[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
- In A Nutshell — Daddy Ron Spells it Out (Hullabaloo – Digby)
- Why is everyone so surprised that Sonny wasn't prepared for the reaction he got when espousing these same views? Nobody seemed to care when Pops said it.
The difference in the reaction, of course, is that by winning against the Republican political establishment he's the poster boy of the Tea Party and the new face of the GOP. People are actually paying attention to what he and his Dad believe.
Here's the thing about Paul's position, as if it isn't obvious. The civil rights act came in response to Jim Crow which was defined by institutional racism. Although Paul seems to think that "institutions" in this context, can only be government institutions, it's not. [...]
They want you to think they simply believe the government should be completely kept out of the affairs of private ownership beyond enforcement of contracts. But that's not true. They want the government to actively protect the private property owner's right to discriminate. And that's exactly what happened, as you can see in that picture [which I redacted], until the federal government made it illegal to discriminate, thus putting the government on the other side of the equation, in favor of those seeking equal rights.
- Libertarianism: Not Ready For Primetime. Never Will Be. (Hullabaloo – Tristero)
- Short version: The only good ideas in libertarianism are those that are already part and parcel of liberalism. The rest is poppycock. But someone who suffers fools far better than I has written a useful takedown in case you think there's any there there…
Joan Walsh is right that not all libertarians are racists, but many surely are, finding libertarian nonsense the perfect cover to cloak their racism in lofty-sounding "higher" moral/intellectual principles…
It is a national disgrace that this cheap-minded little man who has less emotional maturity than a sulky eight-year-old, is a candidate for any public office, let alone a high national one.
- Arizona Violating Treaty Ratified by U.S. (ACLU Blog)
- The law flies in the face of Arizona's human rights obligations, particularly the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), which the United States ratified in 1994 and which is binding on all levels of federal, state and local governments, including Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who signed the bill.
ICERD obligates federal, state and local governments to guarantee that laws and policies do not discriminate, in purpose or effect, on the grounds of race, color, descent or national or ethnic origin. Under ICERD, all noncitizens, regardless of their immigration status, are entitled to equal protection and equality before the law.
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