Glenn Greenwald’s Mitt Romney Surrogacy

[Dan3000]

159. Lets step back for a second

The tone of this debate is a little off and it scares me a bit for the sake of our democracy. I am a Democrat but do not agree with everything my party does nor the actions it decides to take. Their is nothing wrong with that. I think that partisanship on both sides of the aisle leads to tribalism where we only seek to intake information which helps our cause and disregard/ discredit/ silence any information which goes against our party. I don't think that is healthy. I think that we need an honest debate about the issues. All of them including civil liberties and Obama's foreign policy. You can strongly disagree with Democrats on positions that they take and write letters or attend peaceful protests to show your disagreement and still call yourself a Democrat.

This is a passage from the NY times article

But not this time. Mr. Obama, through Mr. Brennan, told the C.I.A. to take the shot, and Mr. Mehsud was killed, along with his wife and, by some reports, other family members as well, said a senior intelligence official.

Whether or not we agree with this position that Obama took it is important information that voters need and should be discussed.

Aloyna talks all the time about how "liberal" media such as MSNBC (with the exception of Chris Hayes) ducks important issues. Democrats should not be afraid to talk about difficult topics it is what democracy is all about.

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