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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLOL.... 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.
Marr
(20,317 posts)OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)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)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.
Forgot that sarcasm thingy...
Autumn
(45,106 posts)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.
trumad
(41,692 posts)That's sarcasm.
Autumn
(45,106 posts)trumad
(41,692 posts)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)He learned about such things in Brain School.
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hee hee
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)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)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)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)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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KG
(28,751 posts)Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)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)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)While he goes after Dems like Obama and Hillary.
Things that make you go hmmmm.....................
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid