Is a Vote for Ron Paul a Vote for the Spanish Inquisition?

Chadd De Las Casas
The type of people drawn to Ron Paul are wide and varied - ranging from Neo-Nazis like Don Black and other affiliates to the conspiracy website Infowars. Armed with his claims that Abraham Lincoln intentionally started the American Civil War for the sake of helping big banking - citing sources that claim the Rothschilds directly influenced the outcome of the Civil War based on economic gain - a frightening realization is happening upon individuals with a fascination for history.

The platform on which the odd-man out candidate is running is meant to appeal to what many consider to be the "disenfranchised" Republicans, hoping to return to the "true Conservative roots", returning to what the Republican party "used to stand for". This seems bizarre, of course, when Ron Paul decries Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican president. But more importantly, in endorsing New World Order conspiracy theories, specifically pertaining to the Jewish Rothschilds, those who refer to themselves as "Paulbots" tread down the same dangerous path the Spaniards did in the late 15th century.

The Spanish Inquisition, the most notorious of all inquisitions, was born from the fire of a dramatic shift in national priority and the geopolitical landscape of the Iberian Peninsula. Without a homeland for the better part of a millennium, the Spanish finally succeeded in retaking their native peninsula by 1492 - and recognizing that they would be required to integrate the newly re-conquered people into their society in some way, they created the converso class - a social class made up primarily of Jews and a few Muslims who had converted to Christianity.

However, as was common place throughout Medieval and Dark Ages Europe, wherever Jews prospered, fear and suspicion followed. The very same myths of Jewish dominance and bank rolling that plagued 30's and 40's Europe were the very same rumors and gossips that crippled European economies and led to widespread anti-Semitism.

A common law in Medieval Europe was the strict prohibition against usury to all Gentiles, allowing Jews and conversos to amass a hefty fortune. Suspicions began to rise as this fortune began to manifest itself in the form of banks and loan sharks, and the very same hatred felt for the Knights Templar began to emanate towards the Jews that now possessed fortunes. It's been a historic fear - where large banks exist, large quantities of conspiracy theories emanate directly from them.

In the two most prominent examples of central banks, the Knights Templar and the Spanish Inquisition, the suspicious public backlash was utterly devastating - as was seen through the Spanish Inquisition and the Friday the 13th massacre of the Order of Saint John. The latter was the direct result of increased public apprehension at the notion that Jews had taken over high-level places throughout Europe, even successfully infiltrated the Papacy, and were now directly influencing all current events in a form of New World Order phenomena.

Unfortunately, as history so frequently does it is repeating itself now, with the anti-Semitic based fear of the Rothschilds, believing that this Jewish family is the penultimate decider of worldly affairs, needing to be combated. Therefore, the pertinent question is, how far will the voters allow history to repeat itself today? Would a vote for Ron Paul be a vote for a new Spanish Inquisition?

Published by Chadd De Las Casas

I was born in Valencia, California in 1987. It's ironic that I turned out to be a writer, since my first exposure to it was an essay about why I hate writing. I am also the owner of the Content Producers Wiki.  View profile

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  • O.C.1/28/2008

    First paragraph you state a "range" that goes from one end of the extremists to an increment slightly less than the one end. So your "range" apparently implies only tin foil hat wearers are Paul supporters. You leave out of your range, regular Americans, long standing Republican politicos, highly influential financial experts, Jews, Blacks and basically everybody else. So your "range" is an extremely tiny subset, not a true range at all.

    Then you go on to parrot the usual party line that Lincoln was some kind of god and could do no wrong. Dr. Paul's point is that most other civilized societies ended their horrible practice of slavery simply by paying for the slaves, thus ending the practice. You seem to feel that killing and raping six hundred thousand of our own people was a better route?

    Then you go on to imply all international bankers are Jewish? Who exactly is the anti semite here? Seems to be you. Dr. Paul has never said anything against Jews, and in fact is supported by a

  • Chadd De Las Casas1/18/2008

    Deez, I made the accusation that Ron Paul's platform stokes the kind of paranoia that caused the Spanish Inquisition. The Minus Factor then went on to say "everything I said is why Ron Paul should be elected". That means that inevitably, he's saying this paranoia that led to the Spanish Inquisition is why Ron Paul should be elected. Clearly...The Minus Factor needs to pick his words a bit better, otherwise he does things like come off as a loon that things that everything negative I wrote in this article is a good thing.

  • Deez1/18/2008

    Chadd you said, "Though, world's history of fearful anti-Semitism and worry that anyone who controls banks will destroy the world, and therefore must be tortured and killed, is why Paul should be elected?" To that I say,"WWWHHHHAAAAATTTT!!!" ROFLOL

  • Chadd De Las Casas1/14/2008

    Though, world's history of fearful anti-Semitism and worry that anyone who controls banks will destroy the world, and therefore must be tortured and killed, is why Paul should be elected? No wonder he's got single digit poll numbers.

  • Chadd De Las Casas1/14/2008

    I guess it doesn't surprise me incredibly that Paulbots are as out of touch with history as him.

  • The Minus Factor1/14/2008

    First off, claiming Ron Paul is an anti-semite is ridiculous at best, especially with your evidence. Second, almost EVERYTHING you you mention that he has done is EXACTLY why everyone should vote for him. Read the Constitution (ACTUALLY READ IT) and then listen to what Ron has to say.

  • Chadd De Las Casas1/3/2008

    But MasterPo, I'm not comparing him to David Duke, I'm not comparing him to Nazis either. I'm comparing him to lifelong conspiracy theorists, people who aren't malicious in their fear, they're just absolutely paranoid. My entire point is not that he's an intentional anti-Semite, but that he falls in line with the same innocent thought that led to people thinking the Conversos were controlling the Papacy. I fail to see how that kind of conspiracy theory is any different than thinking the Jewish Rothschilds are controlling all world governments.

  • Zephram Stark1/1/2008

    As a Jew and an American, I find your linking the Constitution of the United States to anti-Semitism and the Spanish Inquisition to be obscene. Ron Paul's platform is restoration of Washington D.C. to constitutional parameters. The Constitution is a good thing for all individuals, especially Jews, because it is the furthest concept from Nazism and fascism politically possible. Even hard core Zionists love Ron Paul because he will cut America's control of Israel and let her be a sovereign entity. Visit http://torahandspirit.com/ and see for yourself.

  • Chadd De Las Casas1/1/2008

    And I have respectfully asked that if you find it in err, you point out which points are in any way wrong - unfortunately, as usual, that does not come.

  • Deez1/1/2008

    I did read it, I disagree with every point you think you are trying to make, and I am dismissing it!LOL

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