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25. I remember watching Richard Nixon whine about the press when I was a kid

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #19)

Fri Oct 24, 2014, 11:15 AM

Oct 2014

Here's what my Dad said: 'Never trust a man who hates a free press.'

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Internet chiefs told to curb Islamists online [View all] CJCRANE Oct 2014 OP

Better yet, find the injection point in real time and descend upon it heavily seveneyes Oct 2014 #1

hal dembotoz Oct 2014 #2

Mullahs are out of control cosmicone Oct 2014 #3

That's a nice thought leftynyc Oct 2014 #4

The Kurds are secular. CJCRANE Oct 2014 #8

So it seems the two choices leftynyc Oct 2014 #11

The religious fanatics seem to be more of a threat to us. CJCRANE Oct 2014 #13

I agree leftynyc Oct 2014 #15

Spoken like a true imperialist. The Stranger Oct 2014 #28

Then where are the other choices, Einstein leftynyc Oct 2014 #30

Non-sequiter The Stranger Oct 2014 #34

Aren't you tired of blaming all leftynyc Oct 2014 #36

I just wanted to poke in here to remind you that you don't know what your are talking about. Ash_F Oct 2014 #43

Saddam was a doomed man in 2003. The Radical Islamists would have taken over by 2009 FrodosPet Oct 2014 #48

You realize that this "choice" is no accident -- in fact, it is by design. The Stranger Oct 2014 #27

Spare me the breastbeating nonsense leftynyc Oct 2014 #31

So you admit that the root of the problem is "imperial rule." The Stranger Oct 2014 #33

Uh - no leftynyc Oct 2014 #35

"Yeah, f##k historical context." cprise Oct 2014 #39

Go ahead leftynyc Oct 2014 #40

There is no 'paternalism' that compares to Pax Americana cprise Oct 2014 #37

Pretending that leftynyc Oct 2014 #38

No it isn't cprise Oct 2014 #41

I have no problem with leftynyc Oct 2014 #42

Its the ranting about "bullshit" that is tiresome cprise Oct 2014 #44

Saudi Arabia makes me ill leftynyc Oct 2014 #45

Its a mistake to blame victims for the results of your own agression cprise Oct 2014 #47

OK - if you want to continually leftynyc Oct 2014 #51

Actually, Israel and the U.S. have always subverted the secularists -- including the Ba'athists -- The Stranger Oct 2014 #26

But here in the US religous extremists are having more and more influence whereisjustice Oct 2014 #10

American fundies and Islamic fundies cosmicone Oct 2014 #22

I don't see much difference. Many GOP/Tea Partiers openly talk about implementing Biblical Law CJCRANE Oct 2014 #49

No. Freedom of speech in the marketplace of ideas, remember. One would need hate speech laws. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #5

Blaming the media leftynyc Oct 2014 #12

Man, the problems with this post... Android3.14 Oct 2014 #14

The UK government seems to also embrace my "authortitarian" approach, no? Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #16

As does the North Korean government Android3.14 Oct 2014 #17

Restricting propaganda from one terrorist source makes the country just like NK..all righty then. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #18

Strawboy argument Android3.14 Oct 2014 #20

Social media platforms already control the content CJCRANE Oct 2014 #24

Like the teabaggers, some folks think private companies not wanting to broadcast hate and Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #32

Their broadcast stations are social media platforms based in America. CJCRANE Oct 2014 #21

This is a really bad idea, Governments banning together to block speech they do not like Youdontwantthetruth Oct 2014 #6

True. However one wonders CJCRANE Oct 2014 #7

Private media companies and private cable news also do not need to provide a big platform. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #19

Private cable/sat/internet companies can pick and choose what they do and do not broadcast Youdontwantthetruth Oct 2014 #23

I remember watching Richard Nixon whine about the press when I was a kid Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #25

Very well said! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2014 #29

Government policies that promote disparity while eliminating accountablity whereisjustice Oct 2014 #9

Does any one else here imthevicar Oct 2014 #46

"Giving aid and comfort to the enemy" is illegal CJCRANE Oct 2014 #50