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I think like all politicians Ron Paul tells people what they want to hear to an extent.
Back in the 80s and 90s he was associated with people like Pat Buchanan were libertarian but also pandered to racist and anti-Semitic elements out there.
Ron Paul probably wasn't personally racist but it's pretty clear if you look at his newsletters and other stuff from back then that he was trying to appeal to them. And coincidentally the anti-Federal government stance also appeals to people who are thought civil rights legislation was wrong and they should be free to discriminate.
Then after 9/11 he dropped all that stuff and emphasized his anti-war and pro civil liberties stances more and younger people started following him and viewed it in a completely different light. But he still has all these racist and white supremacist followers from back then.
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- you can't help who follows you, politicians are all the same, they'll take what they can get and like it.