MySpace Censoring Ron Paul Supporters?

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  • boxwine_in_hell
    boxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    farfromglorified wrote:
    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=242972

    Thanks. I've been getting McCain and Guiliani shoved down my throat so I must have missed Ron Paul.
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
    -The Replacements-
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    boxwine_in_hell wrote:
    Thanks. I've been getting McCain and Guiliani shoved down my throat so I must have missed Ron Paul.

    No problem. FYI....Ron Paul is probably the only candidate in the entire race that isn't interested in shoving things down your throat.
  • BrinkofForever
    BrinkofForever Posts: 373
    I think the video was misleading. More than likely there was some sort of javascript or code in the bulletin that got his account in trouble. Funny how even in fullscreen you couldn't read the code.
    Make your life a mission - not an intermission. - Arnold Gasglow
  • floyd1975
    floyd1975 Posts: 1,350
    farfromglorified wrote:
    No problem. FYI....Ron Paul is probably the only candidate in the entire race that isn't interested in shoving things down your throat.

    It seems like his supporters are becoming that way though. It's sad really. I do like Ron Paul a lot. His supporters are going to the extreme though in their online tactics. More conventional methods could probably help him get his message out without looking like a conspiracy nut.
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    zstillings wrote:
    It seems like his supporters are becoming that way though. It's sad really. I do like Ron Paul a lot. His supporters are going to the extreme though in their online tactics. More conventional methods could probably help him get his message out without looking like a conspiracy nut.

    I totally agree. Some of the supporters are very fervent and take things a bit far with their actions, particularly the prisonplanet idiots. This myspace thing is probably a good example of where they've taken things too far and hurt the cause more than they help it.

    But it's tough to fault Ron for the actions of others, and the "conventional methods" aren't exactly open to him either.
  • floyd1975
    floyd1975 Posts: 1,350
    farfromglorified wrote:
    I totally agree. Some of the supporters are very fervent and take things a bit far with their actions, particularly the prisonplanet idiots. This myspace thing is probably a good example of where they've taken things too far and hurt the cause more than they help it.

    But it's tough to fault Ron for the actions of others, and the "conventional methods" aren't exactly open to him either.

    I don't fault Ron Paul for it at all. I just kind of cringe at the image it creates for him.
  • angelica
    angelica Posts: 6,038
    Brink wrote:
    I think the video was misleading. More than likely there was some sort of javascript or code in the bulletin that got his account in trouble. Funny how even in fullscreen you couldn't read the code.
    And the comments posted in regards to the video hint or overtly say something like this. Not to mention numerous people responded commenting that they were able to send out bulletins re: him, just fine.
    "The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth." ~ Niels Bohr

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  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    edvedder3779 wrote:
    Damn...you're on to me. :D

    Well...I tried it myself and didn't have any problems that I could see. I've logged back on maybe once an hour since and everything seems to be OK. Thanks to anyone who tried it themselves, didn't mean to cause a stir.

    And, while I am a fervent believer in RP's candicacy, I can't think of a better opponent for him to run against than Kucinich. I disagree with his gun ban proposals, but the repeal of the Patriot Act, withdrawing from Iraq, NAFTA, WTO are issues that I can get behind.

    The debate between the two would at least be one of substance, not the hollow & insincere drivel dripping from HilOba MittCain's mouths....
    I think a Kucinich-Paul presidential race would result in the most substantive political debates since Lincoln debated Douglas. Too bad it's never going to happen :(
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    zstillings wrote:
    I don't fault Ron Paul for it at all. I just kind of cringe at the image it creates for him.

    Totally. The hardest part of being a fringe candidate is convincing people you're better than a fringe candidate. This kind of crap just makes it even harder.
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    hippiemom wrote:
    I think a Kucinich-Paul presidential race would result in the most substantive political debates since Lincoln debated Douglas. Too bad it's never going to happen :(

    In order for two people to debate, those two people must share a rational foundation. That would be impossible with Kucinich & Paul. It would be a total joke.
  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    farfromglorified wrote:
    In order for two people to debate, those two people must share a rational foundation. That would be impossible with Kucinich & Paul. It would be a total joke.
    I'm not sure I get what you're saying. I don't think either of them are irrational.
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    hippiemom wrote:
    I think a Kucinich-Paul presidential race would result in the most substantive political debates since Lincoln debated Douglas. Too bad it's never going to happen :(

    wow i was just thinking the same thing...........what are you talking about ffg?........they are the only two candidates actually trying to change things and are both very intelligent............i think it would be great fun............:)
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    cutback wrote:
    wow i was just thinking the same thing...........what are you talking about ffg?........they are the only two candidates actually trying to change things and are both very intelligent............i think it would be great fun............:)

    What in God's name is Kucinich "trying to change"??? He simply represents the near end-game of the direction this nation has been headed in for the last century.
  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    farfromglorified wrote:
    In order for two people to debate, those two people must share a rational foundation. That would be impossible with Kucinich & Paul. It would be a total joke.

    ??? ffg, it isn't a debate if both candidates share exactly the same views. These two candidates are injecting promise and inspiration back into our elections. I'm surprised by your comment.
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

    Only a life lived for others is worth living.
    ~Albert Einstein
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    baraka wrote:
    ??? ffg, it isn't a debate if both candidates share exactly the same views. These two candidates are injecting promise and inspiration back into our elections. I'm surprised by your comment.

    I'd certainly agree that both candidates are "injecting promise and inspiration" to a subset of the electorate. And I didn't suggest that both candidates need share similar views.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    farfromglorified wrote:
    What in God's name is Kucinich "trying to change"??? He simply represents the near end-game of the direction this nation has been headed in for the last century.

    you keep getting hillary and dennis confused.......:D.............seriously at this point in the game these two are the only ones i will give my vote for.......i understand your opinion of kusinich but after 20 years of bushes and clintons i want something else.........
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    farfromglorified wrote:
    In order for two people to debate, those two people must share a rational foundation. That would be impossible with Kucinich & Paul. It would be a total joke.

    I kind a disagree. I'm not a Kucinich supporter but the man stands on his own and is not some party line puppet like the other Dem candidates. Paul and Kucinich may be completely different ideology wise but they are both passionate, intelligent, and what seems to be honorable men.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    cutback wrote:
    you keep getting hillary and dennis confused.......:D.............seriously at this point in the game these two are the only ones i will give my vote for.......i understand your opinion of kusinich but after 20 years of bushes and clintons i want something else.........

    Whether you vote for Kucinich or Ron Paul, please God don't do so because of someone other than Kucinich or Ron Paul.
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    mammasan wrote:
    I kind a disagree. I'm not a Kucinich supporter but the man stands on his own and is not some party line puppet like the other Dem candidates. Paul and Kucinich may be completely different ideology wise but they are both passionate, intelligent, and what seems to be honorable men.

    Dennis Kucinich is certainly passionate. I'd agree with that.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    farfromglorified wrote:
    Whether you vote for Kucinich or Ron Paul, please God don't do so because of someone other than Kucinich or Ron Paul.

    fuck no i'd never do that...........just to let you know i've voted libertarian since 1992 so i think you know where my vote will probably go....

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