I remember when the Left used to be smeared as blindly loving Obama for reasons that must be skin color, instead of blindly hating him for reasons that must be skin color. How times change, huh? I guess the smearing is a constant we can hold on to.
And you know, in theory libertarians are supposed to be against things like government spying, same as liberals. I know in practice people like Ron Paul don’t care much about civil liberties, but when one finally does notice that part of their ideology, it should be taken as a refreshing change not a way to dismiss them.
Expecting dissidents to “take punishment like mature adults” continues to be idiocy. Regardless of his motives, nobody should have to submit to unfair and punitive courts. How can so many people not understand why political asylum exists in the first place?
