I mean not the one the neocons are libeling about, but the one from the Nevada brothel owner. Does this mean Ron Paul thinks brothels are a good idea? No, it means that many diverse Americans think that perpetual war, a police state, income taxes, and the supression of free speech and voluntary commerce are bad ideas. When Christian Rightists demand that Ron return the money, and accuse him of approving prostitution if he doesn’t, will we see the silliness of the haters?

Various hatemongers are demanding that Ron return a $500 donation that supposedly came from another hatemonger. Even if we assume this man is who we are told he is, so what? Should Ron also return donations from neocons and other Bushites who have actually helped commit mass murder in Iraq? Should he check all donors’ backgrounds, or just allow his enemies to tell him which contributions he can take and which he can’t? The National Socialists stood for genocide, aggressive war, government-business partnership, the welfare state, the warfare state, belligerent nationalism, militarism, suppression of civil liberties, abolition of states rights, … Continue reading Should Ron Paul Return ‘That’ Donation?