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A guy who praised a leak of secret government documents, running for president and beating half the other contenders, just blows my mind.
by orblivion 15y ago
A guy who praised a leak of secret government documents, running for president and beating half the other contenders, just blows my mind.
- edwardy20 15y agoYou might be surprised to know that the founding fathers supported whistle-blowers: "Nearly two centuries later, the Supreme Court justice William O. Douglas, praising the founders’ commitment to freedom of speech, wrote: 'The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government suppression of embarrassing information.'" http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/13/opinion/13kohn.html?_r=1 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/13/opinion/13kohn.html?_r=1
- rjbond3rd 15y agoIn a good way, I hope. He opposes a Big Brother government. He has principles. Off-topic but to the people who so often say, "I agree with him but I'm not going to support him because he can't win," I say, "Where are -your- princples?"