http://noblesseoblige.org/wordpress/?p=1903
The above blog post is likely worth reading. I say this in spite of disagreeing with it vehemently. I made this clear in the comments section. I’m quite proud of what I wrote there. I considered reproducing it here however it is far too directly a rebuttal of the main post to do so. I’d rather drive traffic to the original blog.
Of course, if the post or the comment vanishes, I’ll reproduce my comment here. I’ve saved a copy of it on my computer.
I’ll also try to further substantiate my claims here. To start with, my claim that Stormfront and truthers do not make up the majority of Ron Paul’s demographic was based on anecdotal and highly local data. I’ll confess that this is hard to back up. It is perhaps possible to disprove or prove. I do not have the expertise to do so however.
My next assertion, that Ron Paul has many supporters who believe it is no longer charity when you use other people’s money for your causes, is likely easier to illustrate. First of all, a statement by Representative Ron Paul himself: www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul227.html. I believe that this demonstrates that the sentiment is not foreign to followers of Ron Paul. Further, this sentiment can be seen having been in action in the past. I showcase the following link to show this: http://unofficial-ronpaul2008blog.blogspot.com/2007/07/ron-paul-spammers-spam-local-charity.html
Sorry, I’ll have to cut this short. I’m having trouble with the software here – it seriously slows down for me when blog posts get very long!