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Some Words on the Sentencing of Barrett Brown

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klys (maker of Silmarils)1/22/2015 12:47:12 pm PST

re: #39 3eff Jeff

And what were you saying about not sympathizing with idiots? (I got sick of Greenwald’s rants when he spent most of his time railing against the Iraq war, and I strongly agreed with him.)

My earlier comment meant that I’m often aligned politically with the EFF (I believe strongly in Net Neutrality, free speech, Intellectual Property reform), but I hung up my EFF hat and stopped donating when they started cuddling up with the Tea Party. I find myself agreeing with dudebro political positions for carefully considered reasons, but I also find myself annoyed at prominent people on that end of the spectrum for being no more capable of nuance than anyone else.

I’m still working on the husband when it comes to the EFF. Sigh.

Probably another reason I can overlook this aspect a little more than others.

I will take someone being vocally pro-choice, pro-environment, pro-gay marriage, etc., and ignore the occasional bit of dudebro.