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Uncle Joe

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20. Kicked and recommended.

Reply to Indi Guy (Original post)

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 07:08 PM

Nov 2013

Thanks for the thread, Indi Guy.

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Chomsky: Fight back against NSA spying or be 'complicit' [View all] Indi Guy Nov 2013 OP

very few people give a shit pothos Nov 2013 #1

pothos, welcome to DU... Indi Guy Nov 2013 #2

The Plan billhicks76 Nov 2013 #3

I agree with you newfie11 Nov 2013 #9

... And keep on taking the meds, so I understand; Ghost Dog Nov 2013 #18

The guy from MIT is telling us to fight back against the NSA. ucrdem Nov 2013 #4

Can you elaborate? n/t ronnie624 Nov 2013 #5

Probably thinks anyone at MIT is a CS type and therefore The Man, or something equally dumb. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2013 #25

That he is carla Nov 2013 #10

Universities are pretty big places. When a tenured professor with the stature of Chomsky calls out Ed Suspicious Nov 2013 #12

And the fact that he is tenured means he can call out academe for its complicit contributions to LuckyLib Nov 2013 #28

heavens to betsy FatBuddy Nov 2013 #13

Oh look ...someone on DU is defending the NSA. Well isn't that special. L0oniX Nov 2013 #15

... Indi Guy Nov 2013 #34

�We can be confident that any system of power ronnie624 Nov 2013 #6

Mass media propaganda Titonwan Nov 2013 #11

We didn't just steal rocket scientists from the collapsing Third Reich. Maedhros Nov 2013 #17

Not just propaganda; some elements of the political philosophy. Ghost Dog Nov 2013 #19

Not only is it obvious to everyone, it is also... reACTIONary Nov 2013 #21

How? Demo_Chris Nov 2013 #7

Get your representatives to support the Leahy-Sensenbrenner bill, not the Feinstein one muriel_volestrangler Nov 2013 #14

k&r idwiyo Nov 2013 #8

Sounds a little too much like "You're either with us, or you're against us." baldguy Nov 2013 #16

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Nov 2013 #20

Note that Chomsky makes a significant qualification... reACTIONary Nov 2013 #22

I don't think anyone is arguing that nothing should be secret. Maedhros Nov 2013 #23

You ask very reasonable questions... reACTIONary Nov 2013 #24

The TPP is "effective government?" Maedhros Nov 2013 #26

Sad. But basically true. (nt) reACTIONary Nov 2013 #27

Efficient for the oppressor class. [n/t] Maedhros Nov 2013 #29

And as those of us who are opressed and downtroden well know... reACTIONary Nov 2013 #30

Just WTF are you talking about? Alternative to what? Maedhros Nov 2013 #31

To liberal, democratic governence.... reACTIONary Nov 2013 #32

I get it. Maedhros Nov 2013 #33

Relax. As long as you are... reACTIONary Nov 2013 #35

kick woo me with science Nov 2013 #36