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always great to hear from Tim Wise JI7 Jun 2013 #1
ny's stop and frisk comes to mind. many have no problem with it Liberal_in_LA Jun 2013 #2
yes. The whole point is that. Whisp Jun 2013 #22
+1 gollygee Jun 2013 #25
+1, few were screaming this loud and long when it was known Muslims were under... uponit7771 Jun 2013 #3
the outrage is that it isn't "just them" JI7 Jun 2013 #5
DU was anti surveillance before anti surveillance was cool Fumesucker Jun 2013 #6
Yes, in fact many were supporting it. But we WERE screaming about it. Glenn Greenwald was sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #13
Muslim survelence ?! I doubt it went past 2 hours worth of DU posting uponit7771 Jun 2013 #28
The world doesn't consist of what happens on DU. Or maybe it does, for some. sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #29
Yes there was outrage, for about an hour or 2....no doubt people didn't like it btu didn't spend uponit7771 Jun 2013 #30
DURec leftstreet Jun 2013 #4
My God... sibelian Jun 2013 #7
Those who are especially chapped are white males? Skip Intro Jun 2013 #8
It is a last resort deflection Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #14
a quote that rings true DonCoquixote Jun 2013 #9
"after all, if what I’m saying doesn’t apply to you, why so defensive, buttercup?" redqueen Jun 2013 #11
Excellent post. And then there are the others who were speaking out about it when Bush sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #15
I wouldn't go so far as to say the Clintons are racist. Whisp Jun 2013 #24
yep grantcart Jun 2013 #10
K&R. redqueen Jun 2013 #12
Lots of posturing going on. If you have always spoken out against these abuses and still are, sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #16
Yes, totally, that says it, thank you. nt bemildred Jun 2013 #17
This just in. People of Color don't care about the NSA and what it does MNBrewer Jun 2013 #18
Only as much as 'they're calling me racist!' is a take home message redqueen Jun 2013 #19
I don't treat Obama any differently over his Surveillance State than I did Bush MNBrewer Jun 2013 #23
Comparing the way he is treated by dems to the way Bush is treated by dems is not a fair comparison. redqueen Jun 2013 #26
I don't think he IS being treated differently by Dems MNBrewer Jun 2013 #27
Wise. Whisp Jun 2013 #20
K&R Solly Mack Jun 2013 #21
OK, so I am jaded, and perhaps a bit paranoid FrodosPet Jun 2013 #31
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