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If even I can't tell this from the movement's observable behavior, why should I expect anyone else to? Ron Paul might be a secret ninja anarchist who has prevented a thousand worse disasters, but can never accept credit for it. So might Alan Greenspan. Or Ollie North. Or Nixon. Or maybe JFK and RFK towards the end. It'd make a fine movie plot.
I categorically reject any strategy that requires lying to the public more overt than keeping your mouth shut. A republic cannot function, even within its own broken theory, without an informed electorate. Without contrary evidence, all we have is William F. Buckley saying 'trust me that we need this domestic totalitarianism to fight communism'. Riiiight. That's also what the Bad People say.
Given the facts I have available to me, Occam says I should conclude Stewart Rhodes is a small government Republican politician, not a secret ninja anarchist. Evidence to the contrary should be placed on wikileaks, where we can all review it in the open.
Jan 14, 2010, 1:34:04 PM
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