Is anyone shocked by these statements by Rep. Ron Paul?

Question

The article said that government should lower the legal age for prosecuting youths as adults, saying: "black males age 13 who have been raised on the streets and who have joined criminal gangs are as big, strong, tough, scary and culpable as any adult and should be treated as such." The newsletter also said, "only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions," "If you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be," and, "95 percent of the black males in Washington, D.C. are semi-criminal or entirely criminal."[57]

this came from wikipedia.

He also said of African-American Congresswoman Barbara Jordan that she was a "fraud" and a "half-educated victimologist".

Answer 1

Yes-if he said this I am shocked. It's a false racial stereotype. 95% of the black males in D.C. are semi/entirely criminal?!! That's just stupid and clearly untrue. What's semi-criminal? Isn't that like "a little pregnant"? I question your source. I don't question that wikipedia reported it, but political operatives have been editting wikipedia to sling mud at other candidates.

Answer 2

Wow,

Well I have a 14 year old black son, and at age 37, I can still outrun him, now granted I am in the Army, and I am a runner, but he plays football...I take issue with the fleet-footedness of the black male.

We just moved from the DC area, and I feel lucky that my son is part of the elite 5% that are not criminals.

In any case, the road to take in this situation is to pass this information on and make sure that this person is never elected again. The vast majority of U.S. citizens are smart people. We should not elect idiots to represent us.

The bigger issue is that racist comments like this have some degree of truth. There is a serious problem within the black community that needs to be addressed. Our so-called black leaders constantly bring the fight to racists like this individual, but they are doing little to address the real problems like the fact that our black role models promote violence and a sexual discrimination, that our children are not being educated, that black men are failing to raise their children leaving so many black single mothers who have to work, often multiple jobs because they need to support their children, and they don't have the education or the skills to get decent jobs...these are the issues that we as blacks must address, and then maybe we can change the way we are perceived.

I will catch a lot of flack for this, but I think that the Jena 6 issue is multi-faceted. First of all, I don't care how pissed you are about racist behavior, or any behavior. You should never allow anyone to pull you down so low that you would engage in fighting. It serves no purpose (and this coming from a military officer, ha ha). What do we gain in the end? A prison sentence. Now granted, they did not deserve to be tried as adults or to be tried for attempted murder, but have we even addressed the fact that they should not have gotten into a fight in the first place? There are always better solutions. I deal with racism every day of my life. I can't go around beating up my peers. I handle it with verbal eloquence, and I don't allow them to influence my life. I have been very successful, and I live with the knowledge that no one can take away my dignity.

Answer 3

I view this as being racially motivated since black american males are the only one it seems to make the headlines when it comes to crime, I have been robbed by blacks and other races, I feel if you are going to make a statement in reference to crime, let one size truly fit all, put it all out there in the public eyes to see, not just a selected race. You don't hear about the black american males who are doing positive things to make a difference, nor the success stories concerning the black american youth, R.P. needs to be fair, there is no such thing as half-truths, if he's willing to speak the truth, then speak the complete truth, not the part that degrades one race to uphold the others in their crime waves.

Answer 4

Yes this statement is shocking. But, I grew up near D.C. and find these statements to also be true. Also, when parking in the district, your car can be dis-assembled in less than 5 minutes.
So, if speaking the truth, means that you are racist, then by all means Mr. Paul is racist. If speaking the truth means that you simply spoke the truth, the Mr. Paul is one politician not afraid to tell it like it is.
Personally, I've always believed that the pampering of children who commit crimes, only leads to more criminal activity in the future.
I call it the "O.J. syndrome", having committed crimes and not being punished, makes one feel as if they can do NO wrong, or that the punishment will be light.

Answer 5

Here is the problem.

What Ron Paul has is the one size fits all attitude.

What libertarians, Ron Paul and people who follow him don't understand, is the one size fits all concept is a communist ideal.

While R.P. could be marginally correct in what he said, nevertheless, what he said was racist as hell, and really exposes him for what he is.

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Even if what R.P. said is not true, Libertarians and much of the one size fits all moralistic personal responsibility crowd stinks of is a basic communist ideal.
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Peace

Jim

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Answer 6

Any random Joe (or Ron Paul detractor) can edit wikipedia

Answer 7

No I am not surprised at all. I posted several times that Ron Paul is a racist. I have known about this for years.

Answer 8

Maybe the truth hurts?

Answer 9

I don't know if Mr. Paul said those things. However, I believe the statements to be accurate.

Answer 10

Well, as politically insensitive as those statements may be, they're not really wrong now, are they?