While this piece is more reasonable and nuanced than most of the five-alarm-fire "Russiagate" calls-to-arms, it's still based on a host of ill-founded presumptions. I'll respond to a few in this threadhttp://theweek.com/articles/785934/why-left-needs-wise-growing-trumprussia-scandal …
I quoted what he wrote: “sacrifice democracy.” If you contend that tolerating “Russian interference” is tantamount to tolerating the “sacrifice of democracy,” I am describing that as a completely overblown premise
-
-
you said "The notion that 'Russian interference' has caused the death of American democracy is the exactly the kind of overblown nonsense which is central to Russiagate." the obvious point of that sentence is to indicate that that's an argument Ryan advanced.. which he didn't
-
He used the words “sacrifice democracy.” If democracy has been “sacrificed,” it is dead. That’s just a straightforward reading of what he wrote.
- 3 more replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.