Letter from Youth for Ron Paul

Although allegations that Ron Paul harbors racist views have threatened to ruin his candidacy, the attempts have failed.

The premise would require Paul to advocate for more government regulation, similar to the Jim Crowe laws of the 1960s South.

Allegations such as these stem from a misinterpretation of Paul’s principles.

Paul’s belief in individual liberty might allow for those with discriminatory belief to express those beliefs.

However, individual liberty does not allow one to act upon them.

The hardest part of defending freedom of speech is allowing someone else to express his or hers.

For the IDS Editorial Board to assert that Paul is a white supremist sensationalizes the evidence it used to propose this.

Using the hacker group Anonymous, a group with its own biases and agenda, as evidence of the statement the Editorial Board propagates as fact is detrimental to its argument.

To, in addition, make an assumption that the priority issue concerning youth supporters of Paul is the legalization of marijuana is irresponsible in stereotyping about 48 percent of his supporters and the same age group that propelled President Obama into the White House.

We, Youth for Ron Paul at Indiana University, do not oppose the board stating its opinion that Paul is a racist.

We do, however, oppose the language used to express this opinion.

Paul has not sufficiently separated himself from groups with distasteful views, but he is not a white supremacist and does not condone these views.