I see people like Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi and Cenk Uygur are being attacked in a big way

[TiberiusB]

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What libertarian views does Greenwald express that you disagree with? Can you link to an article to support your position? Libertarian, around DU anyway, seems to have become code for "Ron Paul acolyte," which, to me, is short hand for "if you agree in any way with anything Ron Paul says, you are a demented racist and everything you say is almost certainly a lie." When you say that you "found out" about some of Greenwald's political leanings, you seem to be suggesting that they were some sort of secret, or are somehow obviously distasteful. It's a perception only bolstered by your subsequent statement that you are a fox and Greenwald is a hedgehog, suggesting that you believe yourself to be more open minded as compared to the rigid, dogmatic Greenwald. Or were you not referring to the Archilochus quote:

"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."

Perhaps you were referring to the essay by Sir Isaiah Berlin ( http://www.kheper.net/topics/typology/Fox_and_Hedgehog.html ).

Even when you seem to be accepting of the idea that people on "both sides" (an ironic statement given that we are all supposedly concerned with the same, or at least similar, goals) are often to quick to engage in vacuous ad hominem attacks, you are only able to muster the ability to point the finger at critics of Obama. Let's take your arbitrary example of discussions over the recently announced new mercury regulations. I read four threads about the new mercury rules, and the closest anyone came to criticizing Obama was to say that the rules were not designed to go into effect until 2014, which opens the door to all kinds of political shenanigans. I saw nothing about "concentration camps for Americans" or "Obama is a murderer," or anything that could even be construed as being on that level. Can you actually point out who said anything like that and print the quote?

The problem I have with those people that attack Cenk, Greenwald, or Taibbi (or anyone else, for that matter) is that they nearly always devolve into clumsy attacks on their character rather than the message.

I don't doubt that many here are sincere in their belief that critics of the Obama Administration are closet racists itching to embrace their inner Ron Paul, "reformed" neo-cons, or deluded whiners waiting for their pony. My problem isn't with their convictions, it's with their tactics.