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In reply to the discussion: OK...It’s now officially ‘Put up or Shut up’ -time [View all]Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)and I'm giving them a more than fair chance to prove it in this thread; since if I'm as wrong as they say it should be laughably easy to prove...FWIW, if folks want to say i'm wrong or call me an idiot, I'm fine with that; and if anyone can prove me wrong, I'll leave DU...But when DUers start calling my character into question (my sig is one of countless examples of posts that juries allowed to stand) and asking mods to get rid of me, then it's all-out war as far as I'm concerned...I'm literally outnumbered 99-1 on the issue, Snowden fans challenged me to make this thread, and they *still* don't want to take me on aside from the random personal insult...
My point has always been if you want to discuss the 'good' leaks from Snowden, you have to discuss the questionable/sensationalist ones as well...Snowden and Greenwald are not protecting our constitutional freedoms and privacy rights by telling the world exactly how we spy on China, Iran and Afghanistan, and sooner or later people will wake the hell up and start wondering who has been the biggest beneficiary of airing out all our dirty laundry while not saying a word in two years about the other bulls in the china shop...And *please* don't insult my intelligence by saying Snowden isn't the issue after the books, movies, statues, hero worship, and his acolytes rushing to post his latest softball interview on DU...
The ball is now in their court...