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Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 12:53 PM Nov 2015

LOL.... Greenwald is now a Ben Carson fan

Yes, let's ignore the 99% of his other idiotic stances because he's "right" on this issue because ideology has to trump everything...

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/668762765566324736

Your hero, ladies and gentlemen...

EDIT: Folks keep wondering how long I'll harbor this grudge against Greenwald, and the answer is: Until one of us is dead.

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OnyxCollie

(9,958 posts)
2. Ben Carson is a tool of Putin!
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 01:20 PM
Nov 2015

Terror watchlist good because Ben Carson hates it.

Drones/domestic surveillance good because Rand Paul hates it.

LOL! Damn, your ability to embarrass yourself to provide humor to others is quite impressive.

Autumn

(45,106 posts)
3. Yes Greenwald is a hero. Ben Carson is absolutely right on the watch-list.
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 01:30 PM
Nov 2015

It used to be democrats at one time disagreed with the watch-list, especially the part about being put on it and nobody will tell them why. If that stand by Ben Carson makes Greenwald a Ben Carson fan then I'm a fucking Ben Carson fan.

Autumn

(45,106 posts)
8. No trumad I didn't forget anything, I'm dead fucking serious. For a person to not be able
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 01:51 PM
Nov 2015

to find out why they are on that watch list is a real problem. That's something democrats were against at one time until Greenwald was against it and Carson made sense for once now some of you are all for that watch list.

Autumn

(45,106 posts)
20. In this instance Carson is dead right, and what I said was
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 03:36 PM
Nov 2015
If that stand by Ben Carson makes Greenwald a Ben Carson fan then I'm a fucking Ben Carson fan too
. Do you disagree with Greenwald pointing out the truth even if it's an idiot telling the truth? The Op who is well known for his dislike of Greenwald and is putting down Greenwald for pointing out that Carson is right on the watch list even if guns are his motive, hence the
LOL.... Greenwald is now a Ben Carson fan
and the
Your hero, ladies and gentlemen
. I remember how upset democrats were here when that watch list was done by the bush administration just because people had no way to find out why they were on it.
 

trumad

(41,692 posts)
21. No I don't disagree---
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 04:46 PM
Nov 2015

But it won't make me ever utter the words "I am a Ben Carson Fan"...although technically I just did.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
4. Only thing is, Carson thinks a 'watch' list is composed of actual watches.
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 01:32 PM
Nov 2015

He learned about such things in Brain School.
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gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
6. So, is Carson wrong?
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 01:43 PM
Nov 2015

A secret list that you can't know you're on until it's too late, without recourse or appeal. I'm no supporter of Carson, but I seem to recall seeing this very sentiment expressed at DU. By that metric there are a lot of "fans" of Ben Carson right here.

Or is this just casual complaining about Glenn Greenwald because reasons?

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
9. I'm sure Ted Cruz says some nice things on occasion, too.
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 01:53 PM
Nov 2015

Does that mean we should praise him? There are plenty of other topics and sources Greenwald could use to make his point. I think he deliberately chooses morons like Carson because he knows how much attention that will bring him.

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gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
12. Asking Greenwald directly is out of the question, I suppose
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 01:59 PM
Nov 2015

I don't hold myself out as a mind-reader, but for those who do, may I suggest you base your readings on slightly more than a random tweet?

There's another thread here in General Discussion where Rush Limbaugh said he doesn't think Ben Carson is equipped to be president. If one agrees with that assessment, does that make a person a Rush Limbaugh fan?

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
13. But Rush Limbaugh should never be used as a 'source' for that all-too-obvious statement.
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 02:06 PM
Nov 2015

There are plenty of other sources regarding watch lists and how to balance security with privacy. A brain-addled Ben Carson adds nothing to the discussion and Greenwald knows that. But adding to the discussion is not Greenwald's goal.
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Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
10. Huh?
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 01:54 PM
Nov 2015

How do you come up w. G. "is a Ben Carson fan."

Occasionally someone who's wrong about MOST things is nonetheless RIGHT about SOME things.

Greenwald is simply observing that Carson is right about the watch list.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
15. I'm betting that Carson didn't even know what the
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 03:09 PM
Nov 2015

terror watch list was 10 minutes before he did the interview with Greenfield. Just got quick-briefed enough to tell Glenn what he wanted to hear.

 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
17. It seems like Greenwald often times has glowing things to say about GOPers
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 03:12 PM
Nov 2015

While he goes after Dems like Obama and Hillary.

Things that make you go hmmmm.....................

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