Why are Ron Paul supporters so cultish and robotic?

[boxman15]

I swear, Ron Paul has a damn cult. He should quit politics and start a cult, he'd make much more money. (Though I guess he kind of already is making money off of one).

I can't stand watching anything even remotely political on YouTube, solely because the comments are filled with people who scream "RON PAUL 2012" "JOIN THE REVOLUTION" or "RON PAUL=OUR ONLY HOPE YOU FUCKING LIBRULS!" I rarely post anything political on Facebook anymore, largely because of about three close family members who always fucking debate me about Austrian economics, even when I'm just making a fucking Santorum joke. I know their virtues all come from Ayn Rand and her justification for egomania and selfishness, but it's still absurd.

Can someone explain to me why Paulbots are so robotic? It's borderline creepy.

[RKP5637]

1. Microwaves and Chemtrails! lol n/t

[flamingdem]

3. Heh, I just googled for this and on Freerepublic

Ron Paul Supporters Spray Vinegar at the Sky to Fight “Chemtrails ...
www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2825347/posts
Dec 26, 2011 – Of the hundreds of “chemtrail kill” videos, the majority are made by self-described Ron Paul supporters. I've dubbed this branch of the Paul ...

[RKP5637]

6. Wow, just wow! n/t

[earthside]

2. Good for them.

I especially like young people who find some political passion.

(Remember what the Repuglicans were saying about the young folks who were so passionately supporting Obama four years ago.)

And ... at least the Paulites tend to stick to their political philosophy. Contrast that to the other three candidates for the Repuglican nomination for president -- talk about a freakin' cult -- and this is a truly a political/religious cult of extreme fundamentalistic ultra-orthodox 12th century Christianity.

At this point, the Repuglicans should be so lucky to get Ron Paul as their nominee -- because he's actually looking somewhat sane compared to Rmoney, Santorum and Gingrich.

[boxman15]

7. Don't get me wrong, I love seeing people so politically active.

Whether it's on the left, the right, the middle, wherever. It's a good thing.

It's just Ron Paul's supporters seem so robotic to me, I don't know what it is. In the Obama camp, there were different schools of thought. Not in the Paul camp.

[RKP5637]

8. Yeah, of the four of them he is looking more sane. Santorum and Gingrich scare the F outta me. n/t

[marybourg]

9. Some....what....sane?

[emulatorloo]

14. Ron Paul is as insane as the other three. If not more so.

Sure he is cool on pot and the war.

The rest of it is Batshit Insane Reactionary Garbage.

Please don't tell me you are a Paulite.

[FSogol]

25. +1 Paul sane? That's as laughable as Paul's economic "theories"

[Jennicut]

15. Ron Paul's so called philosophy is all over the place.

He claims to be a libertarian and yet look at his views on abortion. He would so interfere with your life. Its a bunch of bs. Romney is actually the least insane one. He has tried to move to the right socially as he has been attacked by other Repubs. He flip flopped on a lot of social issues. On financial issues Romney is a total mess, however.

[ellisonz]

4. Hehe...

Mind you, I deleted like 3/4s of the pro-Ron Paul posts. Does anyone else remember DUer karlschneider - psychopath.

[JI7]

5. i was going to mention the comments on youtube when i saw your subject line

hahah

[meanit]

10. Since Lyndon LaRouche went to prison

his followers have been looking for a new leader. Enter Ron Paul.

[flamingdem]

11. Exactly. The same LaRouche nuts who used to leaflet me in the 80s

are back in a Ron Paul disguise


They focus on what we liberals would agree with while sweeping racism and anti-semitism under the rug

[Hugabear]

12. Because they are fucking psychopaths?

And I don't use that term lightly. These are people who would rather let people DIE rather than spend a single tax dollar to help them.

[undeterred]

13. Does. Not. Compute.

Is that a rhetorical question?

[flexnor]

16. How to make a Ron Paulers brain divide by zero - just ask them

so what has ron paul actually done about the federal reserve by being in congress since 1978? (and that was his motivation for becoming a congressman in the first place)

name just one thing?

(they cant, because he hasnt)

anyone can just vote no on everything

I actually agree with some of what he says, but 3 decades of non-delivery doesnt make the sale to me

[flexnor]

17. but to his credit, he undermines warmongering among young conservatives

and that alone may justify putting up with the more annoying aspects of him and his followers

hey, if we can coexist with Amway, we can coexist with ron paul

[Major Hogwash]

18. Force of habit.

After being members of the KKK for so long, they just can't break their old habits.
Paul was here in Boise on Saturday and some of his supporters were just plain freaky looking.

Ever notice how some of them jump out of their chairs at his rallies and give a Hitler salute to Paul?
Then some of them are like Dr Strangelove, after they realize they have saluted Ron Paul that way, they reach up with their other arm and pull the saluting arm back down to their side.

[saras]

21. Are you sure you aren't being put on?

"some of them are like Dr Strangelove, after they realize they have saluted Ron Paul that way, they reach up with their other arm and pull the saluting arm back down to their side."

Were I younger and crazier, I might go to a Ron Paul rally just to do THAT.

[Major Nikon]

19. Because if you're not drinking the kool-aid you start to realize his ideas are batshit crazy

[erinlough]

20. I don't know about all Paul supporters, but

my nephew seems typical of them. He has failed at most things, is into guns, has never before been into politics before, he believes, as true, anything conspiratory that he reads on the internet, he is angry and has a terribly evil "sense of humor", and he doesn't think anyone should tell him anything. He is also not very bright.

[RockaFowler]

24. Sounds like my younger cousins

Both of them are Paulbots. Everytime I post an anti-Repuke post on Facebook, the little idiot posts Ron Paul 2012. When I mention all of the moronic things Paul has done and said, he says something stupid about President Obama (like I'm brainwashed). Uh, I'm not the one posting Ron Paul 2012 all over the place. That's not an answer to any question. Why must you post it over and over again??

[HughBeaumont]

26. We must know the same people . . .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002266576

A few of my Paulbot friends are exactly how you described - not socially bright, slightly to very racist, heavily into guns, heavily into Oathkeepers, into conspiracy theories, etc, and they post Paul videos CONSTANTLY.

The other is a libertarian who was born into wealth and used the money from a six-figure position in his daddy's company to build his own brewery.

I've told these guys over and over and over again (you know, during the scant moment they're not talking) that Ron Paul is actually WORSE than the neo-Reaganite candidates in the GOP when it comes to economics, because he'd destroy the social safety net, not just cut funding. He seriously would throw the middle/working/poor to the wolves under the mantra "Sometimes you find strength when you have no choice but to BE strong".

[Motown_Johnny]

22. Libertarians answer to everything is to simplify the question

until they can come up with an oversimplified approach.

[just1voice]

23. Cultish and robotic behaviors are pretty common everywhere

And they are creepy, sad and ignorant.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

27. After the ones with critical thinking skills are peeled away, what's left are cultish and robotic.

[JHB]

28. Because he's collecting Lyndon Larouche's sloppy seconds? n/t

[hifiguy]

29. He is the L. Ron Hubbard for Randites

That is all.

[Brettongarcia]

30. He's the leader of a cult: Libertarianism