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Thursday, May 21, 2009 12:00 AM

Obama's civil liberties speech

As usual, Obama effectively defended various ideals while advocating policies that contradict them
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, May 21, 2009 10:30 AM

    Nail meet head

    This is what fascism looks like...

    ... these policies are now no longer just right-wing dogma but also the ideas that many defenders of his -- Democrats, liberals, progressives -- will defend as well. The more Obama embraces core Bush terrorism policies and assumptions... the more those premises are transformed from right-wing dogma into the prongs of bipartisan consensus, no longer just advocated by Bush followers but by many Obama defenders as well.

    And that's how fascism happens.

    well done!

    —Avit187 Read Avit187's other letters

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