Since making this post the Ron Paul supporter gave his response, and stage 2 began. His response was full of crazy, and failed to address the major points of Starshark’s post. Anyway, stage 2, Starshark makes another damning post. And that was the end. Debate was ended by forfeit.

What I’ve learned about Ron Paul from this debate has been illuminating. His faults are obvious and many. But what’s really of note is his supporters. They can’t string coherent thoughts together; they are oblivious to his faults; they embrace crazy ideas. Liberty is crazy? No, you dipshits - believing that the US government is being replaced by the “North American Union” and that the roads which connect Mexico, USA, and Canada comprise a superhighway that enables it is crazy. Believing that the Federal Reserve is an instrument of socialism is fucking batshit insane. Did you sleep through American History when your class was learning about the Great Depression?