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GLENN GREENWALD IS A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR
By: Rick Moran
January 2, 2009
I used to make great sport of Salons Glenn Greenwald and his idiotic rantings against Bush, conservatives, Republicans, and individual bloggers he would attack irrationally. There is no one on the internet who exaggerates more, takes what someone writes or says completely and dishonestly out of context more often, or sets up larger strawmen - knocking them down with the kind of feverish frenzy one might see in a 14 year old drama queen.
His over the top, hysterical warnings about the imminent demise of American democracy, his one dimensional take on everything from the war to same sex marriage, and his insufferable, loutish, smugly self righteous attitude figured to be just too tempting a target for many of us who see in him the epitome of netroots hypocrisy and stupidity.
The rank deceitfulness of Greenwald is really getting tiresome. The idea that this ignorant hypocrite - as ignorant and hypocritical as any right winger he wants to name - has been given such a big megaphone at Salon would be incomprehensible except when you realize that his followers among the netroots are equally obtuse and perfidious when it comes to attacking their political and ideological enemies.
With that kind of devoted following, hell probably grab a Pulitzer someday.
http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2009/01/02/glenn-greenwald-is-pathological-liar/
So speaketh the appropriately named "right-wing nuthouse." They are not particularly fond of Mr. Greenwald. Way too liberal and radical for their tastes. What's interesting is that some of the personal attacks on Glenn Greenwald that we read today, written by self-proclaimed "liberals", are very similiar in tone to the brutal, malicious and hysterical rhetoric used by Republican right-wingers!
Interesting. BBI
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Greenwald's but one of the "professional left" declared fair game. The Enemies List is long.
DirkGently
Jan 2012
#2
And many of the attacks on Lefty posters who support Obama would make the Tea Party BLUSH.
FarLeftFist
Jan 2012
#4
Supporting the President means constantly trashing any writers who have policy disagreements?
girl gone mad
Jan 2012
#8
"why are you using caps?" Because the caption was posted in caps on the website.
Better Believe It
Jan 2012
#7
If you replace Bush with Obama in that screed it reads just like most of the attacks against him on
Puregonzo1188
Jan 2012
#33