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In reply to the discussion: Raw Story apologizes to Glenn Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill [View all]nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)38. just to have a justice who reveres the Constitution would be a good start.
i'd take Turley too.
i don't love all of GG's positions on everything, but that's the nature of the law. it's not supposed to be political. it's supposed to be principled. GG pisses many off b/c he's not in lock-step with their political aspirations. this is one of the amazing and wonderful things about the Constitution...it's intended to provide a basis for fairness rather than a basis for a hegemonic group to get everything they want. you want freedom of speech, you have to deal with "offensive" speech. you want freedom of religion...then you have to deal with my want for freedom FROM religion. etc and so on.
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Someone corrected you earlier. Here is a blue link to it - possibly for your edification...
xocet
Feb 2014
#82
What? Referring to GG as "High Lord Douchenozzle" isn't the sort of...
WorseBeforeBetter
Jun 2012
#30
I don't think this is the kind of 'fame' anyone wants. When you act like a deranged person online
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#43
They probably wanted to give some attention to minority blogs. But the minority blogosphere is huge
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#54
just to have a justice who reveres the Constitution would be a good start.
nashville_brook
Jun 2012
#38
...aaaaaand...folks heaping on Greenwald need to know that he's going to push back. as is his right.
nashville_brook
Jun 2012
#39
And what makes you think he doesn't? He's pretty tough and I laugh when I see people try to take him
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#47
No politician is worth abandoning principle. It's been fucking embarrassing to witness.
whatchamacallit
Jun 2012
#23
There is a large cross over between the freeperish anti gay types and the anti Greenwald activists
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2012
#40
ABL's Twitter comments are among the most irrational & nasty I've ever seen.
DirkGently
Jun 2012
#44