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In reply to the discussion: Greenwald links to pieces arguing the validity of citing Ron Paul's views, and more [View all]villager
(26,001 posts)About which there are many uneasy questions to be raised.
Here, actually, is the premise of the piece your Greenwald-denouncing link links to:
"Paul remains the only major candidate, Democrat or Republican, who has taken a stand against our endless wars (including the war on drugs) and the authoritarian national-security state -- the most urgent, dire threat to individual liberty today. It should be but isn't a shock to realize that he is the only major candidate to oppose presidential power to summarily assassinate American citizens."
What's worth discussing is why both Dems and all other Repulicans are on board with this assault against our liberties and rights?
That's the point of discussion. Denouncing someone because they're seen in the virtual company of somebody else -- in lieu of taking on the policies themselves -- is, well, if not demagoguery, certainly sidestepping.