The Four Color Media Monitor: Gerry Conway attacks the Patriot Act

Conway's gone out of his way to tear down on a law that was meant to help authorities defend the USA against terrorism. Here's what he recently wrote:

On this only I stand with Rand: Rand Paul: 'I will force the expiration' of the PATRIOT Act http://t.co/6U5OK7MUcO
— Gerry Conway (@gerryconway) May 30, 2015

Seeing this, I'm very disappointed with Paul. I've never thought he was as bad as that awful father of his, described by some as the "crazy uncle in the attic" of the GOP, but he too, as I've come to realize, has some standpoints that are downright terrible, and which Conway, in all his leftism, might find appealing too.

Now, here's more:

One change I’d like to see for a new “Patriot Act” is a truthful name: “National Spying Over-Reaction Fear-Mongering Anti-Privacy Act” works
— Gerry Conway (@gerryconway) May 31, 2015

The government has had 14 years to fix the deeply flawed “Patriot Act” and now the sky’s falling down; tiny tears. http://t.co/We8cprC41n
— Gerry Conway (@gerryconway) May 31, 2015

The Missouri Compromise of Spy Bills: Senate Surveillance Bill Passes Hurdle, but Showdown Looms, via @nytimes http://t.co/1jHmDuGl7t
— Gerry Conway (@gerryconway) June 2, 2015

Someday we'll look back at this era with the same shame we feel looking back at slavery. http://t.co/1jHmDuGl7t
— Gerry Conway (@gerryconway) June 2, 2015

So says a writer whom I've never seen condemning Islamic slavemongering in countries like Sudan. Or Islamic thugs running underaged prostitution rings in Britain. Or even those who've committed the same crimes right in the USA. All Conway cares about is laws meant to help protect the country from violent terrorists, claiming they're worse than the monsters the laws were meant to help combat. He is a very, very sad case.

Labels: Europe and Asia, islam and jihad, misogyny and racism, moonbat writers, politics, terrorism, violence

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Posted by Drag | 10:46 PM

That last Tweet of Conway, "Someday we'll look back at this era with the same shame we feel looking back at slavery." That's just breathtaking, and then I go, "this is the same guy who wrote for Wonder Woman, right?"

There are some aspects with the Patriot Act I'm no longer crazy about, but I understand why the need to keep it around.

Unrelated, but does anyone know Carl is up to, these days? He since deleted his blog, but I miss him.

Posted by Killer Moth | 10:49 PM

Carl who?

Posted by Drag | 10:52 PM

Hi, Killer Moth. I'm still around, but I've taken a step back from blogging and commenting for a couple reasons, mainly to write my book whenever I have free time. I also had some anxiety-related health issues earlier this year, but that's under control now.

Posted by Carl | 2:12 PM

Thanks for coming by Carl, and I hope you're doing well.

Posted by Avi Green | 9:07 AM

Thank you, Avi. I hope everything is going well for you, too.

Posted by Carl | 10:37 AM

If you're writing a book, I can see why you'd scale back on things. I just finally got my nets fixed after a year, so I was just wondering how things were with you. Good luck with the book.

Posted by Killer Moth | 9:33 AM

Thank you, Killer Moth. I hope to finally finish it in the next year or so.

Posted by Carl | 7:51 PM

It'll be a superhero/contemporary fantasy-type book.

Posted by Carl | 7:52 PM