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Since Reddit has become the official site of Ron Paul stories, I wasn’t surprised to see this video of Ron Paul denying evolution. Nor was I surprised by Dr. Paul’s answer as I’ve heard him give the Republican “It’s the volcanoes and cow farts!” answer to global warming (citation needed). I was surprised (well, only a little) by the initial responses on the Reddit comment thread. I don’t feel like reading through the comments to find some examples, but a lot of them were making excuses for Paul, saying that he didn’t mean it.

It was maddening… maddening enough that I was going to write a sternly worded blog post about it!

But then I went back later and read the new comments and whew what an improvement. In fact, they had gotten so insightful it restored some of wavering faith in Reddit.

Reddit’s “hot” page has recently been a train wreck. It’s all pictures and stories about Dr. Paul. Ok, occasionally I up-mod both, but I really don’t feel like I need to see 8 stories about the same one day fundraiser record. But normally reddit’s comments are sane enough that I figure there must be smart people using it. So I switched from watching the hot feed to watching the new items. Come on reddit, don’t let me down!