Rand Paul at Black Pastor Conference: Democracy Hurts Minorities

[applegrove]

Rand Paul at Black Pastor Conference: Democracy Hurts Minorities

By Tyler O'Neil , CP Reporter

http://www.christianpost.com/news/rand-paul-at-black-pastor-conference-democracy-hurts-minorities-106400/

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While the Senator did not attack the idea of representative democracy, he did criticize the unchecked rule of majorities over minorities, a theme discussed in both the Constitution and Federalist Papers. "We should never be for democracy," Paul argued, because majorities do not have the right to enforce their will on minorities. "Jim Crow came out of democracy," he argued, and so did a recent law which allows an American citizen to be indefinitely detained.

"Who gets to decide who's dangerous and who's not?" the Senator asked. He mentioned the theoretical case of an Arab American who emails his cousin in Lebanon. If the United States government suspects his cousin is a terrorist, should it be able to detain him? Paul referred to the 100,000 Japanese Americans sent to internment camps during World War II. "We've done things wrong when we forget what a just law is," he said.

Paul's speech at the Coalition of African American Pastors (CAAP) is far from his first outreach to the black community. In April, he visited Howard University – the first major Republican figure to speak there since General Colin Powell did in 1994. In the Howard address, Paul argued for the repeal of federal mandatory minimum sentencing laws, giving convicted felons the right to vote, and school choice, which he later called "the civil rights issue of our day."

"NO ONE in this country is crafting a better message of uplift for the African American community than Rand Paul," tweeted Kevin W. Cosby, senior pastor at St. Stephen Church in Louisville, Ky. "At least he was trying to provide some answers and solutions," Cosby told local 11News. "He has his finger on the pulse on what I believe are the preeminent issues in the urban community."


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[applegrove]

1. Of course Majoritarianism is bad. Why there was the enlightenment.

How does Rand feel about that? Democracy and three branches of government work to mitigate majority rule.

[Turbineguy]

2. "....."Who gets to decide who's dangerous and who's not?" the Senator asked....."

I can see why he'd be worried.

[Skittles]

3. oh STFU you smarmy little SHIT

I mean, seriously......UGH

[Rex]

5. KICK HIS ASS SKITTLES!

[Aerows]

8. Nobody does it better

I trust Skittles on this mission of ass-kicking and wholeheartedly agree!

[Rex]

10. Personally I was dissapointed when they didn't cast Skittles

in the title roll for Kick Ass and Kick Ass 2. NOBODY does it better!

[Aerows]

11. LOL!

Rex you are always hilarious, my friend

[Initech]

6. +1

Rand Paul is such a clueless douchebag that it's impossible to accurately describe.

[Aerows]

9. Even his hair

is impossible to accurately describe, he's fucked up from head to toe. I'd imagine his toenails would scare an ogre.

[Initech]

17. His hair looks like shag carpeting is growing on his head.

[Aerows]

20. And a bunch of drunken squirrels took

residence for two months and couldn't find a vacuum cleaner.

[VanillaRhapsody]

26. as they say in the Deep South

Tore up.... from the floor up! (gotta imagine it in a deep southern accent)

I heard he has toenail fungus that is shaped like Sarah Palin

[Aerows]

30. It's shaped like Mitch McConnell

Poor guy... said nobody ever.

[NuclearDem]

19. SCHEDULING RAND PAUL FOR AN ASS KICKING

o hai secret service

[Aerows]

21. They are probably on furlough

and hate his hair as much as everyone else does. The man needs a hair cut. It looks like a raccoon tail in a wind farm.

It is a danger to the public.

[NuclearDem]

22. Even if they weren't, Agent Mike's got our back.

And I agree. That hair needs to spend some time in Gitmo so we can figure out what it knows. I don't trust it.

[VanillaRhapsody]

27. that hair needs to be waterboarded 157 times!

[Aerows]

31. I don't even know what to do with that hair

If it was on an anus I'd shave it.

Oh wait.

[Skittles]

35. Agent Mike is probably on our side by now

yes INDEED

[Rex]

4. On what fucking planet?

FUCK RAND PAUL.

[Heather MC]

7. Funny how being a Majority is a bad thing, when his ass suddenly realizes he is a Minority

Oh the Irony
I seriously doubt he would be saying this if he was in the position he currently is

[alarimer]

12. He figures this out just as white male Republicans are becoming a minority.

That's a little self-serving.

[applegrove]

13. Exactly.

[kestrel91316]

14. The courts exist to protect minorities from the "tyranny of the majority".

But he and his buddies love to hate the courts when they do just that.

He's a disgusting asswipe making fatuous, self-serving statements. He should be tarred and feathered.

[applegrove]

15. Tell us how you really feel?

[Blue Owl]

16. A damn FOOL

[NuclearDem]

18. The whitesplainer in chief is out again.

[sad-cafe]

23. he really is full of himself

isn't he

[applegrove]

24. He's probably after the legalize marijuana crowd. Lot's of

people who want marijuana legalized have been voting libertarian over the years when they could. It seems Rand Paul thinks that such voters in the African American community have not been tapped yet.

[U4ikLefty]

25. Ugh, what a douchebag.

He says this stuff with a straight face.

[MFrohike]

28. Heh

Did anyone ask about his views on the Civil Rights Act?

[xfundy]

29. He's now on record as being AGAINST DEMOCRACY.

One would think that alone would earn censure. But today, it's cheered by certain factions.

[Jamaal510]

32. How's that freedomey Constitutiony thing working out for ya', Rand? eom

[pansypoo53219]

33. yes. when killed by gerrymandering.

[Cha]

34. This is freaking scary..

"NO ONE in this country is crafting a better message of uplift for the African American community than Rand Paul," tweeted Kevin W. Cosby, senior pastor at St. Stephen Church in Louisville, Ky. "At least he was trying to provide some answers and solutions," Cosby told local 11News. "He has his finger on the pulse on what I believe are the preeminent issues in the urban community."

Rand Paul getting his ducks in row.. to bad for those who fall for his sleeze.

thanks applegrove

[Initech]

36. Rand Paul is the undisputed king of Bullshit Mountain.

[Hutzpa]

37. This reminds me of a chapter in Obama's book

NO ONE in this country is crafting a better message of uplift for the African American community than Rand Paul," tweeted Kevin W. Cosby, senior pastor at St. Stephen Church in Louisville, Ky. "

'The Audacity of Hope' where one of the pastors asked Obama to not mess things up because
"the Mayor is a good man he takes care of us and I have access to him any time I want, I even
have his phone number"

How charming.

[yuiyoshida]

38. ITS not Democracy that hurts minorities...

Its creepy ass Republicans.