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88. "Paranoid" means paranoid.

Reply to Waiting For Everyman (Reply #74)

Tue Aug 13, 2013, 04:37 PM

Aug 2013

And do other countries not have spy agencies equivalient to the NSA? You say...

I mean, this sort of explains a lot of the wild, unproven claims, and the bizarre focus on foreign surveillance

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How long are you going to deliberately mislead people on this board? Or maybe I should say be allowed to?

What do other countries having "spy agencies" have to do with my point, which is Snowden's bizarre focus on foreign surveillance?

You don't like my opinion? I mean, your response appears to be "deliberately" misleading because the opinion is mine. You don't have to agree with it. Still, who made you a board police in charge of opinions?

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Snowden, "famously paranoid" [View all] ProSense Aug 2013 OP

It's the regime that's acting paranoid. Pursuing scary whistle blowers and threatening them. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #1

Yes, that typically character-assassinating headline was hilarious from an "irony" villager Aug 2013 #2

His words. Are you suggesting he's not helping his case? n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #4

...taken entirely out of context, by you. As usual. villager Aug 2013 #6

What context is needed for "famously paranoid"? ProSense Aug 2013 #10

Your OP falsely insinuates it's some kind of third-party diagnosis. villager Aug 2013 #18

What the hell are you talking about? They're his words. n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #27

"What the hell are you talking about?" Indeed. villager Aug 2013 #29

The usual, villager... MrMickeysMom Aug 2013 #176

yet Obama's words vs actions get a free pass from the promoters lol nt msongs Aug 2013 #57

Totally taken out of context. This is scraping the bottom of the barrel. nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #117

Please explain Just Saying Aug 2013 #131

picking those two words out of the entire article and using it as a headline Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #140

What's wrong with taking an interesting quote from the article posted? Just Saying Aug 2013 #149

Nah Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #150

I don't even know what this OP is supposed to be about. NuclearDem Aug 2013 #151

And perhaps your history has you reading more into it than is there. Just Saying Aug 2013 #156

Except there's a difference between the colloquial definition of paranoid and the clinical NuclearDem Aug 2013 #164

what's to worry? bigtree Aug 2013 #13

Thanks for posting this davidpdx Aug 2013 #195

Pursuing people entrusted with classified documents who steal thousands of them, pnwmom Aug 2013 #34

Wow! A whole list of scary bogeymem. So, who's paranoid? Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #58

Well, we know Snowden is paranoid, because he said he was famous for being paranoid . . . pnwmom Aug 2013 #61

So, you and he agree that the world is very dangerous and we should all duck? Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #72

Not duck. Igel Aug 2013 #96

It's like a movie-of-the-week in progress. nt BumRushDaShow Aug 2013 #3

Obama, "famously ineffective". Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #5

Got a link to Obama saying that? ProSense Aug 2013 #7

He has as much context as you do, for your fake headline villager Aug 2013 #20

Clearly, the OP is upsetting to you, but that's not my problem. ProSense Aug 2013 #26

Clearly, the responses are upsetting you, but that's not my problem. villager Aug 2013 #31

LOL! ProSense Aug 2013 #36

I agree the thread is rapidly become bizarre, ProSense villager Aug 2013 #37

Abandoning all pretense now that you've admitted to focusing on my "track record"? ProSense Aug 2013 #40

Ah yes, and now the lapse into the psychoanalysis of the responses... villager Aug 2013 #42

Wait, ProSense Aug 2013 #44

"Next time focus on the topic, and not me" villager Aug 2013 #59

Sure I got a link where it says that. Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #49

The talking points have arrived: all operatives should concentrate on possible mental illness. xocet Aug 2013 #8

^^^this^^^ L0oniX Aug 2013 #12

Delivered by Snowden? ProSense Aug 2013 #15

I know right!!! It is just pitiful. "But he said he was paranoid!!11!!" LOL nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #152

Prosense-- it's come to this.... mike_c Aug 2013 #9

^this too^ L0oniX Aug 2013 #14

Indeed. villager Aug 2013 #23

LOL! Thanks for your opinion. I guess by now ProSense Aug 2013 #22

For me it's been the constant drumbeat of "Obama can do no wrong"... truebrit71 Aug 2013 #24

As opposed to the drumbeat of Summer Hathaway Aug 2013 #186

'driven by your personal agenda' markiv Aug 2013 #28

"i think this poster is an administrative assistent" ProSense Aug 2013 #30

ok, you got me markiv Aug 2013 #32

Yes, "that's what it really is" ProSense Aug 2013 #33

indeed, that's what it is nt markiv Aug 2013 #35

LOL. I always find it amusing how people announce they're putting someone on ignore Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #63

I always find it amusing when people whine about them announcing it. n-t Logical Aug 2013 #114

Saying that one finds something 'amusing' Summer Hathaway Aug 2013 #192

New rule: People that claim to be amused on the internet never are. Bonobo Aug 2013 #136

So I'm actually irritated and embittered that mike_c put ProSense on ignore? Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #205

What do you mean?!! It's a huge "Good bye cruel world" to ProSense.. Cha Aug 2013 #216

+ 1000! She is beyond understanding now. n-t Logical Aug 2013 #112

LOL! Cha Aug 2013 #215

I think he was also paranoid about the boxes in his garage! Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #11

boxes? Incitatus Aug 2013 #21

Have you noticed Summer Hathaway Aug 2013 #70

The issue here is not whether we made fun of the people who Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #73

You miss the point. Summer Hathaway Aug 2013 #75

Deliberately, like everything else related to the attempted deflections. ProSense Aug 2013 #95

Oh dear, it would take me thirty seconds to fill up a page of blue links Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #161

Oh my ProSense Aug 2013 #174

It is a permanent DU phrase thanks to you! :) Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #181

LOL! ProSense Aug 2013 #204

See my post at Reply #183 Summer Hathaway Aug 2013 #184

Yeah, I've noticed a Lot of snowden's "boxes in garage" references in a mocking Cha Aug 2013 #217

You've done it this time, Vinnie! CJCRANE Aug 2013 #120

lol! Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #122

! hootinholler Aug 2013 #209

Exactly Summer! Just Saying Aug 2013 #79

Then you missed the beginning of the character smears when Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #159

The "boxes in garage" et al nonsense Summer Hathaway Aug 2013 #183

I remember it well Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #185

Obviously Summer Hathaway Aug 2013 #187

Oh but I could easily. I went back and looked at some so they are not hard to find at all. Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #188

Well, if they're not hard to find Summer Hathaway Aug 2013 #189

Trust Me DontTreadOnMe Aug 2013 #16

LOL BeyondGeography Aug 2013 #77

<3 reformist2 Aug 2013 #17

�Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you� - Joseph Heller n/t 1awake Aug 2013 #19

Paranoia is the proper attitude for any security professional. bemildred Aug 2013 #25

Imagine how paranoid he would be if Obama assasinated US citizens abroad. The Link Aug 2013 #38

Paranoia is a component of wingnutism/Libertarianism. As "American" as Salem village. n/t UTUSN Aug 2013 #39

Exaggeration used for rhetorical effect. NuclearDem Aug 2013 #41

LOL! ProSense Aug 2013 #43

You seem to be the only one who thinks this is significant NuclearDem Aug 2013 #46

I guess that's why you and others rushed to this thread, huh? n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #48

I rushed to this because I don't take kindly to perceived mental illness being exploited NuclearDem Aug 2013 #51

More nonsense. You're suggesting that Snowden suffers "mental illness." ProSense Aug 2013 #52

Then why point it out in the first place? NuclearDem Aug 2013 #60

Point out what? ProSense Aug 2013 #80

You made it about Snowden's mental state in the first place. NuclearDem Aug 2013 #90

No, I didn't. ProSense Aug 2013 #91

Since you're not going to argue the points and simply deflect, we're done here NuclearDem Aug 2013 #93

LOL! ProSense Aug 2013 #101

One may imagine "Dr." Frist utilized the same justification LanternWaste Aug 2013 #223

Everything is so funny. Hissyspit Aug 2013 #196

I think I'm Paranoid Puzzledtraveller Aug 2013 #45

Paranoid with good cause, Obama has drones and he isn't afraid to use them...... bowens43 Aug 2013 #47

Tell it to Issa. He's practically peeing in his pants to impeach. -nt CakeGrrl Aug 2013 #64

I heard the "konk" myownself MrMickeysMom Aug 2013 #177

The more articles you post about Snowden, the more we learn about you NoOneMan Aug 2013 #50

Actually, your comment says more about you. ProSense Aug 2013 #53

I am rubber, you are glue NoOneMan Aug 2013 #62

Yes, you do. n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #102

+1,000- or more cali Aug 2013 #54

Well, it's clear why you support personal attacks on other DUers. ProSense Aug 2013 #56

There is a conspiracy against you? Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #66

no just a bunch of cali Aug 2013 #78

So does this person need help, too? CakeGrrl Aug 2013 #65

Yeah the wild, unproven claims and bizarre focus says a lot Rex Aug 2013 #55

Will you ever give it a rest? hobbit709 Aug 2013 #67

Then don't read it. nt BumRushDaShow Aug 2013 #68

Thank you for your 2 cents worth. hobbit709 Aug 2013 #69

We can only hope. A break would be welcome. nt snappyturtle Aug 2013 #132

Some people claim you're a paid operative. I don't know if that's the case or not DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2013 #71

Exactly! Puglover Aug 2013 #76

"Exactly"? It's nonsense ProSense Aug 2013 #82

Aw..... Puglover Aug 2013 #92

That doesn't work. It's a sign you have no response. n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #98

LOL if it makes you feel good..... Puglover Aug 2013 #110

Yeah, ProSense Aug 2013 #113

LOL! ProSense Aug 2013 #81

I just alerted your attack. Let let it be noted you are a bully. I am sick of watching one DU'er KittyWampus Aug 2013 #83

And you may get my post locked, we will see DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2013 #84

And of course your bullying attack wasn't locked. Congratulations, you are a bully KittyWampus Aug 2013 #85

I don't find cause for celebration when I say what I want to say without having my words stricken. DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2013 #87

Not surprising. Look ProSense Aug 2013 #89

+1000000 Just Saying Aug 2013 #130

So paranoid about personal encryption=paranoid mentally? Waiting For Everyman Aug 2013 #74

"Paranoid" means paranoid. ProSense Aug 2013 #88

You don't like getting confronted, do you? Waiting For Everyman Aug 2013 #94

What? ProSense Aug 2013 #97

What "personal attacks"? Waiting For Everyman Aug 2013 #105

"As long as you keep misleading people, either I am or someone else is, going to rebut you." ProSense Aug 2013 #107

LOL! Waiting For Everyman Aug 2013 #111

It was me dismissing nonsense. ProSense Aug 2013 #115

It was you making NoSense. Waiting For Everyman Aug 2013 #124

Go look at your first comment and compare it to your current. ProSense Aug 2013 #126

So my replies aren't up to your high standards, eh? Waiting For Everyman Aug 2013 #133

Maybe Snowden's quote will make the list... Sancho Aug 2013 #86

Well, somebody's paranoid! polichick Aug 2013 #99

Welcome back. ProSense Aug 2013 #103

Thanks :) polichick Aug 2013 #104

Then why are you worried about my opinion? n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #109

Your posts never worry me... polichick Aug 2013 #125

Your ProSense Aug 2013 #127

... warrprayer Aug 2013 #100

Anyone have an updated list? DesMoinesDem Aug 2013 #106

Thanks for ProSense Aug 2013 #108

Wow, that is embarrassing. She is out of control. n-t Logical Aug 2013 #116

No, ProSense Aug 2013 #118

That is absolutely disturbing NoOneMan Aug 2013 #119

It is. Why would someone do something as "disturbing" as copying two months of someone's posts? ProSense Aug 2013 #121

Im talking about obsessive stalkers NoOneMan Aug 2013 #123

So you agree with my comment? n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #129

No NoOneMan Aug 2013 #144

"I'm currently searching for a double facepalm picture." ProSense Aug 2013 #146

Its either that or post 100,000 bluelinks NoOneMan Aug 2013 #170

Well, at least you admit that focusing on "bluelinks" is not the "healthy choice." n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #172

Perhaps you need a hobby? Just Saying Aug 2013 #134

Some People Enjoy Crapping In A Punch Bowl HangOnKids Aug 2013 #207

Haven't tried either Just Saying Aug 2013 #208

This message was self-deleted by its author HangOnKids Aug 2013 #222

Holy Guacamole, that is some list! Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #210

It's not like ProSense Aug 2013 #211

I have actually become an admirer of yours! Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #212

You mean, ProSense Aug 2013 #213

Post removed Post removed Aug 2013 #214

You've spiraled down into Breitbart territory. Marr Aug 2013 #128

Another comment, another bogus personal attack. ProSense Aug 2013 #138

Only 15 recs? LOL. Imagine if the unrec was still in place! n-t Logical Aug 2013 #135

Thanks ProSense Aug 2013 #139

So. Fucking. Transparent. hootinholler Aug 2013 #137

You. Seem. Upset. ProSense Aug 2013 #141

Not. At. All. hootinholler Aug 2013 #142

Good. To. Know. ProSense Aug 2013 #143

Should. I. Be? hootinholler Aug 2013 #145

That's on you. Now, ProSense Aug 2013 #148

Oh, so you failed then. hootinholler Aug 2013 #157

Wait ProSense Aug 2013 #160

I did. hootinholler Aug 2013 #165

"I said you were either seeking attention or trying to change minds." ProSense Aug 2013 #167

Oh, the more the merrier! NuclearDem Aug 2013 #168

This � 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #147

Interesting point. n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #154

Wow, you don't understand much about encryption or passwords. Bonobo Aug 2013 #155

No ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #175

You seem to be completely unaware of the meaning of 'passphrase' DesMoinesDem Aug 2013 #203

Okay ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #218

Your argument makes no sense. DesMoinesDem Aug 2013 #219

Maybe ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #220

The-Sane-Asylum SHRED Aug 2013 #153

The-Sane-Asylum: Russia n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #162

Spin Furiously, Spin! bobduca Aug 2013 #158

Yeah, ProSense Aug 2013 #163

This Thread is Rec'd by Really Nice Obedient NSA-Loving DU'ers! bobduca Aug 2013 #166

You're calling them names because they rec'd the thread? ProSense Aug 2013 #171

Pop Psychologist is in, only 5 cents! bobduca Aug 2013 #173

"It's Important to Understand that Policy Protection is No Protection" On the Road Aug 2013 #169

so when is greenwald coming back to the usa? madrchsod Aug 2013 #178

Take a deep breath....... alittlelark Aug 2013 #179

If you do it quietly, ProSense Aug 2013 #180

You could back out of this site.... alittlelark Aug 2013 #182

Yeah, ProSense Aug 2013 #199

Post removed Post removed Aug 2013 #201

You're calling someone "delusional" when your post makes no fucking sense? ProSense Aug 2013 #202

Post removed Post removed Aug 2013 #191

Cha-ching. Gravitycollapse Aug 2013 #190

Interesting OP. Behaving like Spy Vs. Spy in Hong Kong, yet never got himself an escape hatch. Hekate Aug 2013 #193

Very astute observations. n/t Summer Hathaway Aug 2013 #194

Not at all, actually. Hissyspit Aug 2013 #197

"Political naivete" ... Summer Hathaway Aug 2013 #224

Nailed it, and ProSense Aug 2013 #200

Ah, today's instructions have arrived... RetroLounge Aug 2013 #198

Kick! n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #206

Kick Ass! RetroLounge Aug 2013 #221