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sabrina 1

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11. That depends. It depends on whether your ethics are situational or not. Iow
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 05:47 AM
Dec 2012

if you thought Bush's policies were wrong and spoke out against them while he was president, and you still think they are wrong now that he is gone and don't care what letter comes after the name of the politician implementing draconian, anti-Democratic policies, then NO, Oliver Stone is who he always was, a man who was right about Bush and his policies and still is.

But if you think that policies that were bad under Bush are not so bad when the President has a 'd' after his name, then YES, Oliver Stone, together with a long list of other formerly respected-by-the-left Americans, like Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi, and Jeremy Scahill et al, is a 'troll'. Lol!

It's simple really, blind partisanship is as dangerous as the FFs predicted it would be. It is what allows policies that should be abhorrent to any democracy, to prevail as one side or the other will always turn a blind eye to them if it is their team in charge.

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I don't care what anybody says. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #1
I agreed before I read the sheeps clothing part flamingdem Dec 2012 #3
It is time that progressives on the left talked to crazies on the right AverageMe Dec 2012 #7
Einstein? AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #2
Does Bastiat explain why he considers the loss of moral sense as bad as loss of respect for the law? JVS Dec 2012 #4
Depends. I tend to agree with you, insofar as allowing torture or indefinite detention without legal AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #5
^ green for victory Dec 2012 #6
Great post! dreamnightwind Dec 2012 #9
+100 Taverner Dec 2012 #12
An excellent comment Ian62 Dec 2012 #13
The Patriot Act was wrong... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2012 #8
Is Oliver Stone a DU troll too? A closet Republican sowing dissent? Bonobo Dec 2012 #10
That depends. It depends on whether your ethics are situational or not. Iow sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #11
Oliver Stone is correct Ian62 Dec 2012 #14
all the same DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #15
I lost all respect for Oliver Stone after his completely whacked out CT movie RomneyLies Dec 2012 #16
I don't think the movie JFK was ever intended to be a documentary. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #17
The problem is, Stone believes most of the nonsense presented in the film. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #18
Even the greats of film-making can be assholes. Archae Dec 2012 #19
Have you seen his new documentary Taverner Dec 2012 #20
I haven't seen it, now will I see it. Archae Dec 2012 #21
I like it, Taverner, Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #22
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