Ron Paul tweets racist cartoon, faces backlash

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: The Hill

Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) on Monday tweeted, then deleted, a racist cartoon depicting minorities with stereotypical features punching Uncle Sam.

The cartoon features a Jewish man with a hooked nose, a black man with exaggerated lips, an Asian man with slanted eyes and a man who looks like a neanderthal punching Uncle Sam and yelling “cultural Marxism!”

Link to tweet

“Are you stunned by what has become of American culture?” Paul said in the tweet. “Well, it’s not an accident. You’ve probably heard of ‘cultural Marxism,’ but do you know what it means?”

Paul faced enormous backlash on social media, with some people drawing parallels between the image and Nazi propaganda.


Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/395176-ron-paul-tweets-racist-cartoon-faces-backlash

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This is the guy Glenn Greenwald thought the youth of America should follow instead of the Democratic Party

[Archae]

1. Not defending Ron Paul or Ben Garrison...

They both are total assholes, but the Garrison cartoon looks like another "4chan" photoshopped cartoon.

[Judi Lynn]

2. The image stand on its own without reference to Glenn Greenwald.

I'm not familiar with Glen Greenwald's musings upon Ron Paul, who has been known for his rancid, hateful racism for years.

The focus should be upon the particularly hateful vicious cartoon images of human beings Ron Paul doesn't like because of their skin color.

[saidsimplesimon]

6. I stand with you Madame Judi

Libertarians are me, me, me "Fountain Head" people, greedy, selfish sycophants, imo.

[WhiteTara]

18. Libertarians are republicons who smoke pot.

that's about the only differences I can find between them.

[Buzz cook]

34. Much more or less than that.

http://world.std.com/~mhuben/libindex.html

Libertarianism is the swamp out of which some of the worst conservative ideas arise.

[Cha]

43. I can multi-task. I appreciate the reminder that

glenn Fucking greenwald tried to push ron paul on his fans.

[ck4829]

3. "Cultural marxism"? Wasn't that the thing Anders Breivik was ranting about as he was murdering kids?

That should tell you all you need to know about that little line right there.

[Yellowdog88]

25. Yes

Hard to justify that coincidence, eh Mr. Paul?

[11cents]

4. This has been the Ron Paul story for a long time.

Since he outsourced his newsletter, and then his website, to veteran white supermacist Lew Rockwell. The website is a Nazi sewer. The Ron Paul "movement" -- and IMHO right-libertarianism in general -- has been a pipeline to the racist antisemitic right.

[workinclasszero]

15. I agree

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. I read elsewhere online today that this came from someone who alters real Ben Garrison cartoons.

A lot of cartoons that he did not draw get released with his name on them.

I'm not excusing the cartoon.

Breaking: @RonPaul Accidentally Posts "Cultural Marxism" Subtext As Text

Link to tweet

The funny meta question: that's obviously not a real Ben Garrison cartoon because it's not labeled to explain it to imbeciles. Did someone alter it to mock Garrison? To troll? Just to watch the world burn?

Link to tweet

4chan likes to put Ben Garrison's name on racist cartoons.

Link to tweet

Ben Garrison likes to put Ben Garrison's name on racist cartoons.

Link to tweet

Based on Know your Meme posts, this is the work of a troll who takes existing (and deeply crazy) Garrison artwork and changes the faces.

Link to tweet

[muriel_volestrangler]

30. Looks like someone adapted a Venezuelan cartoon from 2008 - no excuse for Ron Paul

but it may mean Garrison had nothing to do with it:

https://latuffcartoons.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/mural-da-juventud-comunista-de-venezuela-feito-a-partir-de-uma-charge-de-2008/

[still_one]

7. A few years back when he was on Bill Maher, he was saying the Civil War should have never been

fought, and definitely not for slavery

He has been a racist asshole for a long time

[dbackjon]

8. Ron Paul has always been a racist twit

[SunSeeker]

9. K & R for exposure.

[paleotn]

10. Makes sense for Ron Paul

He and his fellow travelers are unrepentant racists. A subset of alt-right scum.

Cultural Marxism? Oh, so that must be the new nut job frame for leaving people the hell alone and letting them have the freedom to live their lives as they see fit, no matter who they are or where they come from. Kind of ironic coming from a libertarian, but then again, not so much. For the most part, they're authoritarian Rethugs who want to smoke pot. They have no problem with authoritarianism as long as THEY are in authority.

[Initech]

11. Ron Paul has always been a racist asshole. Hardly surprising.

[FakeNoose]

12. Ron Paul you should be ashamed of yourself

[Judi Lynn]

35. One of the very best signs I've seen. Thanks. n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

13. Do they even GET the irony of where that hammer and sickle originated ☭

and who THEIR (yes, talking to you Paul and spawn of Paul) President embraces?

They have completely disconnected Russia (as being the reference point of this nonsensical imagery) and their President's full-on embrace of that country's leadership, from their narrative.

[bitterross]

14. Are you stunned by his racism and white supremicist post? I'm not.

The fact he's a racist, xenophobic ass isn't really a surprise or news to anyone.

[hatrack]

16. "Call for Mr. Streicher, Mr. Julius Streicher . . . "

"Please pick up the white paging phone - certainly not the brown or the black one."


BTW, what fucking century is it?

[marble falls]

17. The pak hasn't fallen far from the acorn?

[The Genealogist]

19. I'd expect nothing less from Ron "You damn kids get offa my lawn" Paul

He s a selfish libertarian asshole, always has been.

[Duppers]

20. MyGawd! He's even beaten Steve King at being disgusting.

And King is terrible. See:
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ez8a44/a-short-history-of-congressman-steve-king-saying-racist-shit


DAMN!

That whole F'n party are nothing but damn racists.

[JohnnyRingo]

21. Oh my. Paul can't possibly be that ignorant.

I clicked this post thinking it was something with implied racism and was being overblown by the left, but this is ridiculous. If Ron Paul didn't think this was overtly racist, he doesn't deserve a seat on the US Congress. Those images harken to the days following WWII, and his constituents should remember this next time he runs.

He needs to be officially sanctioned, at the least so people never forget his true feeling toward the people in his district.

[whopis01]

22. He hasn't been in office for over 5 years.

I don't believe he is going to be running again - certainly not for Congress.

[get the red out]

27. But his son is a US Senator

And the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.

[JohnnyRingo]

36. Oops. I was thinking of Rand.

I often mix them up, but I'm sure they're birds of a feather anyway.

[apnu]

31. He's not Ignorant, he's a racist

He had a series of newsletters and they often posted homophobic and racist content. Not Neo-Nazi, KKK, stuff, but the kinder gentler, "acceptable" racism of white privileged society.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul_newsletters#Controversial_content

[Cyrano]

23. Many see these stereotypical images when they are children

But as they grow and learn, many come to see these images as icons used to instill fear and hatred, and as symbols used to ensure the ongoing dominance of white, Anglo Saxon Christians.

So, former Senator Paul, about that growing and learning thing ...

[Behind the Aegis]

24. Idiot.

Seems Garrison is not responsible for the overtly racist shit, someone is changing his work, but he is still a right-wing nut-job. Check my unedited post for some of his "artwork" which was changed to reflect anti-Semitic memes.

Now, why is it we are supposed to be "civil" with shitstains like this??!?!?

[get the red out]

26. Yep

I knew Rand wasn't raised right!!!!!

[vlyons]

28. I doubt that Ron Paul has ever read the "Communist Manifesto"

or "Das Capital, "or Rosa Luxemberg's "Social Reform or Revolution," or Peter Kropotkin's "The Conquest of Bread," or Upton Sinclaire's "The Jungle." But I'll bet that he's read a lot of Ayn Rand.

[apnu]

29. Ron Paul has a long history of racism and homophobia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul_newsletters#Controversial_content

[Honeycombe8]

32. OMG. This is getting bad, folks. We have to fight this sort of thing.

Whenever we see it, we have to speak out, shout from the rooftops that that's unacceptable in America. This will not become the norm, like it was a few decades ago.

We really have to nip this in the bud. The white supremacy movement is getting bolder by the day.

[barbtries]

33. the internet never forgets!

sung to the tune of rock n roll never forgets.


ooooooooh

[Blue_Tires]

37. LOL and he dredges up the same old excuse from 11 years ago

Maybe Paul should stay away from printed/online media since so much racist shit he evidently has no responsibility for gets posted in his name??

Link to tweet

[muriel_volestrangler]

39. What he needed to say to have any excuse:

"Earlier today a staff member posted an offensive cartoon on my social media. I do not make my own social media posts and when I discovered the cartoon the member was immediately fired".

No one believes that was "inadvertently posted" or that it was a "mistake". It's just about possible that the racist staffer made it public when they meant to keep it private among Paul's tight circle of racists - I've never used Twitter's DM facility so I've no idea how easy it is to mistake public tweeting for it.

[SeattleVet]

38. He is claiming that a 'staff member inadvertently posted an offensive image'...

since he doesn't do any of his own social media posting.

He says the post was immediately deleted.

(I bet it was! I'm guessing that it was probably was meant only for internal office 'passing around' by his staff, and there was no mention of whether the 'staffer' still had a job. If I had to venture a guess, I'd say that his job is secure, and he was maybe told to be a little more careful when he hits 'Send' to make sure it stays internal and not let this stuff be getting out into the world for others to see.)

[dalton99a]

42. He didn't want to blame the dog

Such bullshit

[ck4829]

45. Sure Ron

[RhodeIslandOne]

40. Fuck Ron Paul

[dalton99a]

41. There is nothing good about the Paul family.

[Oneironaut]

44. I thought he was dead.

Too bad he bred. His son is just as much of a tool as he is.