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In reply to the discussion: Greenwald: Thumbs Up or Down? [View all]Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)94. No surprise there.
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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