How dare anyone impugn the same fine journalism that brought us "Jared and Ivanka's anniversary sex playlist"?!?https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/929691268220899329 …
Susan: If you want to argue that those who authorize vast dragnets should be exempted from any metadata analysis themselves, do that. Don't invent a straw argument.
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A straw argument? Spare me.
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Yes. A straw argument. What happens when people are unwilling to engage on the merits of the issue at hand, and instead decide to argue about something else. You know this. Engage on the privacy issue if you want. But stop trying to argue something you're less complicit in.
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Sorry, you're going to have to address your faux-outrage elsewhere this morning.
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Because you're unwilling to defend the standards you otherwise champion. Yes. That much is crystal clear, Susan.
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Susan is really showcasing her debate skills here!
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Also that was a perfectly legitimate satirical piece of journalism; ridiculing the powerful is almost as important to democracy as exposing their schemes.
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I believe the term is called “whataboutism”
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