Grifters On Parade@ggreenwald: What happened to the whole thing about opposing the use of the FBI to investigate and punish domestic dissent? I believe there's a House GOP Committee that was created -- U.S. House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government -- to oppose this:

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[–]tomatopotato★ Free Assange ★ 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Minor(?) nitpick, but the name of the committee is annoyingly vague and eminently forgettable. Why not just call it something straightforward like the Subcommittee on the Violation of Free Speech by the Federal Government?

What happened to their usually reliable abuse of artistic license (a la "Patriot" Act), Did they not have time to think up one of their stupid acronyms (a la PREP)?

It's like they can't wait for this one to die down.

[–]penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (10 children)

These idiots never think of what happens when they praise the shoe but it ends up on the other foot, they just cluelessly shake their heads and wonder how it happened.

[–]3andfro 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

what happens when they praise the shoe but it ends up on the other foot

What a great way to make the point clearly.

[–]therazorx👹🧹🥇 The road to truth is often messy. 👹📜🕵️🎖️[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

I still remember the post I made on WOTB reddit where I pointed out that what was happening to RW'ers now was basically what happened with their consent to Arabs and Muslims, only to be met by a few RW'ers arguing how it was "different".

[–]penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Of course it is, until it isn't.

[–]therazorx👹🧹🥇 The road to truth is often messy. 👹📜🕵️🎖️[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

"First they came..."

[–]penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Yep. It seems that most humans have to learn lessons the hard way.

[–]tomatopotato★ Free Assange ★ 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yes, myself included. It was easy for me to spot the rot of neocons/PNAC. The process was considerably more arduous when it came time for me to acknowledge the utter depravity of my (ex-)"team". And even more time was needed for me to even begin to glimpse between the lines at all that was/is unsaid.

I lament our school systems, glossing over atrocities of the past as a relic of history, rather than a sign of the future.

[–]penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The process continues for me. I easily divorced the Dems but had separated from them at some level during Obama's first term by switching to No Party Preference. What I'm finding now is how many issues I thought my opinions were settled on that I'm starting to re-think.

[–]3andfro 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Learn and relearn eternally as new generations come along.

[–]therazorx👹🧹🥇 The road to truth is often messy. 👹📜🕵️🎖️[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There's a quote I absolutely love (and might be why I'm so into history and trying my best to see through bullshit);

"Fools learn from experience, Wise men learn from everyone else's experience".

It's an Apocryphal Quote attributed to Otto von Bismarck. (there's also a variant attributed to Socrates which again is questionable)

[–]penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I was always a sucker for cautionary tales, as in "that really sucked for [whoever], reminder to self: don't never ever do that."