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In reply to the discussion: Let's talk about Glenn Greenwald [View all]RainDog
(28,784 posts)135. I would like to make a suggestion
since you are talking about rhetoric here - your post would be better if you removed this particular section that gets into sort of "conspiracy theory" talk about one specific person who happens to be gay and, in addition, talk about an entire group of people on this board who happen to be gay.
a standard way to check yourself to see if something is bigoted is to ask... what if I made these same remarks about African-Americans, for instance, or other groups that are designated as such based upon something like color of skin, sexual orientation or their particular reproductive organs.
he is not to be taken seriously and obviously has an alternative agenda.
However, what IS his alternative agenda? If this were a criminal investigation, we would have to establish motive.
What is his motivation? He is obviously smearing a President that the opposition has painted as being so Liberal/Progressive that they maintain he is a Socialist. Yet, Greenwald paints him as Conservative and actually claims that many Conservatives were more Liberal than Obama.
Why?
I have found out that Greenwald is Gay, and I know from a lot of posts here at DU that many of the LGBT community here at DU are disenchanted with Obama. I find that interesting, because all of the LGBT community outside of DU strongly - and I mean STRONGLY - support him! I have many friends and co-workers who are LGB ( I had two friends who were T in the past, but we have lost touch as happens so often with friends) and they are appalled at Greenwalds portrayals of Obamas policies.
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Just fyi, while in the Senate, the President did vote against the Uniting American
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2012
#2
Read here. Learn that the President, while in the Senate, voted against the bill that
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2012
#160
I always thought he was an asshole--since he called the victims of Matt Hale 'odious and repugnant.'
msanthrope
Jan 2012
#42
Tell me--can you recall the ACLU calling a plaintiff 'odious and repugnant' because they wanted
msanthrope
Jan 2012
#68
Seriously? You think that 'context' might provide cover for calling teenage shooting victims
msanthrope
Jan 2012
#74
Try the case where he wiretapped for Matt Hale--159 F. Supp. 2d 1116; 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13001
msanthrope
Jan 2012
#87
CCR repped the Plaintiff in the Anderson case, Michael Ian Bender repped the teens.
msanthrope
Jan 2012
#98
You are clearly not familiar with Greenwald's writing. This description of him, as being 'emotional'
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#148
Um... look who he has in his admin and what how he has helped corporate America
fascisthunter
Jan 2012
#44
I'm more interested in the motivations behind all the hyperbolic and dishonest attacks
quinnox
Jan 2012
#9
A civil rights attorney cited for unethical behavior for recording witnesses.
msanthrope
Jan 2012
#92
No I do not. But I have a lot of gay relatives, and they still support the pres.
Kahuna
Jan 2012
#65
He's at 82% among Democrats. And his approval rating with gays continues to rise.
msanthrope
Jan 2012
#47
Substitute "black" or "a woman" in that post and see if you still think it's not offensive.
girl gone mad
Jan 2012
#94
I think that if someone is gay, they do have a vested, personal interest in the DOMA policy.
msanthrope
Jan 2012
#35
Well, I'm not dismissing him because he's gay, but because he's unpersuasive. nt
msanthrope
Jan 2012
#164
And yet, no one ever accused him of being bitter when he was writing about these
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#150
I'm not the poster who used the word 'bitter.' Perhaps you could direct your
msanthrope
Jan 2012
#167
I directed my comment to you because you have agreed with the OP and despite all the comments
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#178
I think you should direct questions about comments to the posters who make them.
msanthrope
Jan 2012
#180
No, I do not. It is what it is. The OP is no longer here, and I think most questions have been
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#182
Maybe it's not just DU. Remember he was a target of HB Gary/BOA before Anonymous took them down.
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#152
Wait a second--is he actually married??? When did Brazil get same sex marriages?
msanthrope
Jan 2012
#18
Brazil is a nation. NY, MA are States. The US is a nation. It does not allow gay couples
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2012
#155
Again, you are conflating prosecutorial discretion with the constitutional mandate to
msanthrope
Jan 2012
#81
Maybe the President should read the Bi-Partisan Senate Committee's two year findings on whether or
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#153
Do you have a cite for that report? Did it reccommend certain prosecutions?
msanthrope
Jan 2012
#168
Reasons that you refuse to state? What are they, national security issues?
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2012
#156
It's 17 now. And while this is thread is allowed to stand, a post calling out people who support
Puregonzo1188
Jan 2012
#173
Too bad Johnaires didn't use this analysis to make his case that Greenwald
Old and In the Way
Jan 2012
#183
My beef with Greenwald is that he is a Libertarian pretending to be a Leftist.
Ikonoklast
Jan 2012
#72
What reasons? If you demand to do nasty stuff for 'reasons of my own' then just
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2012
#157
WAIT--You were on that jury and did not see the need to recuse yourself?
Puregonzo1188
Jan 2012
#175
Well, you need to consider that that is how it will be interpreted by many- me included.
PA Democrat
Jan 2012
#154
HE (Greenwald) only objects to Obama policies because he's GAY--where does johnaires say that?
Kolesar
Jan 2012
#126
Alternate thread title: Let's Change The Subject Away From Obama's Sell-Out Presidency
brentspeak
Jan 2012
#117
"I have found out that Greenwald is Gay..." Nice hard-hitting investigative journalism.
JVS
Jan 2012
#124
HE (Greenwald) only objects to Obama policies because he's GAY--where does johnaires say that?
Kolesar
Jan 2012
#130
I realize you are quoting someone else's thread, but there's factual inaccuracy in the assertion
MADem
Jan 2012
#132
Fun fact- Straight Couples get to make use of that process, and we don't.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2012
#159
I think you are trying to put words and attitudes in my mouth that I don't hold.
MADem
Jan 2012
#163
Are you serious? Is this a joke? This is just homophobic and deeply disgusting.
Puregonzo1188
Jan 2012
#169