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In reply to the discussion: The real reason a very loud few are posting hostility toward Glenn Greenwald at DU: [View all]Chan790
(20,176 posts)No, couldn't be.
Actually he is. A RW libertarian pal of Matt Hale foolhardy liberals are willing to follow like the Pied Piper because they misinterpret his classical isolationism (an extreme RW position born in the late 19th century of white supremacy, anti-nationalism and opposition to the formation of the political state. It's basically the foreign policy portion of anarcho-conservatism. Murray Rothbard would wholeheartedly embrace Greenwald's flavor of anti-military and anti-security sentiment.) for a kindred anti-war position. You might as well be supporting Lyndon LaRouche...sadly, while LaRouchianism would probably get you a DU banhammering, support for Greenwald will not.
Please check my liberal bona fides...short of my undying hatred for pacifists...you're going to have a hard time of it. I'm a staunch economic liberal. I'm an even more staunch social liberal. I just don't think there's any more room in this tent for those who would get in bed with RW-fringe antiwar crowd than there is for corporatists.