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Douglas Carpenter

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25. personally I think it is time for DU Admin to make defending authoritarianism a TOS violation

Mon Jul 1, 2013, 02:00 AM

Jul 2013

the same way it was a TOS violation to oppose marriage equality even when that was still the position of the Obama Administration and the position of most prominent national Democratic Party leaders. We can all agree to disagree about how much the Obama Administration is to blame for the emergence and expansion of this massive surveillance state. But there is no excuse for defending it now. And as you correctly point out - it is only a small handful of trouble makers who keep posting their authoritarian nonsense. I never in my wildest nightmares imagined that someday I would have to defend the foundations principles of liberal western democracy on a Democratic forum. If someone was posting that nonsense back 2007 - they would almost certainly have been TS's very quickly.

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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