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regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
13. If the WRONG person is killed...
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 10:17 AM
Nov 2019

...you can be sure Barr will lay the blame on Nancy Pelosi and House Democratic leadership.

Botany

(70,501 posts)
4. Right wing radio aka hate talk radio along w/Fox News, and other right wing shit media such ...
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 09:28 AM
Nov 2019

... as Newsmax & Sinclair Broadcast* are the result of Reagan's getting rid of the fairness doctrine
and for almost 40 years millions of people's minds have been made fertile ground for the sewing
of lies and conspiracies. Trump and company are caught dead to their rights on their dirty
dealings w/the Ukraine/Putin and now they are trying to shift the focus from the crime to the people
who alerted us on the crimes.


* and don't forget right wing pastors and Christian evangelicals for poisoning people's minds

Johnny2X2X

(19,059 posts)
5. THEY DON'T HAVE A NAME!!!
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 09:29 AM
Nov 2019

Rightwing sites put the name out of a guy they've been trying to implicate in baseless conspiracies for years. There is zero credible evidence this person is the whistle blower. The whistle blowers name is not know.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
11. This is how I think we should handle this.
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 09:44 AM
Nov 2019

"Big deal. He received second hand information from the very people who have actually come forward and testified to first-hand information." We should stress the anti-climactic quality of this "big reveal." It's a month too late for it to be interesting. Hopefully this takes pressure of the WB too.

And if there are legal actions we can take against the people who leaked the name, we must pursue those vigorously.

0rganism

(23,944 posts)
15. goal: intimidate future whistleblowers
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 10:22 AM
Nov 2019

and they don't even have to go after the right person for that to work

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
16. I thought this as well, but they are looking at it as he or she
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 10:25 AM
Nov 2019

set off the whole chain of events.

genxlib

(5,524 posts)
9. There are two crowds on this
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 09:36 AM
Nov 2019

There is the 'volume and venom' crowd who actually wants to know so they have somewhere to direct their anger.

But then there is the rat-fucking crowd who doesn't really want to know. They would rather have a faceless boogieman to stir the shit about. It doesn't actually help them for it to become known.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
12. Excellent point about preferring a "faceless boogieman."
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 09:46 AM
Nov 2019

For the sake of the WB, we should treat this as anti-climax in light of the first-person testimony we've received. This is not to minimize the importance of the whistleblower, but to try to take pressure off this person.

Cicada

(4,533 posts)
10. I saw a you tube commenter volunteer to serve on treason firing squad
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 09:42 AM
Nov 2019

Some people view opposition to Trump as treason

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