The Daily Paul, one of the most popular internet forums for supporters of Ron Paul, has published links to YouTube videos of Louis Farrakhan denouncing Jewish political power and expressing support for Muammar Qaddafi. (Read here: Farrakhan on Obama and Libya:"Zionists [bad Isrealis] dominate the government of the USA...." | Ron Paul 2012 | Sound Money, Peace and Liberty)
Judging by the comments for the post, it would seem that a nexus of support for Ron Paul and Louis Farrakhan has coalesced around conspiracy theories concerning Jewish political power and banks. Among other artifacts of extremism found in the discussion attached to the post is a link to an article in the Nation of Islam's official newspaper, The Final Call, spinning a conspiracy theory blaming the popular uprising against Qaddafi not on an expression of Arab Spring revolutionary spirit, but (predictably) on a conspiracy of bankers upset about Qaddafi's monetary policies. (Read here.) The Final Call article fails to mention the Qaddafi regime's long history of violently suppressing political opposition -- suppression which rose to unprecedented levels of brutality in response to demonstrations in support of liberalizing Libya's political system. Rather than citing revulsion at Qaddafi's massacre of peaceful Arab Spring demonstrators as the cause of the NATO intervention, the Final Call quotes Farrakhan as saying:
Judging by the comments for the post, it would seem that a nexus of support for Ron Paul and Louis Farrakhan has coalesced around conspiracy theories concerning Jewish political power and banks. Among other artifacts of extremism found in the discussion attached to the post is a link to an article in the Nation of Islam's official newspaper, The Final Call, spinning a conspiracy theory blaming the popular uprising against Qaddafi not on an expression of Arab Spring revolutionary spirit, but (predictably) on a conspiracy of bankers upset about Qaddafi's monetary policies. (Read here.) The Final Call article fails to mention the Qaddafi regime's long history of violently suppressing political opposition -- suppression which rose to unprecedented levels of brutality in response to demonstrations in support of liberalizing Libya's political system. Rather than citing revulsion at Qaddafi's massacre of peaceful Arab Spring demonstrators as the cause of the NATO intervention, the Final Call quotes Farrakhan as saying:
“I know why you are angry with him; because he never agreed with your policies when it came to sucking the resources of Third World peoples, and putting in place dictators that would be amenable to America's policies.”
It has long been known that some Ron Paul supporters share with Farrakhan a strong opposition to the central banking system, support for isolationist foreign policy, and a conspiratorial view of Israel and Jews which verges on paranoia. Now we can add support for Muammar Qaddafi to that list. Makes sense.
Below is the string of comments submitted by the Daily Paul forum members in response to the Farrakhan videos. It is interesting to see them working out how to talk about these issues without sounding bigoted -- that whole "we're opposed to Zionists, not Jews" thing. Only they get it a bit wrong. One commenter seems to think the founder of Goldman Sachs is still alive as he argues that Goldman Sachs ins't bad because it's Jewish. "I don't consider Goldman a Jew I see him as being of Israeli descent big difference." Another argues that his support for Naturei Karta shows that he can't be an anti-Semite.
The main point of Farrakhan's speech, that international bankers and Zionists work together to control the world and punish those who resist that control, and that the Libya conflict results from that conspiracy, meets with broad approval among at least this group of Paul supporters. I wonder what Ron Paul would say about it?
Well, I did not watch it
how can you be so sure? this
i am not muslim and i dont
Here is another angel on the Libya fiasco.
This is a powerful speech
TRUTH....
That blew me back not what I
This is the first time I heard Farrakan speak. And I am . . .
* He wants CIA, with missions to destabilize the host countries, to be out of foreign countries.
* He wants Libyans to solve their problems among themselves and NOT let zionists push Obm to invade and kill Ghadaffi.
I'm an old white guy...
if this is the first time you
The main point about Israel
I agree!