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In reply to the discussion: Thank Representative Grand Theft Auto for the TPP Security--And Reid and Pelosi. [View all]1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)this pulls together something that has been nagging at me since the "it's that, it's secret" narrative, has taken root in DU ... The circular nature of the argument, suggests it is manufactured on the fly.
1) TPP is bad ...
What makes you think it is/will be bad?
2) (Someone told me) the leaked documents have stuff we won't like ...
Okay, but there is no way to verify that the leaked documents are current, or even, valid because the negotiations are secret.
3) Exactly! Why are the negotiations secret? Not even our Senators can see the documents. It must be bad ...
But it's not secret. Any Senator that wants to see the draft proposals, can.
4) Well, the Senators (that I trust) that have seen it, that are criticizing the negotiation's secrecy, say it has stuff we won't like ...
Like what?
5) That's the problem; it's secret so they can't tell us. We D. People need to be able to see it ...
Okay. There are literally 1,000s of negotiations and policy proposals ongoing that no one seems to care about being handled the same way. What's different here?
6) Go to #1