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2. I'm a bit confused by the OP title
Fri Sep 20, 2013, 04:49 PM
Sep 2013

I thought DU was solely comprised of progressives. Why qualify the intended audience?

Why did you start your own thread on this? enlightenment Sep 2013 #1
Did you object to the thread where they called for banning anyone who favors geek tragedy Sep 2013 #4
No, why would I? That was the original thread on the topic, as far as I know. enlightenment Sep 2013 #9
There was another thread calling it Orwellian and a threat to freedom etc. geek tragedy Sep 2013 #10
I'm aware of the thread. I had just been reading it enlightenment Sep 2013 #11
The Orwellian thread person is merely confused. geek tragedy Sep 2013 #12
Look, I'm really not into enlightenment Sep 2013 #13
To dispute baseless hysteria? Something that should be done sufrommich Sep 2013 #24
I disagree. enlightenment Sep 2013 #28
I'm a bit confused by the OP title 1000words Sep 2013 #2
DU is not solely comprised of progressives. geek tragedy Sep 2013 #3
Majority are progressive. Minority are Reagan Democrats leftstreet Sep 2013 #5
Reagan Democrats are socially conservative, old, white, uneducated. nt geek tragedy Sep 2013 #8
Wrong. What a bigoted thing to say leftstreet Sep 2013 #18
So now you're accusing the truth of being bigoted. geek tragedy Sep 2013 #19
Was that point going to be lost on the not-so progressive members of DU? 1000words Sep 2013 #6
Says a lot, doesn't it? LondonReign2 Sep 2013 #25
Don't spoil their fun! Whisp Sep 2013 #7
This Shield Law is NOT all good... FirstLight Sep 2013 #14
Your last sentence is paranoid nonsense. geek tragedy Sep 2013 #15
i never said anything about gulags FirstLight Sep 2013 #16
The bill extends freedom of the press, it doesn't restrict it. nt geek tragedy Sep 2013 #17
Charles P. Pierce begs to differ. WilliamPitt Sep 2013 #20
I'll take legal analysis and history over his conspiracy theory. geek tragedy Sep 2013 #21
Most of your "rebuttal" is character assassination 1000words Sep 2013 #22
Pierce's article is basically character assassination geek tragedy Sep 2013 #23
Well, think of it like other laws designed to limit the scope of other amendments The Straight Story Sep 2013 #33
Silly me, I thought the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution WAS the "shield law". scarletwoman Sep 2013 #26
The first amendment doesn't protect journalists geek tragedy Sep 2013 #27
Twisted logic. If someone wants to talk to a journalist, the journalist has the right to print scarletwoman Sep 2013 #29
That is reality as it exists today. Doesn't make geek tragedy Sep 2013 #31
I'm opposed to this law; I think it will do more harm than good. alarimer Sep 2013 #30
Since 1896, when the first shield law was passed. geek tragedy Sep 2013 #32
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