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In reply to the discussion: G. Greenwald is addicted to arguing, isn't he? [View all]ancianita
(36,053 posts)89. When you're the best informed, personally, by a whistleblower, it's tempting to respond to the
intent of those who presume the expertise to challenge you.
People who are trying to "sort things out" together discuss. Those who've got more than most already sorted out don't "discuss" with others as much as they will explain or argue.
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It's interesting how we tend to pathologize those with which we disagree.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#1
Like you, I seriously doubt that this would have happened without Snowden et al.
Vattel
Jun 2014
#64
When bullshit in journalism is close to a media standard, no-bullshit journalist is subversive. nt
ancianita
Jun 2014
#94
Clarke is like many smart posters on this board...able to decry government excesses while
msanthrope
Jun 2014
#18
Clark knows a lot more about national security than Greebwald does. And the damage that
lumpy
Jun 2014
#78
he's obsessed with it. he can dish out shit but don't try to point out he's wrong..he'll come after
Cha
Jun 2014
#9
He is a lawyer. What do you expect? It's his job to argue. It's his job to think.
JDPriestly
Jun 2014
#21
Greenwald didn't win a Pulitzer prize. The British newspaper The Guardian that revealed
lumpy
Jun 2014
#80
Some of us are not 'defenders' of the NSA, just against a journalist who seeks glory by riding the
lumpy
Jun 2014
#84
The fact that several news outlets/individuals have access to the remaining NSA documents
lumpy
Jun 2014
#132
That's kind of you.. I don't feel sorry for him at all. He's his own worst enemy and
Cha
Jun 2014
#36
Hmmm, I wasn't aware that you had the creds to diagnose over the tee vee, like the Ablow guy on Foox
tea and oranges
Jun 2014
#77
I can see that too. Especially at the NSA where the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals said "no"
Lint Head
Jun 2014
#30
Mr Scorpio pointing out GG's "he always has to be right".. is a "straw man argument"?
Cha
Jun 2014
#37
It is the, "even if they're initially wrong" part of the argument that made it invalid. nt
Live and Learn
Jun 2014
#39
Nope.. just pointing out the facts. That's an especially valid point with Greenwald.
Cha
Jun 2014
#42
Why aren't you insisting that the NY Times, The Guardian, and Bart Gellman RELEASE THE FILES!
Luminous Animal
Jun 2014
#43
Indeed. Start OP after OP after OP after OP after OP after OP after OP after OP after OP after OP
Luminous Animal
Jun 2014
#50
How do you know. Prove it. Snowden forbid them originals; they could only get viralled copies
ancianita
Jun 2014
#98
The Guardian gave what they had to them. You think the Guardian is lying?
Luminous Animal
Jun 2014
#103
When did this happen? I'm going to ask Greenwald about this this coming Thursday in Chicago.
ancianita
Jun 2014
#108
The documents are supposidly to be scanned for US security reasons, according to Greenwald's
lumpy
Jun 2014
#92
Horrors that someone argues politics. I suggest that DU shut its doors. SHUT IT DOWN.
Luminous Animal
Jun 2014
#40
You saw nothing of the kind. I watched the whole show and nothing of the sort happened. Why bullshit
ancianita
Jun 2014
#99
I've seen Ann Coulter keep her shit together better. Wow....that was quite the display by GG. nt
msanthrope
Jun 2014
#69
Saying "bullshit" after being rudely interrupted is not keeping your shit together? Bullshit.
ancianita
Jun 2014
#100
Well, like your reply, it does seem to indicate a fair amount of heat that a more
msanthrope
Jun 2014
#104
Yes, we should all use Ann Coulter as a measurement for successful discourse.
Hissyspit
Jun 2014
#126
When you're the best informed, personally, by a whistleblower, it's tempting to respond to the
ancianita
Jun 2014
#89