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DeSwiss

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7. TRUTH.

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Sat Jan 26, 2013, 03:12 AM

Jan 2013

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Dr. Cornel West: "MLK Today Could Be Taken to Jail Without Due Process Under the NDAA" [View all] Purveyor Jan 2013 OP

Sure he could be but wouldn't. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #1

You mean hatch a conspiracy to assassinate him before he could organize poor people... villager Jan 2013 #9

Who couldn't be? rocktivity Jan 2013 #2

Care to elaborate...your link provided shit re:cornell west... eom Purveyor Jan 2013 #3

My link was meant to provide a way for West to advance his punditry career rocktivity Jan 2013 #4

I'm sure he will be pleased...eom Purveyor Jan 2013 #6

Ad hominem arguments don’t really add a lot to the discussion. 20score Jan 2013 #8

My argument is that Dr. Cornell West has made a speciality rocktivity Jan 2013 #25

And the president has sole discretion to launch nukes jberryhill Jan 2013 #5

Yes, he does, however.. 02potato Jan 2013 #18

TRUTH. DeSwiss Jan 2013 #7

Dr. King was arrested, and Dr. King did not whine about it either graham4anything Jan 2013 #10

Absolute Hogwash! kevm1550 Jan 2013 #11

FYI ... lesser of two evils. 02potato Jan 2013 #15

Then why are you on DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND? Just asking? Go to a 3rd party site graham4anything Jan 2013 #16

Guilt By Association raindaddy Jan 2013 #12

He is paid handsomely for his views. $$$. He is a Naderite Paulite. graham4anything Jan 2013 #17

Where have I heard that argument? raindaddy Jan 2013 #20

except that West IS a naderite, paulite and not a democratic person. Therefore, it goes w/o saying graham4anything Jan 2013 #27

I'll never understand people who place party over substance. raindaddy Jan 2013 #31

because there are only two sides. When push comes to shove, one is better than the other graham4anything Jan 2013 #32

..and you CLEARLY have never read the "Letter from Birmingham Jail"... bvar22 Jan 2013 #24

Paul Wellstone IS a democratic person ALWAYS. He never left the party, he supported Al Gore. graham4anything Jan 2013 #28

And WHO decides that MLK was "orating" but West is "whining". bvar22 Jan 2013 #29

We only KNOW people by what is on the public record graham4anything Jan 2013 #30

Please forgive me for the delay in responding. bvar22 Jan 2013 #35

Dr. West doesn't understand chess Doctor_J Jan 2013 #13

Excellent summation. bvar22 Jan 2013 #23

There is too much NDAA love at DU Doctor_J Jan 2013 #39

And yet Dr. West continues to walk free. JoePhilly Jan 2013 #14

Um, you noticed that, even after accusing the King family of wrong doing. Cornel knows best. freshwest Jan 2013 #26

Not one critic addressed the substance of what he said. Just attacks on his person. 20score Jan 2013 #19

the reason for the anger is also evident choie Jan 2013 #22

Cornel West is a national treasure. blackspade Jan 2013 #21

Ann Coulter could be taken to jail without due process under the NDAA donheld Jan 2013 #33

Ann who? eom Purveyor Jan 2013 #34

That doesn't make any sense. bvar22 Jan 2013 #37

I didn't say I liked this policy now did I? donheld Jan 2013 #38

This is the same type of paranoia that gun nuts have about door-to-door confiscation. nt EastKYLiberal Jan 2013 #36