Are you a complete socialist or only a little b it [sic] socialist?

I gather from this editorial that you’re in favor of taking my hard-earned money in taxation and distribute it to others who didn’t work for it. Get out of college and into the real world, Pointdexter, and you’ll change that tune real quick.

Wow… you have no idea what you are talking about. Paul is about freedom, limited federal government and letting the states local governments decide what best for that state. Get your facts straight before reporting. People need to take some personal responsibility. If New Orleans would have had keep their own money rather than paying tax to the feds… then they would have been able to protect themselves.

You get the drift.  And, these were just from the first ten or so comments.  

Some of these commentors remind me of those Chick Tracts where the message is always the same, accept their “truth” or you are a “sinner” and will go to hell.  In this case, you are branded a “socialist” and are exiled from further political discourse because, of course, a “socialist” cannot hold a rational point of view.  It is an easy way to shutdown conversation without having to defend your position.

With any overly enthusiastic group trying to push a particlar agenda, the good ideas can be drowned out by the cacophony of the more extreme members.  I see a bit of that happening with Ron Paul supporters.  I also think many Paul supporters have a real blindspot for how some of Paul’s positions could be considered very unpalatable to many perfectly rational people.  

Beyond all that, I just fail to see how acting like a jackass in a comment thread on a opposition opinion piece is going to win over many converts to your cause.