Ahhhh--now I get the pushback on Brittney Griner.

[Kingofalldems]

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It's the Trump cult.

Link to tweet

And here is a response from the White House.

Link to tweet

[Meadowoak]

1. Trump is the one that should have been in jail.

[TheBlackAdder]

37. Trump has no room to speak after releasing 5,000 Taliban prisoners.

[Sympthsical]

2. So that's going to be the play in all this for the next several days

Anyone who doesn't believe trading a man called "The Merchant of Death" for a basketabll player during a war was a prudent decision is now just like Trump.

Usual and expected move, Cotton.

[Kingofalldems]

3. Who is Cotton?

[Effete Snob]

16. .

[Treefrog]

9. Thank you.

Amazed at the crap I am reading here lately.

[Kingofalldems]

26. Actually I am not surprised at all.

[ripcord]

13. I wonder what the reaction would be if they had traded Whelan for Blout and left Brittany?

[Effete Snob]

15. It's a rhetorical technique called "poisoning the well"

It's a common technique to increase polarization and conflict.

You start your argument with "While I realize that pedophiles and criminals will disagree with me, I believe (insert position here)."

Then, anyone who does not completely agree with you on the point, or may have a somewhat different perspective, is a self-identifying pedophile or criminal.

There are lots of examples of this at DU.

For example, calling anyone who had reservations about Michael Avenatti a troll:





There were red flags about Avenatti from the get-go, but some were more interested in accusing others than digging into the facts of Tully's coffee, his financial issues with former partners, etc.

Fair minds do not reflexively accuse people with differing opinions of acting in bad faith.

But there are self-proclaimed "troll detectors" who always seem to know the motivations of others.

So, it's a passive-aggressive way of making personal accusations against other people on DU.

[Sympthsical]

17. Ah, that's familiar

Sometimes it feels like paparazzi following.

It's like a squadron of 1940s Finn Ops got lost in time only to be unleashed onto the web.

[Kingofalldems]

27. Both posts, especially the 2nd are absolutely correct.

Franken was trashed up one side and down the other by the same crowd.

And I will continue to fight. Don't like it? Alert.

And isn't there a rule against personal callouts here?

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

23. i checked out freeperville... that she's is LGBT, black, "hates America" makes them upset about the

swap

[Kingofalldems]

32. No, but the people who continually attack Democrats are.

[Sympthsical]

33. When all is said and done

I think it is the self-styled inquisitors who drive more people from the party than those who offer mild criticism of things.

But that's just how my socialization works. I can take criticism. The religious hunters of blasphemy, however, have ever been unbearable.

[malaise]

4. Loaded up with drugs?

WTF?

[Kingofalldems]

5. Wasn't it personal use stuff?

[malaise]

6. Yep

The lying liar lies

[blm]

12. Cannabis oil

[uponit7771]

14. +1, it was less than 1 gram of cannibals' oil basically vapors of what was left from anytime in past

[Celerity]

30. CANNIBAL OIL Live Action Story

[malaise]

34. He's an evil fuck

That is all

[Turbineguy]

7. Whalen is the Russian idea of a spy,

Trump is the American idea of a spy.

Exchange the two.

[doc03]

8. Whalen was captured when Trump was president. I didn't know this until I

searched Paul Whalen this morning, he was given a Bad Conduct Discharge from the Marines on
multiple charges of larceny. I don't think he should be held in Russia either, but he committed what
would be a felony in a civilian court.

[doc03]

11. He was charged with multiple counts of larceny and given a BCD from the US Marines

which would be multiple felony charges in a US civilian court. I didn't I agree with whatever Russia is holding him on.

[Effete Snob]

22. You know who trusts the Russian legal system the most?

Anyone who willingly places themselves within the jurisdiction of the Russian legal system in order to make a few bucks or take in the sights trusts them a whole fuckload more than I would.

[Johnny2X2X]

24. No. The real difference is Whelan means more the Russia

We’ve been trying to get Whelan home for 4 years across multiple administrations. Russia won’t let him go.

[Kennah]

18. What did TFG do to secure the release of Paul Whelan?

[Kingofalldems]

25. Praise Putin.

[sarisataka]

19. Will that extend to

Any DU posters who have reservations about this deal?
Asking for a friend

[Kingofalldems]

28. No. Just the usual crowd always ready to attack Democrats.

[Emile]

20. Too busy selling top secret documents to make a deal!

[moondust]

29. Why did your best pal want that "absolute killer" back?

Why not leave him to rot in prison at someone else's expense?

Isn't CBD more or less legal in much of the U.S.?

I wonder how foreign tourism to Russia is these days? Why would anybody from the civilized world want to risk going there and exposing themselves to the whims and draconian "laws" of an autocratic war criminal and his toadies who crave leverage over their adversaries?

[EnergizedLib]

31. For the people upset about Brittany

Paul Whelan was dishonorably discharged from the military.

Paul Whelan was detained before President Biden was even elected.

Paul Whelan’s family, while dad their loved one is still detained, praised the Biden Administration for bringing Brittany Griner home.

Not that I’m glad he’s detained or that he deserves it, but if being critical of releasing one without the other, I can’t help but think if there happens to be racist/sexist undertones to it.

[Sky Jewels]

35. Gee, I wonder what the response would be if she had blond hair and light skin...

[whistler162]

36. Saw my first picture, that I remember,

of her today. My reaction all along is she knew the rules of the country she was living and working in so TS.

[GoCubsGo]

38. That's part of it, but mostly,

it's their "Biden can do no right" affliction. Had Trump or Dumbya or some other GOPer made this deal, they'd be calling for ticker tape parade, and they wouldn't shut up about it for months. But instead, we're getting Biden Derangement Syndrome at its finest.

[Emrys]

39. Any time Trump accuses anybody of drug abuse,

he should be invited to go head-to-head on a blood sample with whoever he's accusing.

I say a hair sample, but in his case, you know ...