Why is this news story such a bombshell that it deserves a huge, all-caps title? Liberals are freaking out and saying Rand Paul's "against" the Civil Rights Act. This must mean that he's in favor of repealing the Act and he's a huge racist, right? Wrong on both counts. I watched the debate he had with Maddow, and every other sentence that came out of his mouth was something about how he is NOT RACIST and believes in the equality of persons regardless of their race, etc. He also said that he would not support getting rid of the Act and that this wouldn't be something on his legislative agenda if he were elected to Senate.
Obviously what people don't understand is that Libertarians are more than a little nutty when it comes to restricting people's liberties and such. Paul probably thinks it's okay to discriminate in some circumstances that are currently not allowed by law. He's not in favor of legislating morality, which is something that I probably agree with to a certain extent. He said that 9 out of 10 sections of the law he absolutely agrees with. Those nine sections concern public discrimination which is a no-brainer for anyone except racists. Paul is not in favor of public discrimination.
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