Are Ron Paul's supporters socially alienated or just crazy?

[ilaughatrightwingers]

Run time: 02:39 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHybBmcsv_U   Posted on YouTube: August 10, 2010 By YouTube Member: MaoistRebelNews2 Views on YouTube: 664   Posted on DU: September 30, 2010 By DU Member: ilaughatrightwingers Views on DU: 414

 
What do you think after watching this video?

[Radical Activist]

1. It's not an either/or question.

The social alienation is partly a result of the crazy.

Is the guy really a Maoist? Are there Maoists still around? The last part about how Ron Paul fanatics have one solution for every problem is right on, but it reminds me of the more dogmatic Marxists I've met. Likewise, they have a single solution to every problem: revolutionary overthrow of the government and workers owning the means of production. It gets really obnoxious when they start to argue that minorities can't be racist because all racism is systemic and only committed by those in power. Its yet another way to argue that all problems can be resolved by their one magic solution. It's an argument usually made by white middle-class Marxists college students who don't have that many friends who are actual minorities.

[ilaughatrightwingers]

2. Kind of funny

The personality cult Ron Paul has created on the internet probably exceeds that of Mao or Kim Il-sung.

[Radical Activist]

3. If measured in the level of devotion

then yes, Paul's personality cult is huge. But not numbers. Paul can barely hold onto his own Congressional seat, much less an entire country.