The less we know, the safer we are
June 29th, 2007 1:08 pm · 8 comments
Glenn Greenwald catches Jonah Goldberg inadvertently speaking the truth:
That, of course, is the defining mentality of the Authoritarian Mind, captured in its purest essence by Jonah. Our Leaders are Good and want to protect us. Therefore, we must accept — and even be grateful — when they prevent us from knowing what they are doing. The less we know, the more powerful our Leaders are. And that is something we accept and celebrate, for our Leaders are Good and we trust that the more powerful they are, the better we all shall be.
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There are currently 8 comments on this blog postView Topic | Comment on this blogSubsonix
6/29/07
2:08 PM | There's no winning with you Gil.
When the administration releases info, you accuse them of fear mongering.
When they don't, you accuse them of keeping us in the dark.
You also did these things today just a few hours apart 
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Pericles
6/29/07
2:32 PM | QUOTE(Subsonix @ Jun 29 2007, 02:08 PM) [snapback]300815[/snapback] There's no winning with you Gil. When the administration releases info, you accuse them of fear mongering. When they don't, you accuse them of keeping us in the dark. You also did these things today just a few hours apart
There's no winning.
Kinda of like all the stories and reports about the homeless in our streets during the Reagan Administration, but as soon as Clinton came in to office, puff... they magically disappeared.
I think the headline should be, "The less the New York Times Knows, the Safer We Are." |
cyberscribbler
6/29/07
2:45 PM | QUOTE There's no winning.
I think the headline should be, "The less the New York Times Knows, the Safer We Are." Am sure Nixon said the same thing about the Washington Post (Woodward & Bernstein)
And anything which diminishes authoritarian power -- whether it be the limits of the law, checks from other branches or the media, or even the basic obligation to govern out in the open -- will be opposed by the authoritarian follower, for whom maximizing the strength and power of the Leader is always the overriding goal. Conversely, anything which limits the power of the Leader is to be opposed.
Glenn Greenwald
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Pericles
6/29/07
3:46 PM | QUOTE(cyberscribbler @ Jun 29 2007, 02:45 PM) [snapback]300831[/snapback] Am sure Nixon said the same thing about the Washington Post (Woodward & Bernstein) And anything which diminishes authoritarian power -- whether it be the limits of the law, checks from other branches or the media, or even the basic obligation to govern out in the open -- will be opposed by the authoritarian follower, for whom maximizing the strength and power of the Leader is always the overriding goal. Conversely, anything which limits the power of the Leader is to be opposed.
Glenn Greenwald
That's a great quote, but if you were responsible for tracking Al Qaeda and uncovering plots before people were killed, you may feel differently about the NYT and their rush to publish anything and everything. |
cyberscribbler
6/29/07
11:09 PM | QUOTE(Pericles @ Jun 29 2007, 03:46 PM) [snapback]300855[/snapback] That's a great quote, but if you were responsible for tracking Al Qaeda and uncovering plots before people were killed, you may feel differently about the NYT and their rush to publish anything and everything. Conversely consider how Joe Wilson was punished for not towing the "everything the authoritarian leadership" demands line.
Politicizing the attorney general's, FISA court waivers, detaining enemy combatants indefinately.
As an aside in 1971 there were 179,000 people incarcerated in this country, today over 2.3 million. That's astounding if you ponder all the ramifications. Prison society?
CIA campaigns in Nicaragua, looking the other way while LA is flooded with crack. Afghanistan overrun with poppy plants. Are they conducting a war on drugs to keep the population safe or afraid?
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citydweller
6/29/07
11:35 PM | Safely afraid  |
usedmeat
6/30/07
2:03 AM | Everything you think you know is wrong. The republicans are good and decent people who fear god and go to church every Sunday. They work tirelessly to keep us safe from the hordes of swarthy brown people who hate us for our freedoms.
That about it?
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bigstew
7/1/07
2:31 PM | QUOTE(usedmeat @ Jun 30 2007, 02:03 AM) [snapback]300908[/snapback] Everything you think you know is wrong. The republicans are good and decent people who fear god and go to church every Sunday. They work tirelessly to keep us safe from the hordes of swarthy brown people who hate us for our freedoms.
That about it?
You generalize in such a frightening way, you almost have to be racist.
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