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In reply to the discussion: Whether some DUers like him or not [View all]gtar100
(4,192 posts)171. Maybe so (on all your assertions) , but Drake didn't have the impact Snowden has.
Sadly, celebrity is so much more important to our culture than the issues that really make a difference to our lives.
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here you go pro. i almost never come into your threads. but, here is the jury. and
seabeyond
May 2014
#78
Writers often get paid by the word, 5 to 10 cents is common. If I were to be paid to write
A Simple Game
May 2014
#47
Did you just compare spying to what African Americans endured prior to the Civil Rights Act?
stevenleser
May 2014
#92
You make this out to be too much about the person. Just a distraction from the real wrong that is
gtar100
May 2014
#166
Maybe so (on all your assertions) , but Drake didn't have the impact Snowden has.
gtar100
May 2014
#171
perhaps this is an example of the yawning black hole between legal and ethical
azurnoir
May 2014
#25
p.s. what Senator Rand Paul (R, KY) tells CNN's Wolf Blitzer can be safely ignored. nt
ucrdem
May 2014
#77
No, that's saying "people who mention information" are not "contacts overseas"
muriel_volestrangler
May 2014
#120
why go the route of personally insulting and judging...is that how "mature" people do things?
Sheepshank
May 2014
#157
The "he did it so I can do it" rational is childish. That's not an insult.
rhett o rick
May 2014
#160
I dont like it when conservatives pretend to be liberal and espouse their
rhett o rick
May 2014
#162
I agree that I need to work on it. I should just ignore the conservatives pretending to be
rhett o rick
May 2014
#164
Well to be fair he was China Eddie first and he was almost Ecuador Eddie but the US forced him...
L0oniX
May 2014
#79
What a childish rational. "Someone called the Pres a POS, so that excuses my similar behavior."
rhett o rick
May 2014
#140
"Evidence collected illegally cannot be used in a court." And our security state
rhett o rick
May 2014
#168
That's rich, given the lies being constantly shit on President Obama here
ConservativeDemocrat
May 2014
#104
Go and ask other leaders of the world if they thought American spying on them was
malaise
May 2014
#31
It is truly naive to think that any nation is not spying on any other nation.
MohRokTah
May 2014
#49
I deeply respect Snowden. He risked his life - for what we believe is "America."
chimpymustgo
May 2014
#56
He re-blew the whistle that had made Congress legalize what the NSA did 8 years earlier
Recursion
May 2014
#58
Doesn't make much difference whether you "like him or not". The American people don't.
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#105
So how do you gauge public opinion, oh wise one? Do you "unskew" the polls as well?
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#114
That was back in January. I have not seen a poll since the interview last night.
Jefferson23
May 2014
#118
My guess is that people who already supported him watched the show. Others had better things to do.
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#122
Turning Against Truth Tellers is One More Unconscionable Act. Thanks, malaise. nt
tea and oranges
May 2014
#112
Is this thread a joke ? It doesn't matter if DUers "like" him or not !!!!!!
Trust Buster
May 2014
#115