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flamingdem

(39,303 posts)
34. Yes, very personal attacks
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 02:02 AM
Jun 2013

now there's a whole twitter feed devoted to it

watch the aclu fall for the drama ..

ACLU Massachusetts ?@ACLU_Mass 25 Jun
Creepy: Glenn Greenwald's partner's laptop was stolen from their Rio home. Nothing else was taken. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/25/greenwald-snowden-s-files-are-out-there-if-anything-happens-to-him.html

here's a twitter hashtag for upset greenwaldistas

#ggscandals

example of the humor:

umair haque ?@umairh 2h
Glenn Greenwald was mean to a puppy once. #ggscandals
Good article--I remember some of that stuff VERY clearly.... MADem Jun 2013 #1
LOL. China is bad. Therefore, we must allow our own government to spy on us. Gotcha. PSPS Jun 2013 #2
How 'bout nsa is not all bad, and we will lose out on critical intelligence flamingdem Jun 2013 #3
NSA not all bad, therefore we must let it do whatever is required, no matter how awful MNBrewer Jun 2013 #5
Holy Shit Is That Person Still Using Nerd Butt? HangOnKids Jun 2013 #7
I was considering changing to nerd arse nt flamingdem Jun 2013 #9
It's the popular new term at the "cool kids table" in the Jr. High School lunch room, I guess. MNBrewer Jun 2013 #11
They must say it in between flipping their hair. HangOnKids Jun 2013 #15
No, I think the cool kids are the ones ragging on members in the Barack Obama Group. KittyWampus Jun 2013 #17
oh, my sides!!! MNBrewer Jun 2013 #19
I hope that there's a lot of examination and rethinking about surveillance flamingdem Jun 2013 #8
Many Here Understand Plenty HangOnKids Jun 2013 #20
Oh so you're into sarcasm that's not easy to decipher flamingdem Jun 2013 #22
Gee Your Word Salad Is Mighty Tasty HangOnKids Jun 2013 #26
It goes well with blue links and copy pasta. Romulus Quirinus Jun 2013 #62
Oh Binka... SidDithers Jun 2013 #100
Not just one zombie, I think he/she split into 3 flamingdem Jun 2013 #103
Yes, that "critical intelligence" in my email and phone calls. Gotcha. PSPS Jun 2013 #12
wtf? Just read the article, it nuanced, your list isn't!! nt flamingdem Jun 2013 #14
Nuance...a fancy French word for "grab your ankles" MNBrewer Jun 2013 #16
so you didn't read the article. too bad, you might have learned something KittyWampus Jun 2013 #18
Whose perspective, is the question... MNBrewer Jun 2013 #21
How's this for fucking "nuance" MNBrewer Jun 2013 #23
Snowdinistas are few and far between flamingdem Jun 2013 #24
Love your appropriation of lingo MNBrewer Jun 2013 #25
You mean for Democratic Party Election wins? flamingdem Jun 2013 #27
Partei, Partei, über Alles. MNBrewer Jun 2013 #28
MNBrewer seems to be an ally of Hangonkids flamingdem Jun 2013 #29
And KittyWampus and Whisp and Cha and sheshe2 seem to be your BFFs HangOnKids Jun 2013 #31
I Think We Must Stop Our "Secret Club" They Are On To Us! n/t HangOnKids Jun 2013 #32
That's not the point. Snowden has shot himself in the foot by taking the focus off the information pnwmom Jun 2013 #40
As long as he hasn't shot himself in the balls like he said leakers should be shot Cha Jun 2013 #48
hard to know-- maybe that was a game he was playing to get in with the right people NoMoreWarNow Jun 2013 #77
... MH1 Jun 2013 #88
No, it's not hard at all. Cha Jun 2013 #94
he just had a convenient change of heart? NoMoreWarNow Jun 2013 #99
Yes, prior to this, nobody knew there even was a NSA. PSPS Jun 2013 #50
I'm not saying you should be happy IF NSA is doing what Greenwald/Snowden claim in the US. pnwmom Jun 2013 #55
I guess the government admitting to the programs aim nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #56
no, therefore snowden shouldn't committ espionage on their behalf arely staircase Jun 2013 #63
your government isn't spying on you snooper2 Jun 2013 #70
We are heading into a Cold War with China the same way we did with the USSR Taverner Jun 2013 #4
Wouldn't it make some sense to have an intelligence edge to smooth things out? flamingdem Jun 2013 #6
If we did, it should all be public Taverner Jun 2013 #54
GREAT article! Cali_Democrat Jun 2013 #10
I think some of us intuited this flamingdem Jun 2013 #13
How astutely said railsback Jun 2013 #30
Yes, very personal attacks flamingdem Jun 2013 #34
Yeah, the hypocrisy is stunning. railsback Jun 2013 #37
Snowden and Greenwald are negative angle? HangOnKids Jun 2013 #33
waiting for your twin to chime in flamingdem Jun 2013 #35
Waiting for your Heathers! HangOnKids Jun 2013 #36
I've determined you are very odd flamingdem Jun 2013 #38
Posting In The Mirror Again? HangOnKids Jun 2013 #39
Sure you do Bobbie Jo Jun 2013 #91
Thank you for an excellent article full of the historical background and context pnwmom Jun 2013 #41
So, if US cyber-spying on China is OK because it is in the interest of the US, JDPriestly Jun 2013 #42
The Chinese hacked next gen weaponry blueprints somehow flamingdem Jun 2013 #43
I don't know. How do you know? JDPriestly Jun 2013 #44
I know because I've been alive a loong time flamingdem Jun 2013 #45
in other words, you don't know fuckall.. frylock Jun 2013 #59
Jury Results flamingdem Jun 2013 #71
3 -3? Scurrilous Jun 2013 #76
gosh, what a relief frylock Jun 2013 #78
quote: If frylock can't debate without being a dick, he should be shown the door by MIRT. flamingdem Jun 2013 #79
well, better luck tomorrow, eh? frylock Jun 2013 #80
I like the smell of baked woodchuck in the flamingdem Jun 2013 #81
lol yeah, i've been here a minute.. frylock Jun 2013 #83
truth is flamingdem Jun 2013 #84
you're probably right. frylock Jun 2013 #86
I had to endure a meeting last night flamingdem Jun 2013 #90
By tacit agreement, all countries spy but no country admits it. FarCenter Jun 2013 #67
That is juvenile. And it completely disregards rights of individuals and JDPriestly Jun 2013 #92
China spying on the U.S. creeksneakers2 Jun 2013 #95
But it doesn't work out for the people, whether Chinese or American. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #98
K&R I love Vanity Fair Number23 Jun 2013 #46
@#$% Vanity Fair Fascists. Scurrilous Jun 2013 #60
but.. but.. a half billion Chinese women can't be wrong! flamingdem Jun 2013 #73
ugh, these are the same sources which said Mark Zuckerberg was handsome and his Chinese American JI7 Jun 2013 #96
I do remember that flamingdem Jun 2013 #97
I just saw that on another site.. Kurt Eichenwald is so over Ed Snowden.. Cha Jun 2013 #47
Don't care about the Snowden Opera. I do care about STELLARWIND TalkingDog Jun 2013 #49
yes, there do seem to be endless attempts to make the story about Snowden, not the spying NoMoreWarNow Jun 2013 #68
A very well-reasoned demolition of Snowden's absurd presumptuousness BeyondGeography Jun 2013 #51
Directing us to books by the Rand Corporation!?! Really? Waiting For Everyman Jun 2013 #52
Article is worth the read LeftInTX Jun 2013 #53
LOL - ohheckyeah Jun 2013 #58
As I told you before... nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #57
I have very few issues with exposing domestic surveillance. haele Jun 2013 #66
You know reading foreign press on this has been fascinating nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #72
Pretty sure it has links. Vanity Fair always seems to run exposes on the financial or MIC corps haele Jun 2013 #75
Well it could be a slow hang out nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #87
Reports are that his data has been taken in China flamingdem Jun 2013 #89
the damage this traitor has done to this country is stunning. arely staircase Jun 2013 #61
oh BS-- like they didn't know. NoMoreWarNow Jun 2013 #64
apparantly they didn't know the specific IP addresses, given their glee at finding out arely staircase Jun 2013 #69
where does it say he gave out IP addresses? NoMoreWarNow Jun 2013 #82
in his interview with a Chinese newspaper arely staircase Jun 2013 #85
Thanks... although I thought you meant IP addresses of US computers NoMoreWarNow Jun 2013 #93
Kick and REC! zappaman Jun 2013 #65
I like this part: ProSense Jun 2013 #74
The whole sordid tale reeks of hypocrisy.. DCBob Jun 2013 #101
I smelt this guy Snowden a fake from the very beginning n/t. But didn't realize his stupidity. JackN415 Jun 2013 #102
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