Took a stroll around campus today and saw an interesting sight: RON PAUL POSTERS. I don't really like Ron Paul. I would go as far as saying that I dislike Paul more than Romney, but not as much as I dislike
Santorum. Reagan of course I dislike more than all of them combined. Anyway here are a few pictures of the photos thanks to Katie Caffey and Shannon V.
Outside the library
Up around the Campus Center
And on Goodpastor
What was kinda troubling is that some students were tearing down the posters at the Campus Center. Like I said, I greatly dislike Ron Paul (except for his ability to deliver babies, which is cute) but tearing down posters is shitty for a number of reasons:
- Someone took the time to put up that poster
- Taking down a poster because you disagree with it is shitty
- Taking down a poster of a differing political ideology is shitty
- It's shitty
It's not part of the St. Mary's Way to tear down someone's posters. Tearing down someone's posters is not engaging in Civil Discourse. If you want to express your opinion, make a poster about why Ron Paul is horrible (via racism, wants to cut government spending for poor people, is a libertarian, etc.) and put that next to these. Tearing down someone's poster that you disagree with just makes you look like you can't handle other people's opinions and want to oppress their ideas. I am sure that Republicans on campus already feel ostracized, and this is just making that worse.
Am I right or am I way off here?
EDIT: I regret this post via ron paul debates
