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In reply to the discussion: Pierre Omidyar - Libertarian GG's Libertarian Billionaire Boss [View all]Cha
(297,134 posts)69. Riiiight.."odios and repugnant" Greenwald is "not" a Libertarian.. so quit saying that..
The GG fanclub is evidently ashamed of his libertarianism and are trying to rebrand him as anything but..
Libertarians are poisoning the left and trying to undermine it.
Libertarians are posing as liberals and trying to RATFUCK the left.Their primary goal is to undermine the Democratic Party and hand elections to Republicans.Their strategy consists of...
1) ingratiating themselves with the progressive media
2) Pushing the meme that Democrats are just as bad (or worse) then Republicans
3) Dismissing Racism as "identity politics"
4) Promoting far right wing politicians as "true progressives"
5 convincing disgruntled progressives to vote 3rd party or not vote at all
6) Attack traditional Democratic Voters & their issues
snips//
At a talk given the day after the 2010 election one that was a disaster for Democrats progressive writer and civil liberties lawyer Glenn Greenwald gave a talk at the University of Wisconsin, and expressed the hope that Democrats might suffer the same fate in 2012.
...the idea that taking money from the Koch brothers for a one-year drug-decriminalization project shouldnt be disclosed each time Greenwald attacks progressives while defending the Kochs/libertarians pet projectsas when Greenwald defended Citizens United, much to progressives confusion, or when Greenwald attacked our article in The Nation about the Koch-funded libertarians leading the anti-TSA union campaignis plain wrong and ridiculous. Payoffs and influence-peddling usually come in more subtle forms than payments marked BRIBE.
dkos
Glenn Greenwald Unethically Taped Witnesses While Working for Matt Hale, White Supremacist.
snip..
"Mr. Hale, for his role in the shootings, was sued by a number of survivors. This included a case filed by two teenage Orthodox Jewish boys. And another case filed by a Black minister. These people were selected by Benjamin Smith because they looked like the religious/ethnic minorities they are.
And Glenn Greenwald called them 'odious and repugnant' for suing his client--"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002101211
Only it's Greenwald who is "odious and repugnant".. whatever he's posing as.. here he is now trying to keep himself relevant and suppressing the vote in 2012.. when he "expertly previewed the 2012 election"..
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Guy's not perfect, but he's one of the few billionaires interested in supporting democracy.
Octafish
Jun 2014
#3
eBay Shrugged: Pierre Omidyar believes there should be no philanthropy without profit
Whisp
Jun 2014
#4
Libertarians like Omidyar and Greenwald believe in completely unfettered free markets. nt
Cali_Democrat
Jun 2014
#23
Half of the article on DailyPaul that you linked to is from Infowars
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#20
You may think Stormfront and infowars are okay to link to here now, but I don't
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#43
GG and Co. give a shit about domestic spying. It's a ruse, it's bait for the gullible.
Whisp
Jun 2014
#29
No, I'm saying Omidyar and Co. are using people's fear for profit. Just like the NRA.
Whisp
Jun 2014
#32
I disagree wholeheartedly. I am seeing the same kinds of reactions from the groups.
Whisp
Jun 2014
#40
Ah. So all his experience in cyber security is null and void if he profits from it?
Cerridwen
Jun 2014
#44
Then the Vanity Fair article from 2004 will really make things tough for you.
Cerridwen
Jun 2014
#56
So if someone's boss isn't ideologically pure enough for anonymous internet dudes
riderinthestorm
Jun 2014
#34
There's a lot of distance between ideologically pure and filthy money grubbing ghoul. n/t
Whisp
Jun 2014
#38
Since when do "investors" in Kiva make anything from their "investments?"
Jackpine Radical
Jun 2014
#53