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In reply to the discussion: What the hell, DU? [View all]DirkGently
(12,151 posts)No one engaging in the ludicrous ad hominem, guilt by association, etc. etc. etc. of Snowden, Greenwald, et al. then turns around and acknowledges we need to look into what they are saying.
Their point, and their only point, in each and every smear, is to attack the messenger in hopes of damaging the message, out of a misguided and irrational belief that it is more important to cover the administration's ass politically than to ever look at the truth.
No one thinks these are honest observations of the importance of how many boxes are in Snowden's garage, or the state of Greenwald's student loans, made in a good-faith effort to bring meaningful information into the discussion.
They are smears, intended to distract and destroy, to avoid discussion the issue at hand.
We all know this.