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To: EveningStar

If that were the case Ben then you would be revered, however, you are not and I personally rank you as one of the bad guys. You too are just as guilty of promoting your opinions as news, but it is fake news, and we the people are very tired of fake news. Admin, delete this garbage post by a garbage muckraker purveyor of fake news.


13 posted on 02/22/2017 10:55:30 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong
Unfortunately, many conservatives have embraced this sort of binary thinking: If it angers the Left, it must be virtuous. Undoubtedly, that’s a crude shorthand for political thinking. It means you never have to check the ideas of the speaker, you merely have to check how people respond to him.

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It’s not good enough to just be opposed by the Left – you must actually oppose the Left.

We must ask what someone is fighting against, not merely whom. We must ask what tools they’re using — and we must insist they use the truth. Ideas and values matter more than identity. [emphasis in original]

Spot on, and bears posting here for those too lazy to read the column.
21 posted on 02/22/2017 11:21:11 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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