & fellow travelers.
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5. Lots of people who liked Ron Paul for other reasons (anti-war, drug legalization) gave him a pass on the racism/homophobia stuff
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7. More broadly there is the whole issue of libertarians and race, which is complicated in its own right.
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8. Both in theory & historically, libertarians have a much better shot of appealing to non-whites than other American rightists.
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9. Libertarian critique of state as captured by rent-seeking elites is something that resonates with ethnic minorities.
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10. Historically some libertarians have been on specific issues very good on race: say A.J. Nock & Mencken on lynching.
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@PhillipsPasha Oh yeah, no question. Was specifically referring to his polemics against lynching.
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