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Dear Obama White House: the phrase ‘open platform for a robust exchange of ideas’ doesn’t mean what you think it means

June 3, 2009 By admin

It takes a liberal to write a paragraph like this with an unexploded head/straight face:

We are dedicated to maintaining this site as an open platform for a robust exchange of ideas. In fact, keeping it open past the original one-week timeframe was in direct response to requests from you — the members of this community — who asked for more time.

So now, we are asking you for your help.

Vote down the postings you feel are counterproductive to maintaining a free-flowing exchange of ideas…

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