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He is also a right wing libertarian with ties to Ron and Rand Paul. This whole thing kind of reminds of Glen Beck and his right wing followers who would never in their life let some Mormon who came to their door preaching into their homes. Yet they sit in front of their TV day after day listening to a "radical" crazy Mormon, Beck, who rants pure insanity to them and the eat it up and think he is telling them the truth! Insane, isn't it? 
Here's what happened to it a decade ago:
http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/03/06/03_stinson.html
The Internet Archive has it the way it was:
http://web.archive.org/web/20040210015717/http://www.takebackthemedia.com/index.shtml
or is being disingenuous in their rhetoric.
Read the full quote. The part that comes after the colon is what clues us in on why your 'examples' are silly.
Publishing your garage door codes is neither journalism, nor is it public relations. 
Thanks for posting that.
It is becoming my new signature. 
and context are astounding on DU.
Adults co-create government. When government becomes 'big daddy' or 'big mommy' then the co-creation ends and tyranny in one form or another begins.
As a philosophy major I am more than familiar with Locke. Perhaps you should read a bit further before making points with quotes. Locke goes on to say:
"He that in the state of nature, would take away that freedom, that belongs to anyone in that state, must necessarily be supposed to have a design to take away everything else, that freedom being the foundation of all the rest. As he that in the state of society, would take away the freedom belonging to those of that society or commonwealth, must be supposed to design to take away from them everything else".
Let's try this one as well and see if you can understand it within the context of the current situation and conversation.
"Whenever the power that is put in any hands for the government of the people, and the protection of our properties, is applied to other ends, and made use of to impoverish, harass or subdue them to the arbitrary and irregular commands of those that have it; there it presently becomes tyranny, whether those that thus use it are one or many".
Locke was quite clear that a revolution is not only a right but an obligation even given the actions of a civil society and its form of governance. So, perhaps you should take your own advise and look up a bit more on Locke and read fully his Second Treatise before commenting further to make your point in seeming contradiction to my own.
So governments actually protect us from a very literal fire that might burn us without their protection? Governments are actually made of 'big mommies' & 'big daddies'. 
With regards to Locke and his political philosophy of liberalism, please read the second sentence very carefully, then reread the quoted passage on revolution.
Locke most certainly believed the freedom was a 'natural' state. To protect it, we, as adults (my point!) co-create a society. The form of government we choose must then protect those freedoms for not just the individual (as it is in a natural state) but for us all. If and when the government stops doing that (i.e. becomes a tyranny via the 'big mommy' or 'big daddy' metaphor I used) then revolution is not just a right but an expectation in order to form another government that will do so.
His writings influenced the Founding Fathers, you know, having read the Declaration of Independence, I really don't need to quote it, right? The Constitution that followed ensures that our adult co-created government continues to 'protect' those inalienable & natural 'freedoms' via the concept of 'rights' - the Right to Free Speech, the Right to Privacy, the Right to Freedom of Expression of Religion, etc. etc. etc.
Now, given the fact that the current NSA fueled scandal of total surveillance is trouncing on many of those Constitutionally protected freedoms, well....I do believe you are smart enough to understand what comes next.
Bluntly, Locke is an important philosopher to really grok with regards to our country & its founding. His Enlightenment Liberalism influenced our Declaration of Independence & Constitution greatly. Read his Second Treatise and study it within the context of other Enlightenment Philosophers like Hobbs, Hume, & Rousseau.
Your reading comprehension is atrocious.
Kittwampus' Orwell quote is about 'playing with a fire', so where exactly did I state that I was going to start any metaphoric fires because of my 'freedumb'? No where.
And what the fuck is up with liberal Democrats calling 'freedoms' 'freedumbs' all of a sudden? Without continued promotion, expression, and protection of 'freedom', you won't be able to be much of a 'progressive dog' about anything. 
And finally the truth comes out that you only quoted the part YOU agreed with. And actually, the part I did was followed by the Founding Fathers as well. You might remember we did this little thing called the American Revolution to break away from the tyranny of King George. But hey, like everyone else today, pick and choose what fits your neatly packaged little thought processes.
You mean a Frenchman - Rousseau - had no bearing on the founding of this country? Well, blow me away, because I thought quite a few did both directly and indirectly - Comte de Rochambeau, Lafayette, Jean-Paul Marat, and even King Louis XVI.
It is probably wise to back away from further discussions as it doesn't appear you could keep up.
Much love from a liberal 'firebug'. 
"Freedom to burn stuff"? "Blaming it on Orwell"? You have utterly failed at reading comprehension. You can not recognize metaphor, analogies, or follow a conversation that you interjected yourself into.
Whatever. At this point, I am walking away. It is frustrating trying to communicate with those who can't. Have a nice morning.
Greenwald has committed those 'violations'. Thus far all that was given to him by Snowden and he has reported has been proven accurate.
Here is a wonderful summary in case you missed it:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023484001
Have a great morning!
...and then refusing to correct oneself: got any maps for us today?
- Read a book.
I like this one too!!
for all the dead, harassed and incarcerated people who spoke out for ALL of us!
However, instead of putting it in Orwell’s mouth and saying bluntly that he “once wrote” it, he should say the statement is, instead, often merely attributed to Orwell.
I look forward to finding the source some day.
Attributed but not completely proven not to be from Orwell is what this one particular blogger is stating. Who exactly is Frank Heron?
Now that we have cleared that up, it still fits to a tee.
Thank you.
