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In reply to the discussion: G. Greenwald is addicted to arguing, isn't he? [View all]grasswire
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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