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Cha

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69. Riiiight.."odios and repugnant" Greenwald is "not" a Libertarian.. so quit saying that..
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 10:42 PM
Jun 2014

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 shouldn’t be disclosed each time Greenwald attacks progressives while defending the Kochs’/libertarians’ pet projects—as 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 campaign—is 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"..

The 4 questions: Whisp Jun 2014 #1
That's some tweet. ProSense Jun 2014 #15
It reminds me of the righty responses I get on discussionist. nt arthritisR_US Jun 2014 #62
yeh, GG the 'civil' libertarian. I don't think so! Whisp Jun 2014 #67
I'm sorry, you miss interpreted my post due to my daftness in clarity. arthritisR_US Jun 2014 #71
He has responded to such questions. Vattel Jun 2014 #66
The NSA spying makes Obama look authoritarian AgingAmerican Jun 2014 #72
The Carlyle Group Has Made $2 Billion Off Of Booz Allen OnyxCollie Jun 2014 #2
(OBANOE COUNTY) PROFITS OF CELERY snooper2 Jun 2014 #8
Inside Information... Octafish Jun 2014 #13
Yeah, greenwald and omidyar are slimey like the carlyle group. Cha Jun 2014 #68
Guy's not perfect, but he's one of the few billionaires interested in supporting democracy. Octafish Jun 2014 #3
You mean like this? msanthrope Jun 2014 #5
Pierre seems to have his fingers in $$$ projects around the globe... Whisp Jun 2014 #9
You wouldn't happen to have the name of a good billionaire? Octafish Jun 2014 #61
I can't trust a guy who thinks everything is for profit. Whisp Jun 2014 #7
That does cast him in an unfavorable light. Octafish Jun 2014 #60
i hope you know i respect you very much oct questionseverything Jun 2014 #10
Thanks for the heads-up, questionseverything. Back atcha... Octafish Jun 2014 #12
bradblog covered her well questionseverything Jun 2014 #16
eBay Shrugged: Pierre Omidyar believes there should be no philanthropy without profit Whisp Jun 2014 #4
DU rec... SidDithers Jun 2014 #6
Libertarians like Omidyar and Greenwald believe in completely unfettered free markets. nt Cali_Democrat Jun 2014 #23
and Fuck Ron Paul. Whisp Jun 2014 #26
And a completely non-interventionist federal government. n/t Tarheel_Dem Jun 2014 #49
"reducing third-world illiteracy rates by privatizing education" ucrdem Jun 2014 #11
Sibel Edmonds exposes Omidyar, PayPal: Whisp Jun 2014 #14
DailyPaul and Infowars? You're outdoing yourself! (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jun 2014 #18
I believe my info is from Edmunds Boiling Frogs site... Whisp Jun 2014 #19
Half of the article on DailyPaul that you linked to is from Infowars muriel_volestrangler Jun 2014 #20
No, the content is from Boiling Frogs. Here: Whisp Jun 2014 #24
You didn't link to 'Boiling Frogs', you linked to DailyPaul muriel_volestrangler Jun 2014 #31
I should probably change that link in the initial post but Whisp Jun 2014 #35
You may think Stormfront and infowars are okay to link to here now, but I don't muriel_volestrangler Jun 2014 #43
No, I don't think they are ok to link here. But the 'community' does. Whisp Jun 2014 #51
However, Kiva is a non-profit microfinance organisation muriel_volestrangler Jun 2014 #17
Six Degrees of Omidyar Whisp Jun 2014 #28
Yes, we still have a team there. Thank you for remembering. nt Mojorabbit Jun 2014 #63
Interesting read Cali_Democrat Jun 2014 #21
NSA domestic spying still sucks AgingAmerican Jun 2014 #22
I can agree with that mostly, but GG and Co. Libertarians suck more. n/t Whisp Jun 2014 #25
No, domestic spying by our own government AgingAmerican Jun 2014 #27
GG and Co. give a shit about domestic spying. It's a ruse, it's bait for the gullible. Whisp Jun 2014 #29
So you are saying domestic spying didn't happen? AgingAmerican Jun 2014 #30
No, I'm saying Omidyar and Co. are using people's fear for profit. Just like the NRA. Whisp Jun 2014 #32
No AgingAmerican Jun 2014 #36
I disagree wholeheartedly. I am seeing the same kinds of reactions from the groups. Whisp Jun 2014 #40
Are you pro NSA? AgingAmerican Jun 2014 #42
pro NSA meaning I like the idea of cameras and intrusion into Whisp Jun 2014 #45
So you are pro NSA domestic spying AgingAmerican Jun 2014 #46
No. Is there a case proven that NSA spies domestically? Whisp Jun 2014 #48
What role does Spiegel Online play? Cerridwen Jun 2014 #33
Mikko Hypponen Whisp Jun 2014 #37
I may have misunderstood the talk he gave to which I linked, Cerridwen Jun 2014 #39
on the actual TED video, I don't think he was selling... Whisp Jun 2014 #41
Ah. So all his experience in cyber security is null and void if he profits from it? Cerridwen Jun 2014 #44
I didn't trust him. That's my choice. Whisp Jun 2014 #50
Fortunately, people who care about cyber-security on an international scale, Cerridwen Jun 2014 #52
I was a bit offended that he was on TED talks Whisp Jun 2014 #54
Then the Vanity Fair article from 2004 will really make things tough for you. Cerridwen Jun 2014 #56
still wouldn't buy anything from Hypponen, but great good work is being done. Whisp Jun 2014 #57
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
Well-said. Smearing Greenwald and Snowden is a sport around here. Vattel Jun 2014 #70
do you have a news story about Omidyar? grasswire Jun 2014 #47
Since when do "investors" in Kiva make anything from their "investments?" Jackpine Radical Jun 2014 #53
Apparently the Omidyar kind do. There is more info out there on that. Whisp Jun 2014 #55
Do more research, please. There are good people out there doing good things Whisp Jun 2014 #58
Charity Navigator Ratings gives them 4 stars... Cerridwen Jun 2014 #59
Fuck Rand Paul and JEB Jun 2014 #64
Oh. And Greenwald is not a Libertarian riderinthestorm Jun 2014 #65
Riiiight.."odios and repugnant" Greenwald is "not" a Libertarian.. so quit saying that.. Cha Jun 2014 #69
kick Whisp Jun 2014 #73
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