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rhett o rick

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7. I doubt they read very far. They are afraid that it might rock their tightly

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 12:53 PM

Jul 2013

knitted denial world. They are authoritarians for a reason. They have learned (read "brain washed&quot that life is so much easier if you let the authoritarian "Big Daddy" (parents, teachers, elected officials, priests, Popes, God, etc.) do their thinking for them.

I think they are flush with "talking points". And when out of talking points they resort to:

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Worthy read, Aljazeera-opinion piece on Edward Snowden [View all] kpete Jul 2013 OP

K&R Cleita Jul 2013 #1

K&R 1-Old-Man Jul 2013 #2

OMG that's powerful. " Privacy is a kind of power as well as a right..." chimpymustgo Jul 2013 #3

Will the sockpuppets even read it? Ichingcarpenter Jul 2013 #4

Well, actually, probably not done throwing up yet. railsback Jul 2013 #6

I doubt they read very far. They are afraid that it might rock their tightly rhett o rick Jul 2013 #7

+100 n/t ChazII Jul 2013 #8

READ THIS POINT PEOPLE Ichingcarpenter Jul 2013 #5

there's so much here...but this really leapt out at me: nashville_brook Jul 2013 #9

Headline is incorrect, this is not Al Jazeera at all, it's from Tom's Dispatch flamingdem Jul 2013 #10

The link is from Al Jazeera - by this author who writes for TomDispatch kpete Jul 2013 #12

'You are accused of spying on the spies felix_numinous Jul 2013 #11

There are many misguided people that can write eloquently. This author is one of them. nt AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #13

Why? whttevrr Jul 2013 #17

knr forestpath Jul 2013 #14

He lost me at Billions...n/t Scurrilous Jul 2013 #15

lost me at 'like Anne Frank'... Whisp Jul 2013 #16