There are those like myself who have been very respectful of Ron Paul even when we believe the man’s foreign policy is devoid of the realities encircling the globe.
Speaking for myself, I don’t call people Paulbots, or make fun of Ron Paul or his supporters. But I can tell you this, it’s the Ron Paul supporters who I’ve always come across foaming at the keyboards when Congressman Paul is critized on anything.
“But I can tell you this, it’s the Ron Paul supporters who I’ve always come across foaming at the keyboards when Congressman Paul is critized on anything.”
And they should be chastised for it. I think you’ll find that the closer you get to the actual campaign, the less that sort of behavior is tolerated. And I have seen lots of folks called out for their comments. Fervently supporting your candidate is one thing, being a jerk is quite another.
It’s kind of ironic, but for a campaign that is so liberty based the people who are officially associated with the RP campaign are on a very tight leash. However, NO campaign has much control over it’s “supporters” who are not officially with the campaign. And I use “supporters” in quotes, because there are a lot of false flag “supporters” out there claiming to “support” various candidates. They may or may not be supporters in actuality.
For example, I could set up an identity on a blog as “Another aryan for Newt” and discuss how Newt Gingrich will be the candidate who will “best suppress the international Jewish conspiracy.” Or some such hateful rot. Clearly that would be an inflammatory comment, and clearly malicious and damaging. Someone reading those comments would have no idea if I were actually a supporter of Newt Gingrich or not. And there’s not a darn thing the Gingrich campaign could do about it other than denounce my comments.
No campaign has the time or resources to police the comments of every person who claims to be a “supporter.”