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In reply to the discussion: Remember George Galloway? Badly beaten in street assault in London [View all]Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)8. Fully agree.
Galloway says a lot of stupid things but I defend his right to say them without being beaten up.
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Remember George Galloway? Badly beaten in street assault in London [View all]
superpatriotman
Aug 2014
OP
I agree, but may I ask, why do you despise Galloway? Airc, he has been a consistent
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#36
The difference between terrorism and war is basically a legal distinction.
Threedifferentones
Aug 2014
#48
I'm afraid I completely disagree with that - I think it's a very clear and obvious distinction.
Donald Ian Rankin
Aug 2014
#49
Why nof support Assad? Syrian minorities were vastly better off before the Islamists--
eridani
Aug 2014
#21
Apologetics for a regime that's slaughtered hundreds of thousands in order to hold on to power
11cents
Aug 2014
#27
Your post is so full of 'wrong' I don't know where to start. He is not an 'enthusiastic supporter'
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#37
He's under the DU bus along with all the other people DU used to admire. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Aug 2014
#3
Pretty much. I'm not a Galloway fan and never was all that particularly interested in him. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Aug 2014
#14
The high point for me about him was when he took down the smug Senate Republicans on Iraq.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#20
Good one. Nationality can protect one. But he had trouble in the UK for a while.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#23
And what is incorrect about those statements? We WERE in Korea, in Vietnam, in Iraq, in
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#38
“All the papers seem to imply that you get executed in Iran for being gay. That’s not true.”
tritsofme
Aug 2014
#19
Yes, he has always had the courage to speak the truth. I remember what he did to
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#39
I still like him and see no reason to have changed my mind from the Bush years when he
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#40
He's definitely a leftie. No surprise why some right wing nut would attack him.
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#41
Which ones? I recall him slamming most of the Right Wing dictatorships, many of them
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#55