Letters to the Editor
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I strongly disagree with Ron Paul ...
... on so many things that I'd be unlikely to vote for him, but I have to say that I strongly agree with him on other things, and I admire his consistency. Especially in comparison to most other politicians at his level.
The "weirdo" labeling is, indeed, a "slothful mechanism for enforcing norms". But it's also a tiresomely predictable part of the media scripting for presidential races. Ron Paul has been given that role for the Republican candidates, and Dennis Kucinich was a shoe-in for the spot for the Democrats.
(I suppose I should confess to having libertarian leanings on some issues, though I've never identified with the "big-L Libertarians". They seem so obsessed with the threat of government tyranny that they're totally oblivious to the the threat of corporate tyranny.)