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In reply to the discussion: Jefferson owned slaves. Fuck the Declaration of Independence. [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)30. That's the point, isn't it? Yet our whole country is based on his and the other very flawed
FFs' ideas. Have we made a huge mistake all these years? Was Bush right after all? It is just a 'quaint document' and we'd be better off with a Monarchy or a 'benign dictator'?
Those people wrote our Constitution and Bill of Rights. What should we do about it?
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If people want to post additional information about Obama, Greenwald, or Snowden....
Cali_Democrat
Jun 2013
#2
Yes, I agree. Free expression is part of what keeps a country from becoming a totalitarian state.
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#28
They were hypocrites and that's why much of what they said is total bullshit.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2013
#11
The point is that the message can be and should be separated from the messenger.
Bonobo
Jun 2013
#14
The message can never and should never be fully removed from the messenger.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2013
#15
Please link to the old story about Prism! I'd be really interested to see it! nt
Bonobo
Jun 2013
#23
Then please link to the old stories that revealed that Apple, Google, Facebook and Skype
Bonobo
Jun 2013
#25
Dude, are you going to link to show your claim that none of this is new news or not?
Bonobo
Jun 2013
#31
The source of a message must always be considered. That is what I'm saying.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2013
#18
That's the point, isn't it? Yet our whole country is based on his and the other very flawed
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#30
I think YOU are one missing the point. The fact that Snowden is a creep means that we don't have
Douglas Carpenter
Jun 2013
#39
It's a superficial gossip-driven society, with a mass mentality to match.
Waiting For Everyman
Jun 2013
#46