# The Media Treatment of Rand Paul - Knee Jerk Reactionism by Mental Midgets

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**Created:** [May 23, 2010, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-media-treatment-of-rand-paul-knee-jerk-reactionism-by-mental-midgets/540445 "2010-05-23T08:12:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-media-treatment-of-rand-paul-knee-jerk-reactionism-by-mental-midgets/540445/117 "2010-05-24T03:18:15Z")

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> [@Ravenman](#):
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> Rand Paul is not a very good libertarian.
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> One can defend his views of the Federal government having no place in regulating businesses, but he supports Federal laws to outlaw abortion.

A libertarian that recognizes the rights of the child could support restrictions on abortion.

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> He’s not a libertarian, he’s just on the fringe of the right-wing.

A lot of Libertarians live there.

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> I, too, question why everyone who disagrees with you must be considered ignorant, uneducated or stupid. Sometimes people just disagree.

Or lying. I ran into that attitude on another thread, its not very persuasive.

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