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In reply to the discussion: Mueller is the same trusted servant as your local librarian [View all]Hekate
(90,683 posts)24. I just realized: we are now truly in a post-literate world...
Like a librarian (your analogy), Mueller believes in the power the printed word. Like a PhD, he believes in meticulous research thoughtfully distilled into the printed word.
Like both, he believes in readers -- people who will read the printed word. He values you, the supposed reader.
Sadly, we now exist in a post-literate world. Suddenly I feel sickened, with tears in my eyes, as I realize just how true that is.
Robert Mueller, man of honor and accomplishment, wandered into a post-literate Twitterverse, a culture and time that will not read, that does not value anything not presented as clever twists and insults.
The fault, my friends, lies not in Mueller, but in ourselves.
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I am very thankful for Robert Mueller. He is the last Republican that respects the Rule of Law
Dennis Donovan
Jun 2019
#1
I think the House should call him and he will do a fine job. But he needs to do it under
pnwmom
Jun 2019
#19
We are past the selecting of Mueller as Special Council. His work-product wasn't up to the task.
Hoyt
Jun 2019
#9
He could have spoken up about any restraints. In fact, if he was constrained and didn't speak up,
Hoyt
Jun 2019
#12
Don't forget what else is at stake: those 14 other prosecutions he passed on to other federal attys.
pnwmom
Jun 2019
#15
OK, so he was an angel. But when the country needed him he abandoned the responsibility
question everything
Jun 2019
#16