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In reply to the discussion: Glenn Greenwald Jokes about President Obama Raping a Nun [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)14. Sickening! n/t
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I remember that well. The photo-diarist was chased off that site the vitriol got so bad.
banned from Kos
Jan 2012
#15
It was a "she". The Obama bashers are fighting a Potemkin village constructed by the likes of GG.
banned from Kos
Jan 2012
#26
Wow, that was extraordinarily long and bad. The logic he used was like following a spaghetti noodle.
Major Hogwash
Jan 2012
#56
Funny how the economy is recovering under the policies you insist are disasterous.
TheWraith
Jan 2012
#45
So, a second-rate pundit can be "held accountabe" but the President of the United States can't?
baldguy
Jan 2012
#72
If you have a valid criticism of Greenwald, rather than these ad hominem attacks, then post it.
baldguy
Jan 2012
#87
If had bothered to READ Greenwald's actual columns rather than just the headlines
baldguy
Jan 2012
#125
When exactly has Glen Greenwald ever been a popular or effective progressive talking head?
mythology
Jan 2012
#75
I had never heard of glenn greenwald until I joined DU and saw all the Greenwald hysteria
limpyhobbler
Jan 2012
#7
Do you seriously think that Barack Obama is liable to start raping nuns on television?
Bolo Boffin
Jan 2012
#20
Meant to post this as a response to the OP. Comment not directed specifically to you one_voice!
stillwaiting
Jan 2012
#127
Of course the twitter feed does not support the headline, but never mind.
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2012
#13
I have often heard the same 'joke' applied to objects of personality-cultists of all sorts
Occulus
Jan 2012
#62
I don't know about every item that is posted, because I don't have time to read all of DU.
tabatha
Jan 2012
#53
Very dishonest. But hey, par for the course as GG said. Election season is upon us and
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#57
The story is misleading, the rape reference (while tacky) is taken out of context
rocktivity
Jan 2012
#58
Hell, even I will rec this. I hope it gets more recs than any DU post EVAH!
Luminous Animal
Jan 2012
#76
He should have joked, like Obama did, about killing people with drones!
Luminous Animal
Jan 2012
#88
Lol, DU has been discredited enough the past few days. I just can't contribute to that by
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#115
And President Obama jokes about the little single payer advocates at his town hall forum, video ...
slipslidingaway
Jan 2012
#77
No, not the same, but one is the President of the US and the other writes a column ...
slipslidingaway
Jan 2012
#80
No more offensive than all those DU threads about rightwingers raping goats.
Luminous Animal
Jan 2012
#99
Hey! I laughed when the President joked about killing the Jonas brothers with drones!
Luminous Animal
Jan 2012
#92
I think you must not have read through all the links. The headline is false.
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#120
Does the new DU archive posts or can I kick this thread for the next 11 months?
Luminous Animal
Jan 2012
#91
Impatient? Nope. This thread has so much win that I want to keep it at the top
Luminous Animal
Jan 2012
#96
How many times have I read here that "GW could eat a baby on TV and no one would care"
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2012
#137
"It wasn't a joke of any kind: it was a *deadly serious point* about blind defenders of evil acts...
slipslidingaway
Jan 2012
#147
This recent tactic of one word subject lines in a reply is pretty annoying ...
slipslidingaway
Jan 2012
#163
Sad the lengths people will go to protect and support someone they agree with, even when that person
DFab420
Jan 2012
#153
Kicking this into the face of the disingenuous, intellectually dishonest people who threw this crap
Bonobo
Jan 2012
#164