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In reply to the discussion: Schieffer Destroys Snowden: ‘I Don’t Remember Martin Luther King Jr. Or Rosa Parks Hiding In China’ [View all]dgauss
(881 posts)161. If Snowden had stayed in the US he would be smeared by exactly the same people smearing him now.
The talking points would just be a little different.
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Schieffer Destroys Snowden: ‘I Don’t Remember Martin Luther King Jr. Or Rosa Parks Hiding In China’ [View all]
ProSense
Jun 2013
OP
No strawman. The NSA gets approval to listen in on people's emails and phone calls.
bluestate10
Jun 2013
#193
A phrase was grossly misinterpreted. And if you haven't heard that but HAVE heard they were fake
KittyWampus
Jun 2013
#61
You missed the thread about the NSA's admission of listening to phone calls?
WinkyDink
Jun 2013
#125
Drawing an accurate and relevant distinction is not an ad hominem attack.
LanternWaste
Jun 2013
#261
Einstein failed his entrance exams, ducked the draft, and fled his country.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#2
So? Scheiffer apparently thinks it a defect that Snowden fled the country. So, did Einstein.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#28
Yes, I get your drift but Einstein fled Nazi Germany. Are you implying we're on our way there too?
xtraxritical
Jun 2013
#140
When did Snowden compare himself to Parks or King? Schlieffer did the comparing.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#82
From the outset there have been DUers who compared Snowden to Rosa Parks and MLK
Hekate
Jun 2013
#210
Off topic, but funny, I saw Chris Hayes starring in an old movie called "Slackers" on YouTube.
xtraxritical
Jun 2013
#143
But, but, but...they're a different color and therefore must be diminished...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jun 2013
#220
Well to be fair, Snowden is an 'IT genius' according to his friend on Lawrence O'Donnell.
randome
Jun 2013
#15
I think they are trying to make the point that people without education can be brilliant
treestar
Jun 2013
#20
There has been a lot of study on education and conformity, particularly level of education.
reusrename
Jun 2013
#168
Many people have called Einstein a hero for his accomplishments. So you don't know that. So what?
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2013
#182
How disgusting of you. Einstein fled nazism. I can't believe anyone would compare
bluestate10
Jun 2013
#194
So, Snowden gave up everything to call attention to government spying and you call it
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#202
The Nazis could only DREAM of the level of government spying this is about.
Leopolds Ghost
Jun 2013
#216
I thoroughly and profoundly disagree with Schieffer's smear tactics and despise the
HardTimes99
Jun 2013
#55
MLK and Rosa Parks did a lot of things that were likely to get them killed...
Hippo_Tron
Jun 2013
#135
Eventually yes he was, but the circumstances of his actual assassination...
Hippo_Tron
Jun 2013
#200
A black person that broke ANY law that upheld the notion of white supremacy was subject
Number23
Jun 2013
#208
MLK worked on the premise that only love could conquer hate (to quote a line
HardTimes99
Jun 2013
#237
It seems a lot of people are trying to make this story about the leaker and not the spying. nt
Incitatus
Jun 2013
#7
The story isn't about spying. Your ilk is desperately trying to make it so.
bluestate10
Jun 2013
#199
You are the one who literally is saying that facts don't matter. Unless they support your bias.
KittyWampus
Jun 2013
#65
The Character Assassination Continues - Focus On The Oligarchs - Not The Whistle Blowers
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#25
The Proof Is Found With Greenwald - The Man To Which He Gave The Documents
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#36
Your Disgust - My Cheers That Greenwald Has Them - We Will Have To Agree To Disagree
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#64
Greenwald Is A Journalist For Which I Have Higher Respect Than The US Government Or Obama
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#70
He has to do something to get my respect....where are the documents Greenwald?
VanillaRhapsody
Jun 2013
#73
My My - You Are Quite Angry - Is That Because You Now Realize That You Have Been Lied To
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#83
If You Want Confirmation That The Story Is Probably True Then Watch Nadler - Official Story Mismatch
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#94
Once Again An Assumption That I Am Not A Patriot - Patriotism Is Not A One Size Fits All Proposition
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#111
Yes - Politicians Are Suspect By Definition - Corporations Expect Favors For Their Contributions
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#233
Expected And Predictable Reply - Truly Terrible Commentary On Modern Society
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#250
Your claim doesn't fit facts. The NSA doesn't listen to random conversations.
bluestate10
Jun 2013
#203
My 'sensationalism'? I was engaging in a standard rhetorical device known as hyperbole, never
HardTimes99
Jun 2013
#230
should read "old establishment reporters career frustrated by HS drop out w/ a $2.00 walmart thumb
galileoreloaded
Jun 2013
#42
Hah! I had failed to see the possibility of journalistic envy in all this. Schieffer
HardTimes99
Jun 2013
#68
Had it been a conspiracy,quite possible today's security could have prevented it
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#105
Schieffer Destroys Snowden: ‘I Don’t Remember Martin Luther King Jr. Or Rosa Parks Hiding In China’
The CCC
Jun 2013
#77
and after Snowden is ripped asunder atom by atom the dragnet surveillance (or worse) pink elephant
TheKentuckian
Jun 2013
#89
Agreed. Maybe Obama will work with Snowden to stop the spying on america program
Doctor_J
Jun 2013
#269
Dr. King was proud of his name, proud of his cause, and fought against masks, he didn't wear one. nt
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#101
You probably need to look up the meaning of "incommunicado". Just sayin'......
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2013
#238
WTH CARES what Bob "My Brother Was an Ambassador For Dubya" Schieffer says????
WinkyDink
Jun 2013
#124
I agree, I don't see him and the other leakers of classified information as heroes.
Beacool
Jun 2013
#128
Why is this relevant to the fact that the NSA has been spying without warrants?
blackspade
Jun 2013
#131
I don't remember Martin Luther King Jr. or Rosa Parks being at risk of being executed for treason.
DRoseDARs
Jun 2013
#146
No they weren't at risk of being executed for treason. They could only have been executed at
bluestate10
Jun 2013
#222
And you won't be executed for treason either. You could be executed by a junkie looking for a fix!
DRoseDARs
Jun 2013
#240
Several people on DU made that claim last week. Schieffer was responding to such
bluestate10
Jun 2013
#224
If Snowden had stayed in the US he would be smeared by exactly the same people smearing him now.
dgauss
Jun 2013
#161
He appeals to the elderly nobodies who watch his show expecting the 1980's to appear.
MichiganVote
Jun 2013
#205
Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks were left wing. MLK was a christian communist. Your move ProSense
Leopolds Ghost
Jun 2013
#207
Re: MLK -- wouldn't the Berrigan Brothers be a better analogy? Plowshares movement.
Leopolds Ghost
Jun 2013
#217
I think one of the differences between today's whistle blowers and those before is that today we
jwirr
Jun 2013
#242