Permit me to laugh at David Swanson

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201. I sorta hate that line of argument

If somebody asserts that "X is true" or in this case that "Swanson issued an absurd attack on Obama" then I would rather see people argue the merits of the assertion. Is X actually false or is Swanson's attack NOT absurd?

To instead argue "you are not allowed to say that" seems like a weak argument, a bad tactic.

As for call outs, well Swanson is not just a DUer, he is an author, and a writer in other forums. In fact, he really seems to just use DU to promote his writing, rather than belonging to this community and actually discussing things with other DUers. He posts OPs and then never, or very rarely, replies to any of the replies to his OP. As such, he's almost no more of a DUer than Michael Moore, or Glenn Greenwald, or Amy Goodman, or Ralph Nader. However, unlike them, if he, Swanson, gets trashed on DU, he at least has the option of logging in and defending himself.