[JeremyBanks]

Discussion of specific points of Ron Paul's beliefs has always seemed a little pointless to me. If you understand the basic things he cares about, you can accurately guess what his opinion and explanation on almost everything will be. So any discussion of a specific topic is either shallow or derailed into a much broader political discussion.

It doesn't feel productive.

[spenrose]

WRT this topic, I tend to agree with you. But Ron Paul is not some Valley Libertarian. Did you know that Ron Paul doesn't believe in evolution?: http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/2011/08/29/307010/the-cont...

More broadly: http://www.tnr.com/article/94477/ron-paul-distorted-libertar...

[xorglorb]

Okay. I'm stopping this here. We do not need HN to turn into /r/politics.

[mindcrime]

Who cares what Ron Paul thinks about evolution? He doesn't believe it's the government's job to cram creationism down kids throats, so what he personally believes is fairly irrelevant. And anybody who knows anything about Ron Paul knows that he isn't some ignorant, fundamentalist bible-thumping hick like Mike Huckabee... Ron is a freaking medical doctor who got his degree from Duke. He's clearly an intelligent man, who just happens to have this one quirky religious thing going on. And lots of very intelligent people are conflicted over the whole evolution / creationism thing, because of their religious beliefs.

Not a big deal, IMO.

[danssig]

Who cares? Nearly all US politicians are complete idiots (often insane people). What matters is where a given politician stands on issues I care about. What are you afraid he's going to do, outlaw evolution?

[ataggart]

Please redact your comments before others feel compelled to respond.

[cpeterso]

What is libertarian position on evolution?

[maqr]

That it's a matter of science and not government.

[nickik]

The pure position is not to have a position. Schools would be privat so if they want to teach evolution or something else is up to them.