Civil liberties disappear in the 2012 Democratic platform.

[ProSense]

188. No, but maybe

"Care to address the language that was removed?"

...you can explain why I should take someone who writes this serioulsy:

Doesn’t pledge not to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. As noted earlier, the platform does not say that the safety net should be part of deficit reduction. That’s good. But nowhere does it affirm support for protecting those programs from cuts or pernicious changes like raising the retirement or eligibility age—things that, in the past, Democrats were prepared to do. Sure, Democrats will “block Republican efforts to subject Americans’ guaranteed retirement income to the whims of the stock market through privatization,” and “adamantly oppose any efforts to privatize or voucherize Medicare,” but that’s a low bar and wouldn’t preclude cuts or eligibility changes. The platform says “We reject approaches that that cutting benefits is the only answer.” To me, the operative word there is “only.”

An opinion piece loaded with straw men may excite you, but it's patently absurd.

Game Changer: Biden Guarantees No Changes in Social Security
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021226318