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I think of most of them as pot smokers whose only real wish is to have pot and all other drugs legal so they can pick some up more easily like at the corner store or gas station.
For most libertarians it seems all about easy drugs, not about ending all welfare, Medicaid, etc.
The people who smoke pot are going to smoke pot whether it's legal or not. Almost all of my co-workers at my job in Miami smoked pot and there wasn't a DAY that went by that they couldn't get some. In fact, they probably like it better this way because they have someone bring it to them instead of having to go get it.
Further, I know plenty of Ron Paul supporters who do not do drugs. I'm one of them.
The people who smoke pot are going to smoke pot whether it's legal or not. Almost all of my co-workers at my job in Miami smoked pot and there wasn't a DAY that went by that they couldn't get some. In fact, they probably like it better this way because they have someone bring it to them instead of having to go get it.
Further, I know plenty of Ron Paul supporters who do not do drugs. I'm one of them.
Same here. Never touched a drug in my life, and it's not because it's illegal
It doesn't help your cause. His supports (and I don't necessarily mean you, I don't recall being attacked by you, but I forget these things almost as soon as they happen) come off as nutty. If you have the same discussions with the same posters they are unlikely to ever adopt your position.
Well I have stopped responding to the obvious trolls, there are a few on this thread. I mostly respond to negative posts/threads because I don't want to see anyone here who is undecided close their mind to Dr. Paul because some liar or troll posted falsehoods.
Please tell us what you see as "particularly nutty" and why. Thanks.
I believe ending the Fed and a return to the gold standard are particularly nutty ideas, for a number of reasons.
First, its regulatory function. There are those who believe the states can do this, they can't, at least not effectively. We have seen the effect of states regulating insurance, it has done nothing but drive up the cost of insurance.
Next, with a gold standard there is very little that can be done to smooth out wild swings in the value of gold, which translates into wild swings in the value of gold backed currency. There would be virtually no tools to combat inflation or deflation.
Not to mention there aren't enough gold reserves to back currency.
Well I have stopped responding to the obvious trolls, there are a few on this thread. I mostly respond to negative posts/threads because I don't want to see anyone here who is undecided close their mind to Dr. Paul because some liar or troll posted falsehoods.
That is a better approach.
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Which ideas of the Fed, and why?
