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In reply to the discussion: "Progressive Hero" Glenn Greenwald Promotes Racist, Anti-Government Hate Group [View all]djean111
(14,255 posts)I believe we are just supposed to hate him and therefore discount any information about NSA spying. And that only because Obama happens to be president at this point in time.
Funnily enough, this reminds me of how pissy Greenwald got when Christopher Hitchens died and some people were recalling what they liked about him. Greenwald said Hitchens was being unfairly elevated or something like that.
Just let it go. No one can be the Thought Police.
Whatever else Greenwald says or does, he is right about the NSA. Just because I believe the NSA stuff doesn't mean I have a need to make Greenwald some sort of hero, or buy into everything else he has ever said and done.
There seems to be such stark and un-nuanced thinking from some here at DU at times - we must HATE Greenwald, and therefore discount everything he says. if we don't like an Obama policy, we then of course HATE Obama and be racist and a paulite or some other bullshit.
That is what Freepers do, IMO.