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The media are either not listening or they voluntarily choose to ignore the facts and misportray the November 5th fundraising event. The date was inspired by the movie "V for Vendetta." At the end of this movie, the citizens of England protest the tyranny of their government in peaceful civil disobedience. It is this peaceful coming together of diverse people in the common interest of liberty that is analogous to the Ron Paul campaign, not Guy Fawkes' behavior. That is only incidental.
The Ron Paul supporters took Guy Fawkes' action and turned it on its head as an audacious marketing device and did so to great success. It is the kind of thing actual campaign managers would have been too scared to even try. This came from the grassroots. It is not fair to misrepresent the event in some sinister light as so many in the media have chosen to do. Most of them know better.
Remember, it is the Ron Paul supporters who want to end the wars and bring our troops home. This is the modern peace movement. It is Ron Paul supporters who emphasize the word "love" (spelled backwards) in "Ron Paul rEVOLution." Ron Paul represents the libertarian philosophy which fundamentally believes that initiation of force to achieve social or political goals is wrong.
So let's put and end to this Guy Fawkes nonsense. That's nothing more than a red herring.
Peace, love, prosperity, liberty! Ron Paul for president!
