I do not have much time to write a huge blog today, and I wanted to take a break from writing about the election. My friend Britton does not have a blog, however, he composed this short note, and I asked if he would allow me to post it here. We are both very concerned about our generations obsession with Ron Paul. Here is the note.
When I hear older people reminisce about the crowning achievements of their respective generations, I often find myself pondering about what type of systemic or political impact our generation will be remembered for. You know where I'm going with this. Our generation's endless pursuit of hyper-libertarianism is profoundly disturbing to me. My grandparents generation ended segregation. My parents generation ended the Vietnam War. What is our generation going to end? The estate tax?
The youthful energy and passion pouring into ultra-conservative Ron Paul's presidential campaign is a humiliating reflection on the self-delusion and nauseating apathy of our generation. It's embarrassing, frankly. We have an African-American and a woman with legitimate shots at capturing the White House, rocking all stereotypes and conformities that have shackled politics in America for hundreds of years, and people all around me are falling over themselves to install Ronald Reagan's corpse into office.
And we have battles to fight. Are we so weak and pathetic that we can only pick on welfare recipients? We have gay bashers and Neo-Nazis marching in the streets and our generation's response? Lower taxes for millionaires! Oh, and end the war if you have time.
This is anti-Ron Paul.