How can you say that? (Reply #18) - Democratic Underground

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Sun Jan 1, 2012, 01:30 AM

TomClash (11,344 posts)

18. How can you say that?

You are dismissing his current views by shifting the discussion to his past. You are challenging him based on his views from years ago to discredit him and destroy his credibility, instead of confronting his points directly.

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103 replies	Author	Time	Post
Wow, Greenwald in a new light [View all]	ProSense	Jan 2012	OP
Im glad you guys have a new chew toy	DJ13	Jan 2012	#1
Isn't	ProSense	Jan 2012	#2
Im glad you have decided you can never change your mind	DJ13	Jan 2012	#3
Hmmm?	ProSense	Jan 2012	#4
And changing one's mind means that you should pretend you never held those views	DJ13	Jan 2012	#5
Yeah,	ProSense	Jan 2012	#6
What is that?	cheapdate	Jan 2012	#24
That he claimed to have 'trusted Bush'	MH1	Jan 2012	#34
Frankly, I don't blame a lot of people who did.	TheWraith	Jan 2012	#48
I guess that's why I'm so pessimistic about the future of this country.	MH1	Jan 2012	#59
I don't blame them, either	Aerows	Jan 2012	#70
considering that he told blatant lies right from the start of his campaign	hfojvt	Feb 2012	#100
Yeah, Facts are pesky that way. They stunt the propaganda	Cha	Jun 2013	#101
Replying to a post from 2011, really?	DJ13	Jun 2013	#103
Put another way:	Duer 157099	Jan 2012	#7
Yeah	ProSense	Jan 2012	#9
To be fair	Aerows	Jan 2012	#68
So what?	TomClash	Jan 2012	#8
Hmmm?	ProSense	Jan 2012	#10
Hmmm?	TomClash	Jan 2012	#11
Well	ProSense	Jan 2012	#13
No I can't	TomClash	Jan 2012	#14
Who	ProSense	Jan 2012	#16
How can you say that?	TomClash	Jan 2012	#18
All that idiot has to do	BlueCaliDem	Jan 2012	#19
LOL	TomClash	Jan 2012	#42
So you agreed when GG defended a KKKer, too?	BlueCaliDem	Jan 2012	#45
I have never supported Ron Paul	TomClash	Jan 2012	#52
You are supporting	BlueCaliDem	Jan 2012	#81
For the last time I have never supported Ron Paul	TomClash	Jan 2012	#95
Oh good grief.	girl gone mad	Jan 2012	#46
lol	BlueCaliDem	Jan 2012	#80
Absolutely	ProSense	Jan 2012	#21
What are you talking about?	TomClash	Jan 2012	#43
It's	BlueCaliDem	Jan 2012	#82
Ain't it funny how a lot of folks had epiphanies around 2009?	cheapdate	Jan 2012	#25
that first paragraph	bigtree	Jan 2012	#12
Yep, it's that kind of attitude that screwed us.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#15
Bingo. Thank you, jc.	BlueCaliDem	Jan 2012	#20
Exactly!	ProSense	Jan 2012	#28
I clearly remember one hell of a lot of progressives giving Bush* benefit of the doubt...	hlthe2b	Jan 2012	#17
Yes, many gave Bush	Cameron27	Jan 2012	#22
Yeah, remember all the people on DU who cheered for the Iraq war?	Robb	Jan 2012	#29
Re:	hlthe2b	Jan 2012	#30
I don't remember a single DUer that supported the invasion. Not one.	Robb	Jan 2012	#31
Yet that does nothing to refute.	hlthe2b	Jan 2012	#32
I remember. I don't forgive any of them.	Robb	Jan 2012	#33
I don't	hlthe2b	Jan 2012	#35
Fair enough. nt	Robb	Jan 2012	#37
Democrats who voted for the damn	BootinUp	Jan 2012	#36
Wow, totally wow. Incredibly wow!!	Major Hogwash	Jan 2012	#23
I actually bought that book when it first came out	frazzled	Jan 2012	#26
Seriously,	ProSense	Jan 2012	#27
Glenn Greenwald, Closet Bush Supporter	MjolnirTime	Jan 2012	#38
Deluded	A-Schwarzenegger	Jan 2012	#39
this person makes an interesting critique of Greenwald	Enrique	Jan 2012	#40
Well	ProSense	Jan 2012	#41
yeah, there are a lot of dems you can hang with that	got root	Jan 2012	#44
Your incessant need to tear down Greenwald..	girl gone mad	Jan 2012	#47
funny	bigtree	Jan 2012	#49
Can you cite some examples of my "incessant tearing at the guy"?	girl gone mad	Jan 2012	#50
Here's	ProSense	Jan 2012	#54
"I have been accused of posting pro-DLC stuff (whatever that means). "	PufPuf23	Feb 2012	#99
Glenn? Is that you?	MH1	Jan 2012	#56
Too focused on protecting Greenwald. n/t	ProSense	Jan 2012	#63
greenwald at the president	bigtree	Jan 2012	#64
Well,	ProSense	Jan 2012	#51
What would my defense have to do with his credibility?	girl gone mad	Jan 2012	#53
And	ProSense	Jan 2012	#55
There are a few ex-Republican, ex-Bush voters on this board...	Luminous Animal	Jan 2012	#57
Wait	ProSense	Jan 2012	#58
If we, as DUers can accept personal reformation from our members	Luminous Animal	Jan 2012	#60
Your	ProSense	Jan 2012	#61
Your posts are not intellectual criticism. That is, you do not argue the topic	Luminous Animal	Jan 2012	#65
Here's Greenwald on another Iraq war supporter:	ProSense	Jan 2012	#66
Hmmmmmm.Greenwald had no powerful platform to promote the war...	Luminous Animal	Jan 2012	#69
Hmmm?	ProSense	Jan 2012	#74
"I had not abandoned my trust in the Bush administration" Until he did and wrote a book.	Luminous Animal	Jan 2012	#77
Greenwald	ProSense	Jan 2012	#79
When are you going to expose the ex-Bush DUers?	Luminous Animal	Jan 2012	#86
Wait	ProSense	Jan 2012	#87
Are you saying that Greenwald has already exposed Bush supporting DUers?	Luminous Animal	Jan 2012	#88
In case you missed post #88. When and where did GG expose ex-Bush DUers?	Luminous Animal	Jan 2012	#93
A fucking Bushie	NNN0LHI	Jan 2012	#62
There are several of them here on DU. Shall we expose them?	Luminous Animal	Jan 2012	#67
Media Matters! Started by a fucking Bushie. Holy shit!	Luminous Animal	Jan 2012	#72
How many anti-Greenwald pieces do you intend to keep posting?	slay	Jan 2012	#71
Until Debs (oops -I mean Greenwald)	Luminous Animal	Jan 2012	#73
Well,	ProSense	Jan 2012	#75
Yay! The more the better!	Luminous Animal	Jan 2012	#85
Exposing the facts on Greenwald.. is a neverending necessity.	Cha	Jun 2013	#102
You have upset Team Heather	JNelson6563	Jan 2012	#76
Apparently. n/t	ProSense	Jan 2012	#78
All on the front page of GD right now. Do you see the futility?	DeathToTheOil	Jan 2012	#83
.	DeathToTheOil	Jan 2012	#84
Kick.	Luminous Animal	Jan 2012	#89
Thanks n/t	ProSense	Jan 2012	#90
You are welcome! You are THE voice of DU!	Luminous Animal	Jan 2012	#91
No	ProSense	Jan 2012	#92
No! I insist! Beauty before age!	Luminous Animal	Jan 2012	#94
LOL	Cali_Democrat	Jan 2012	#96
Oh geez, how'd I miss this? It's my favorite rightwing shill,,,eerrr I mean "civil" libertarian.	Tarheel_Dem	Feb 2012	#97
So?	Confusious	Feb 2012	#98

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