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In reply to the discussion: Strange how the same people running around calling everyone Authoritarians [View all]Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)90. Looks like it doesn't it. Some people have principles and some do not. nt
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Strange how the same people running around calling everyone Authoritarians [View all]
JaneyVee
Aug 2013
OP
But they don't announce when, so you can't safely take advantage of the fact.
Jackpine Radical
Aug 2013
#135
If we had had more panic and outrage about this program and if we had asked more questions
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#79
Isn't funny how certain posters who have an entire forum to theirselves...
last1standing
Aug 2013
#205
No, correcting grammar is what snarky people do when they don't have anything of substance to say.
Just Saying
Aug 2013
#173
The only thing I don't understand is why the DLCers object to the word "authoritarian"
BlueStreak
Aug 2013
#206
I also need to ask you, what do you think would be effective ways to deal with the problem
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#81
Very good. I agree and I want to emphasize that many of us feel that this is way bigger than the
Ed Suspicious
Aug 2013
#88
If democrats force democratic candidates to stick to a progressive platform it just sort of takes
Ed Suspicious
Aug 2013
#115
So if "democrats force democratic candidates to stick to a progressive platform"...
KharmaTrain
Aug 2013
#121
Part of the genius of the crimes of the NSA and the FISA court are that their deliberations
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#226
None of the people you complain about are putting up photo spreads of Guy Fawkes
Fumesucker
Aug 2013
#9
Yeah, I bet he orders up a random drone strike to take the edge off after a hard day in Congress
Fumesucker
Aug 2013
#28
would you still feel the same if a republican were president right now?
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#52
The hate teachers on this site have done a great job turning this once intelligent forum into
lumpy
Aug 2013
#75
Holy crap. I was just reading that and saw the note about alerting but figured no one could have
Number23
Aug 2013
#187
All flaws are on one side, the other side has all warrant to do and say anything in any way
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#114
I never tell anybody how to vote or what to think. I simply state how I feel and vote.
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#21
+1000. I'm afraid the OP is just factually wrong. Besides that lawsuit, the ACLU also is suing
quinnox
Aug 2013
#25
no more compromise. no more grand bargains. Now is the time to fight for the 99%.
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#27
"our country's demise"? this is why all the derision--it's not just the blatant denial,
MisterP
Aug 2013
#30
One has to wonder what the OP knows about things like The Gulf of Tonkin or Kent State...
cherokeeprogressive
Aug 2013
#53
Not to mention the Red Scare and the McCarthy era. All Right Wing in origin.
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2013
#55
Uh, 58,000 Americans died in Vietnam. Along with one or two million Vietnamese.
Comrade Grumpy
Aug 2013
#64
I shan't. Nor shall I forget that The President LIED us into that war.
cherokeeprogressive
Aug 2013
#74
Not really, it is clear that the OP is lacking in historical context going back at least to McCarthy
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#117
You bash us for mocking you then say we're running around with our hair on fire.
last1standing
Aug 2013
#38
Thanks, JaneyVee. Yes, there do seem to be a number of bullies among the "anti-authoritarians" here.
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#42
Who needs FEMA camps when the U.S. already has the biggest prison system in the world?
backscatter712
Aug 2013
#69
Look the other way. The party will protect you. Until they're no longer in power that is...
cherokeeprogressive
Aug 2013
#72
Why are you turning your lack of concern for our democracy and constitution into an attack
cui bono
Aug 2013
#94
"In Jewel v. NSA, EFF is suing the NSA and other government agencies on behalf of AT&T customers"
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2013
#98
If it walks like a duck, swims like a duck, has feathers and quacks like a duck
hobbit709
Aug 2013
#104
"mocked, shamed, insulted, and called names" like "randroid racist Obama haters"?
Warren Stupidity
Aug 2013
#105
Really? Over simplified? Nope. I won't give an inch on the 4th Amendment. nt
snappyturtle
Aug 2013
#230
I'm really sick of the sermons about other people's errors and sins. I don't care what the 'side' is
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#120
Just because you want Corporations/Government to have strict oversight and control over everyone's
Zorra
Aug 2013
#127
Can the OP support this 'same people' assertion by giving mulitple examples of such or is this
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#130
So let's open the discussion on whether or not we should investigate the NSA and Booz-Allen.
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#141
Authoritarians love their authoritarian leaders like Clapper, Alexander, Mueller, and Comey. nm
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#186
You made an OP complaining about insults, and then you insult people in the same OP?
ZombieHorde
Aug 2013
#142
Not sure about in general, but on DU it is the "centrists" who are smug, condescending and arrogant.
redgreenandblue
Aug 2013
#153
They want to hobble law enforcement and MAKE US LESS SAFE! ...from pot smokers.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2013
#154
R#59 & K for, WOW!1 Am re-posting O.P. with highlighting!1 & I for one am willing to WORSHIPJaneyVee
UTUSN
Aug 2013
#158
They dont even bother to look up the definition of authoritarian before they use the
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#220
People have long ago made up their mind how to deal with those who disagree with them
davidpdx
Aug 2013
#233
I stopped posting in any "hair on fire" threads... I wish they would go start a new website.
DontTreadOnMe
Aug 2013
#251