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In reply to the discussion: A Glenn Greenwald Survey [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Greenwald so frequently that I am certain it is part of the Smear Campaign that was being prepared by one our 'Security Contractors' for BOA to try to discredit him, when it was exposed by Anonymous.
But no one ever explains it. That is how you recognize talking points. They are repeated and repeated and repeated so that others will pick them up and repeat them over and over again. But no one ever explains them.
If I have a criticism of someone I don't repeat someone else's talking point. I criticize them in my own words.
So could you explain that talking point so that we finally know what it is supposed to mean and maybe actually DISCUSS something rather than simply throw out baseless, and they are baseless without something to back them up, talking points.
As for why the people need to know what the NSA was doing, They are DOING IT IN OUR NAME, paid for by OUR TAX DOLLARS, BILLIONS OF THEM. The people have a RIGHT TO KNOW what their government is up to and what they are doing with OUR MONEY.
Google, FB are not the government, they are private entities and NO THREAT TO OUR RIGHTS, since we DON'T have to participate in private businesses if we don't like their practices. '
Surely you know the difference between the power of a private corp and that of the Government?
Greenwald is an exceptional journalist, he was from the day he began blogging about Bush/Cheney's lies when he was merely an obscure blogger, hated by the Right, loved by the Left.
I wondered if he would be discovered back then when our media like today, merely dishes out propaganda and bloggers like HIM were who we turned to for FACTS. I am thrilled to see his success and the respect he has now all over the world.
How any democrat could possibly join the smear campaigners from the right wrt Greenwald is a mystery to me.