When I was wrote passionate criticisms of a Republican administration who expanded the executive's extrajudicial powers, exploited the Patriot Act, abused civil liberties via FISA, abetted spy agency overreach, defended as "accidents" breaches of the federal government into citizens' privacy, waged war on whistleblowers, targeted media who report leaks, and defended this overt construction of a surveillance state with manifest bullshit about national security, I was a principled progressive.
But when I write passionate criticisms of a Democratic administration who expand the executive's extrajudicial powers, exploit the Patriot Act, abuse civil liberties via FISA, abet spy agency overreach, defend as "accidents" breaches of the federal government into citizens' privacy, wage war on whistleblowers, target media who report leaks, and defend this overt construction of a surveillance state with manifest bullshit about national security, I am a hysterical alarmist with a personal vendetta against the President.
Huh.
[Previously: Two Facts.]
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