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DisgustipatedinCA

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64. Cut her some slack.

Tue Dec 16, 2014, 10:40 PM

Dec 2014

She's not so much interested in the case as she is in getting Octafish banned. Surely you can understand that the little details like accuracy don't matter nearly as much as keeping your eyes on the prize.

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Greenwald's hero, Barrett Brown, will be sentenced today for threatening a federal agent and hacking [View all] struggle4progress Dec 2014 OP

I watched twenty seconds of each clip, and here's my Dr. Oz/Dr. Phil/TV Quack take. MADem Dec 2014 #1

He's been waiting for this day since he was seven! randome Dec 2014 #2

He's a sometime heroin addict still upset he doesn't live in Highland Park anymore struggle4progress Dec 2014 #3

Sounds like an anon script kiddie with a massive ego. joshcryer Dec 2014 #6

I have just named him Crooked Man! snooper2 Dec 2014 #14

He's got that heroin lean...you see it in the hardcore junkies. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #16

That's stating the obvious! Initech Dec 2014 #23

"Dr. Oz/Dr. Phil/TV Quack" Jamaal510 Dec 2014 #62

The prosecution didn't object to a mental competency exam. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #85

"I don't make plans... arely staircase Dec 2014 #4

He's a lesser star in the heroic constellation of GASM (Greenwald-Assange-Snowden-Manning) struggle4progress Dec 2014 #5

so a big bowl of crazy and ego. gotcha. nt arely staircase Dec 2014 #13

Sentencing postponed till Jan. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #17

I thought buddy lists vanished with DU2 struggle4progress Dec 2014 #20

I have resurrected mine. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #22

It must now be populated with zombie DUers who crawled out from under their pizzas struggle4progress Dec 2014 #26

(Frantically erases all traces of buddy list..............) dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #35

GASM! Number23 Dec 2014 #75

Gasp!!! GASM! Hekate Dec 2014 #78

s4p, I too am thoroughly impressed. You've coined it perfectly...."GASM". Tarheel_Dem Dec 2014 #103

GASM should be added to the DU lexicon... SidDithers Dec 2014 #111

LOL Cali_Democrat Dec 2014 #11

He's definitely not The Joker. Initech Dec 2014 #24

At least he didn't give Wall Street banksters all they wanted. Octafish Dec 2014 #7

Ah yes Andy823 Dec 2014 #9

Great point, Andy823. This thread is about hating Greenwald. Octafish Dec 2014 #10

I hope Greenwald has the same influence for his friends as the Wall St Fraudsters and War sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #12

Wall-Street-on-the-Potomac is Buy Partisan. Octafish Dec 2014 #18

Nah Andy823 Dec 2014 #44

If by ''bash'' you mean point out the hypocrisy in many policies, OK. Octafish Dec 2014 #45

He was for them Andy823 Dec 2014 #54

I have no problem criticizing Obama. Show where I 'bash' him. Octafish Dec 2014 #63

That's all they got. Rex Dec 2014 #71

That's all very personal to another DUer, and frankly boring. sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #74

You stay classy...defending a guy who threatened children with harm.... msanthrope Dec 2014 #15

Nice smear. Octafish Dec 2014 #19

It's a smear pointing out that you have posted supportively about a guy who threatened children? msanthrope Dec 2014 #21

No. I posted in support of Greenwald telling the truth. Octafish Dec 2014 #25

Greenwald telling the truth? Like this column where he fails to mention the threats to children? msanthrope Dec 2014 #29

You made out like I condoned child molestation, msanthrope. That is a smear. Octafish Dec 2014 #32

Child molestation? Barrett Brown was not charged with such. But he was charged with making threats msanthrope Dec 2014 #34

Opinion: Why you should care about journalist Barrett Brown's sentencing today Octafish Dec 2014 #36

Sure--he's a misunderstood genius who went on a homphobic rant and threatened children, and msanthrope Dec 2014 #37

He was charged with making threats against children? I can't find that charge. Luminous Animal Dec 2014 #41

Indeed....try clicking on the indictment, linked above. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #50

Like I said, there is nothing about threatening children. Luminous Animal Dec 2014 #60

When you read the indictment, did you completely miss the part where the GJ quoted Mr. Brown's msanthrope Dec 2014 #79

I think what they're trying to say is that tammywammy Dec 2014 #81

LA is a parent. I can't think any parent would make such a defense. Right? nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #82

What I am trying to do is stick with the facts, as we know them. Msanthrope made the Luminous Animal Dec 2014 #89

You are aware, aren't you, that a person's kids can be adults? You made the claim that he Luminous Animal Dec 2014 #87

Okay...so you think threats against people's children are okay as long as they are adults? nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #92

Goal posts� moving. You lost this one counselor. Luminous Animal Dec 2014 #102

Um no...you are the one who brought up the unsupported supposition that his children are adults. msanthrope Dec 2014 #107

Actually, I was responding to your unsupported position that they are minor children. Luminous Animal Dec 2014 #108

Then we are at equipoise. Of course, you've been avoiding something this whole thread..... msanthrope Dec 2014 #109

But you've posted in support of a guy who has actually killed children. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2014 #53

Who? nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #55

A denial in the form of a question. Noted. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2014 #57

Wow, that's a seriously loony attack you're making. Marr Dec 2014 #28

Pointing out what was correctly stated in the indictment--threats to children is somehow "loony?" msanthrope Dec 2014 #30

No, saying Octafish's comment should be considered a violation of the TOS here. Marr Dec 2014 #31

Yes--I think that defense of a homophobe, and a person who threatened children is a violation of the msanthrope Dec 2014 #33

Try to focus. Marr Dec 2014 #46

Any DUer may use the search function to reveal not just support on this thread, but msanthrope Dec 2014 #49

He didn't plead guilty to that charge. Luminous Animal Dec 2014 #58

Which doesn't mean he didn't make the threats...they are on video. As part of his plea deal, msanthrope Dec 2014 #83

How did you come to the conclusion that Robert Smith's "kids" are children? Luminous Animal Dec 2014 #42

Try reading the indictment, linked above. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #51

I read it. It mentions family but nothing about "children" other than Barrett's quote Luminous Animal Dec 2014 #56

From this statement, it seems you did not understand the indictment. I can't help you msanthrope Dec 2014 #80

Threats against the agent's kids, NOT children. Again zero evidence that the kids are not adults. Luminous Animal Dec 2014 #86

Excuse me...is there an age at which threats against a LEO's children become legal? msanthrope Dec 2014 #90

All they wanted? treestar Dec 2014 #99

Give the guy a break. randome Dec 2014 #8

Meditation -- the gateway drug! struggle4progress Dec 2014 #27

His mom pled guilty, too..... msanthrope Dec 2014 #94

Something, something, something. BFEE. Something, something...nt SidDithers Dec 2014 #38

Fuck the feds. I hope the case against Brown is dismissed. Vattel Dec 2014 #39

He pleaded guilty in April so dismissal of charges is unlikely: now they're wrangling about sentence struggle4progress Dec 2014 #40

Um...he pled. And is apparently singing like a canary. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #52

Sez the poster who has gotten very little right about this case. Luminous Animal Dec 2014 #61

Cut her some slack. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2014 #64

Oh...I don't want Octafish banned. I think there is no better spokesperson msanthrope Dec 2014 #84

Show where I am wrong and I will apologize for making a mistake. Octafish Dec 2014 #88

Show you where you are wrong? Keyword search "cropcircle" for msanthrope Dec 2014 #95

Again, a smear. Octafish Dec 2014 #96

I thank you for making my point. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #106

^^^^^^^ grasswire Jan 2015 #112

relevance please? Vattel Dec 2014 #68

Knew there had to be somebody treestar Dec 2014 #100

Strawmen are so easy to knock down. Vattel Dec 2014 #110

Sentencing has been delayed until 22 Jan. nt Crabby Appleton Dec 2014 #43

I made it 41 seconds into the first video before I had to stop. Rec'ing for the sheer comedy alone Number23 Dec 2014 #47

You can read Greenwald on Brown here struggle4progress Dec 2014 #48

He is requesting SENTENCING leniency. If you had clicked on the Free Barrett Brown link Luminous Animal Dec 2014 #59

Shaking my head after reading through this thread. malokvale77 Dec 2014 #65

It's really quite sad. Luminous Animal Dec 2014 #67

It's a game for the usual suspects. Rex Dec 2014 #73

Greenwald doesn't seem, to know what Brown pleaded guilty to struggle4progress Dec 2014 #69

Really. You are the one confused. Greenwald is well aware of Barrett's Luminous Animal Dec 2014 #72

Here's an interesting article on Brown. octoberlib Dec 2014 #66

I agree with Greenwald's general point about prosecutorial abuse. Jim Lane Dec 2014 #70

That is a good post. Thank you. Luminous Animal Dec 2014 #76

Except punishment is not meted out by prosecutors but by judges and juries. randome Dec 2014 #97

Greenwald correctly notes that prosecutors can in effect mete out punishment. Jim Lane Dec 2014 #105

Cretins like this belong in a cage. Ykcutnek Dec 2014 #77

Uh, Brown was writing about "real life" Oilwellian Dec 2014 #93

Check out Greenwald colluding with Brown about his Guardian article... msanthrope Dec 2014 #91

I watched some other stuff on this treestar Dec 2014 #98

I don't know much about Greenwald, but I do know his detractors often employ dishonest and even Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #101

good, thoughtful post. nt grasswire Jan 2015 #113

I wonder what his DU handle is? Tarheel_Dem Dec 2014 #104