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Douglas Carpenter

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23. You know this is difficult for them. Because ouside of the real libertarians among them - they

Sun Jun 30, 2013, 05:42 PM

Jun 2013

criticize Obama for being too soft - for allowing suspects to "lawyer up" - How can they possibly reverse all of that? I noticed on my own Facebook experience- there are some right-wingers I know from my high school days in a small rural Pennsylvania town - they want to bash Obama on these kind of issues - but when I join in an tell them - YES -I am very upset about this matter too. They all shut up. They want to bash Obama - but they don't want to come out and say that that they want to dismantle the surveillance state or end the drone strikes or whatever. I really don't think this issue is going to work for the advantage of the Republicans - because it would require them to reverse their long standing position of accusing the Democrats of being too ACLU like pro-civil libertarian.

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Freepers rely on DU for good information and discussion Flashmann Jun 2013 #1

Not me, I have not been able to... 47of74 Jun 2013 #3

Gotta love it! In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #2

It appears that some of us are doing their work for them. n/t Ian David Jun 2013 #4

Someone else always does their work for them.. Notafraidtoo Jun 2013 #9

+1...nt SidDithers Jun 2013 #17

++ flamingdem Jun 2013 #18

This surveillance is a Republican operation. dkf Jul 2013 #27

Like someone from a totalitarian state observing how people in a free country are able to disagree Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #5

+1 n/t NRaleighLiberal Jun 2013 #7

They are not that bright their hate will consume them they are incapable of prolonged rational thoug YeahSureRight Jun 2013 #13

But can they punctuate? nt LWolf Jun 2013 #15

Message deleted by the DU Administrators YeahSureRight Jun 2013 #16

How special. LWolf Jun 2013 #19

perhaps I have a loftier view of human nature - but sometimes I think many disagreements are one Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #20

Sigh good luck being a peace maker they are dead to me, beyond hope or help. YeahSureRight Jun 2013 #24

I think they just look at the pictures Gman Jun 2013 #6

The heads are probably exploding over on conservativecave.com! rdharma Jun 2013 #8

They are just doing "opposition research" yellowcanine Jun 2013 #10

It's only fair, we rely on them for the laughs. nt NoGOPZone Jun 2013 #11

They're good for that! nt rdharma Jun 2013 #12

I hope they continue to read LittleBlue Jun 2013 #14

perhaps threads on NSA surveillance aren't gaining traction over there because they support it frylock Jun 2013 #21

You know this is difficult for them. Because ouside of the real libertarians among them - they Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #23

NO SHIT Skittles Jul 2013 #26

Exactly. (no text) Quantess Jul 2013 #35

We've caught the tea partiers/Rand Paul supporters, Republicans and i've noticed alof of freepers okaawhatever Jun 2013 #22

personally I think it is time for DU Admin to make defending authoritarianism a TOS violation Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #25

I definitely think Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #28

not at all. I had just assumed that commitment to western democracy was an underlining assumption Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #29

What some here don't believe in Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #30

fine, just don't call those of us who do believe in liberal western democracy names when we are only Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #31

Oh, did I "call you names"? Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #32

no you have not. But we are seeing constant comments suggesting those of us who are against the ever Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #33

Well, then we're back to my original reply Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #34

+1. but most of the folks defending it are not going anywhere & there will never be such HiPointDem Jul 2013 #36

you are almost certainly right that there is never going to be such a rule. I once assumed all Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #37

i doubt they are liberals. more like libertarians. soft on sex & drugs, hard on crime & money. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #38

I call BS Coyotl Jul 2013 #39