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In reply to the discussion: Re: Attacks on Snowden, Greenwald. How the fuck do people like that sleep at night? [View all]NanceGreggs
(27,813 posts)... "favouring or enforcing strict obedience" to your opinion, at the expense of those who hold a differing view.
Questioning the integrity of Greenwald/Snowden, or the veracity of their often contradictory statements, is what truth-seekers tend to do. What you are advocating is complete acceptance of everything both men have said and done, the strict proof of their assertions to be dismissed as irrelevant - or, in your mind, to be perceived as an "attack" on two people whose version of things is to be taken as "the truth" without further inquiry or discussion.
"Does this make those who attack Snowden and Greenwald while ignoring the real story bad people? Fuck yes it does, and it makes me ill."
Your assumption that people who don't find Greenwald/Snowden completely credible are "ignoring the real story" is beyond ridiculous. There have been numerous posters here who have repeatedly expressed their concerns - at times, their outrage - at the NSA's conduct, despite the fact that they question Greenwald/Snowden's version of events, in whole or in part.
What is particularly striking is the fact that many GG/Snowden adherents are the first to label Obama supporters as mindless cheerleaders, idol worshippers, victims of "cult of personality" thinking; people who will blindly accept what they are told without hesitation. And yet they fail to see this behaviour in themselves.