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In reply to the discussion: Greenwald: Thumbs Up or Down? [View all]Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)28. He also said continuously that he did not endorse Ron Paul
I know you like to pretend that one Tweet limited to 140 characters represents some kind of endorsement of Ron Paul, what you fail to mention is that Greenwald has repeatedly said he did not endorse the Pauls for any elected office.
So potent is this poison that no inoculation against it exists. No matter how expressly you repudiate the distortions in advance, they will freely flow. Hence: Im about to discuss the candidacies of Barack Obama and Ron Paul, and no matter how many times I say that I am not endorsing or expressing support for anyones candidacy, the simple-minded Manicheans and the lying partisan enforcers will claim the opposite. But since its always inadvisable to refrain from expressing ideas in deference to the confusion and deceit of the lowest elements, Im going to proceed to make a couple of important points about both candidacies even knowing in advance how wildly they will be distorted.
Emphasis Greenwald's.
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/31/progressives_and_the_ron_paul_fallacies/
I don't agree with everything Greenwald says in this article, but his view on the Pauls is far more nuanced than you are making it out to be.
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The reason people hate Greenwald so much is because they are terrified of him
Bjorn Against
May 2014
#2
He claimed that Ron Paul was the most "anti-war, anti-Surveillance-State,
MannyGoldstein
May 2014
#15
"the simple-minded Manicheans and the lying partisan enforcers will claim the opposite"
Hassin Bin Sober
May 2014
#51
It only "works" for a handful who post far more often than their actual presence here.
bvar22
May 2014
#98
The fact that he's an asshole who promotes people who want to destroy this country
baldguy
May 2014
#19
Oh yeah, greenwald is a big ol scary asshole and wants everyone to be very afraid of him.
Cha
May 2014
#44
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say there isn't a single DUr terrified of Greenwald nt
arely staircase
May 2014
#53
you think DUers are afraid of Greenwald? a few suits in govt agencies, perhaps, but regular people?
dionysus
May 2014
#89
Greenwald is a user and abuser, his patsy is stuck in Russia after flying there on advice,
Thinkingabout
May 2014
#6
Wrong, check another dictionary, one who is easily fooled, that be Snowden.
Thinkingabout
May 2014
#11
Who has used the information to write articles? Snowden, who ask Putin a trumped
Thinkingabout
May 2014
#17
Snowden offered and gave Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald and Barton Gellman the information
365fx
May 2014
#25
It's easy, just need a list of patsies and sit back and get big contracts for yourself.
Thinkingabout
May 2014
#83
Sure, among people with poor reading comprehension skills who are unable to parse a sentence. nt
Electric Monk
May 2014
#18
Glenn was Hale's civil attorney. By choice...the 6th has nothing to do with Greenwald's decision to
msanthrope
May 2014
#54
And John Adams represented British soldiers accused of attacking Americans around the time of
JDPriestly
May 2014
#72
Thank you for underscoring my point....Greenwald protected the business interests of
msanthrope
May 2014
#74
John Adams was also close to a dictator as president. When Jefferson defeated him it wasnt called
arely staircase
May 2014
#76
Suppose a president had, at his inaugural, the invocation given by a pastor
MannyGoldstein
May 2014
#21
Why? You tell me. The most recent thing G has done is make an asshole comment about those
arely staircase
May 2014
#27
...and I'll add that it's a waste of time for some to continue personal attacks on Greenwald...
Sancho
May 2014
#41
I dont think it's hilarious but I agree it's sad. They are living in a denial bubble, thinking that
rhett o rick
May 2014
#66
I would love to be in a newborn nursery and steal all the binkies just to hear the babies cry
Autumn
May 2014
#80
Let's wait and see whether there are very explosive revelations and then decide whether
JDPriestly
May 2014
#73
like him or not, snowden put his freedom in jeapordy.. as greenwalds trying to make a buck off it.
dionysus
May 2014
#87