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In reply to the discussion: Fuck... Another Hero Down The Tubes... Must Want His Chops Back... [View all]Pholus
(4,062 posts)Infuriating, isn't it? To cite a fact over and over again only to have some dumbass try to refute it with made up attacks about the target's psychology and motivation that are unproveable and inconsistent with the evidence.
Since June, every time I wanted to discuss the actual issues of dragnet surveillance invariably some apologist would try to shut it down with "but Greenwald is egotistical" and "Snowden obviously is a narcissist" blargblargblarg.
Oh, and don't forget "you must be a libertarian" insinuations. Those never go out of style.
Anyway, you shouldn't have taken this so seriously. I just decided that given Clarke's unique situation, I could adopt the same style of argument and see how it plays out. It was way too fun, and far less work than actually having to know something.
Game's over, it was never in doubt that you had a valid take on the apparent discrepancy, so thanks for playing.