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2016 Postmortem

TeacherB87

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2. No one is excusing Russia here.

Reply to jehop61 (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 15, 2016, 02:05 PM

Dec 2016

And not that the site is right wing or anything, but ad hominem attacks on a source are not sufficient to discount the validity of what they're saying. That's just an intellectually lazy way to dismiss someone without having to provide a counterpoint.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Omaha Steve Dec 2016 OP

Guess this is jehop61 Dec 2016 #1

No one is excusing Russia here. TeacherB87 Dec 2016 #2

So I guess since yesterday, MSM bias, dark money, vote suppression and sexism were all solved? Orsino Dec 2016 #4

Find someone arguing that point. TeacherB87 Dec 2016 #8

Condesending tripe from a RW source? Seriously Steve, you're embarrassing yourself. bettyellen Dec 2016 #3

Nah Omaha Steve Dec 2016 #6

no, it's not simply facts CreekDog Dec 2016 #9

Again with the ad hominem attacks TeacherB87 Dec 2016 #10

Recommended, with reservations. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #5

Commentary Magazine? CreekDog Dec 2016 #7