Looks like it's the Greenwald-as-Libertarian crowd (Reply #18)

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Tue Sep 30, 2014, 11:37 PM

MannyGoldstein (34,589 posts)

18. Looks like it's the Greenwald-as-Libertarian crowd

That refrains from reading.

The article does not say what you claim.

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139 replies	Author	Time	Post
In 2012 the US had a $7 million bounty on the guy Greenwald is claiming Obama invented two weeks ago [View all]	geek tragedy	Sep 2014	OP
But Greenwald is GOD!	MohRokTah	Sep 2014	#1
And, gods aren't "medacious hacks"(thanks for the epithet, geek)..	Cha	Sep 2014	#15
DU rec...bt	SidDithers	Sep 2014	#2
This is why people have gotta be careful about taking Greenwald's snake oil. nt	Cali_Democrat	Sep 2014	#3
people who are emotionally invested in hating the President consciously decide	geek tragedy	Sep 2014	#4
And that is why Dems lose elections.	sheshe2	Sep 2014	#8
And, this is GG's agenda.	Cha	Sep 2014	#16
It sure is...	sheshe2	Sep 2014	#19
The GG fans project too much.	Cha	Oct 2014	#39
Ya think~	sheshe2	Oct 2014	#44
But snake oil goes down so smooth, and you can rub it on all over	Hekate	Oct 2014	#35
Yup...	sheshe2	Oct 2014	#101
But of course that's not what Greenwald's said. You already know this.	DisgustipatedinCA	Sep 2014	#5
Funny how Greenwald's fans don't read his stuff	geek tragedy	Sep 2014	#6
I've read every word of it, and your OP is untrue	DisgustipatedinCA	Sep 2014	#7
GGDS overwhelms reason	whatchamacallit	Sep 2014	#9
I will bet you have no good explanation for why Greenwald cited Andrew McCarthy's claim	geek tragedy	Sep 2014	#11
The words are there for everyone to read. I did forget this line of Greenwald's:	geek tragedy	Sep 2014	#10
Then quote the damned words.	DisgustipatedinCA	Sep 2014	#13
Here, I will quote you nothing but Greenwald's own words.	geek tragedy	Sep 2014	#17
Tired of your games. Groups aren't individuals.	DisgustipatedinCA	Sep 2014	#25
just like there are people who hate Obama so much they believe that a grand crime against	geek tragedy	Sep 2014	#30
Don't expect a rational explanation from Greenwald fans, geek.	BlueCaliDem	Oct 2014	#79
Just think about this for a second, and no don't get mad at me.	sheshe2	Oct 2014	#38
+1000000000000000000...	SidDithers	Oct 2014	#48
I get it. I really do.	DisgustipatedinCA	Oct 2014	#49
K...	sheshe2	Oct 2014	#65
I didn't miss Will Pitt's post, and you can take that up with him (again)	DisgustipatedinCA	Oct 2014	#71
"It sure as hell is not GG Underground "	MohRokTah	Oct 2014	#98
well done sheshe	flamingdem	Oct 2014	#55
Know what bothers me?	Scootaloo	Oct 2014	#61
+1000!	Puglover	Oct 2014	#120
Excellent analysis.	Major Hogwash	Oct 2014	#66
Well that's just a silly word game you're playing now.	cui bono	Oct 2014	#76
Actually	Andy823	Oct 2014	#109
You are conflating hate with criticism.	cui bono	Oct 2014	#118
No I am not.	Andy823	Oct 2014	#128
Very well done, she. It needed to be said.	BlueCaliDem	Oct 2014	#80
Applause	LawDeeDah	Oct 2014	#100
+100,000,000,000... nt	Andy823	Oct 2014	#104
+10000000000	woo me with science	Oct 2014	#42
It's exactly what FOX news does	AgingAmerican	Oct 2014	#64
You're right, and it's deplorable to see it here.	DisgustipatedinCA	Oct 2014	#67
Fail.	Major Hogwash	Oct 2014	#68
FAIL	AgingAmerican	Oct 2014	#69
Those same people also don't understand that people of varying/differing political	cui bono	Oct 2014	#75
People who approach everything in terms of personalities imagine	QC	Oct 2014	#103
What are you gonna believe, Greenwald or your lyin' eyes?	brush	Oct 2014	#111
One more iteration of seemingly endless repetition	DisgustipatedinCA	Oct 2014	#113
Talk about seemingly endless repetition . . .	brush	Oct 2014	#114
This message was self-deleted by its author	brush	Oct 2014	#117
Mendacity? Lying? Please do proceed.	DisgustipatedinCA	Oct 2014	#119
God! Not you — Greenwald. nt	brush	Oct 2014	#122
"There are serious questions about whether the Khorasan Group even exists . . . " n/t	pnwmom	Oct 2014	#47
Who is the GUY Greenwald claims doesn't exist?	DisgustipatedinCA	Oct 2014	#50
It is that hard when they are intentionally trying to be deceptive	LondonReign2	Oct 2014	#126
I don't think we are supposed to notice that.	zeemike	Oct 2014	#51
Expose the lie and they just double down on it	Vattel	Oct 2014	#88
Good God	LondonReign2	Oct 2014	#124
"...seemingly out of nowhere..."	randome	Oct 2014	#96
Looks like it's the Greenwald-as-Libertarian crowd	MannyGoldstein	Sep 2014	#18
I quoted it extensively. But, if you agree with Glenn Greenwald	geek tragedy	Sep 2014	#21
McCarthy is certainly an expert on Terra! Terra!	MannyGoldstein	Oct 2014	#40
MCarthy's book is titled "Building the political case for Obama's Impeachment"	geek tragedy	Oct 2014	#46
What, in your quotes, comports	MannyGoldstein	Oct 2014	#58
"white nationalist" is the term of art, Manny.	geek tragedy	Oct 2014	#91
So Greenwald's a White Nationalist?	MannyGoldstein	Oct 2014	#110
Did you read the parts about "hordes"	geek tragedy	Oct 2014	#112
I also read the part about...	MannyGoldstein	Oct 2014	#131
Stuff Glenn Greenwald says:	geek tragedy	Oct 2014	#133
I would say that someone who used the word "hordes" to describe	msanthrope	Oct 2014	#116
Not to mention Greenwald saying that Mexicans are culturally	geek tragedy	Oct 2014	#134
That's all about the group. Where does he say	Union Scribe	Oct 2014	#73
The title of his article was "the fake terror threat used to justify bombing syria"	geek tragedy	Oct 2014	#89
Or maybe he was "aware"? He knows there's a certain element who will believe anything	Cha	Sep 2014	#12
The difference is, Greenwald has yet to be caught in a lie.	DisgustipatedinCA	Sep 2014	#28
He claimed Obama 'concoctred' the Khorosan group to provide legal justification	geek tragedy	Oct 2014	#52
My goodness, the contortions!	elias49	Oct 2014	#54
Post removed	Post removed	Oct 2014	#57
+10000000000	RandiFan1290	Oct 2014	#85
So true, and this is not a recent development. n/t	QC	Oct 2014	#90
It did not cite it in it's legal justification.	zeemike	Oct 2014	#60
It also means he's not much of a journalist.	randome	Oct 2014	#97
This has already been debunked and explained to you in another thread.	cui bono	Oct 2014	#78
Looking every where for a mention of the Khorasan Group. Not finding it.	Luminous Animal	Sep 2014	#14
Greenwald is saying the entire terror threat and the existence of the group	geek tragedy	Sep 2014	#22
I've got nothing but sympathy for you. Really. You can't fill Prosense's shoes.	Luminous Animal	Oct 2014	#37
The title of his article was "the fake terror threat used to justify bombing syria"	geek tragedy	Oct 2014	#41
They'll never get it.. it must be strange to stick ones head in the sand and keep repeating	Cha	Oct 2014	#63
Exactly!	Major Hogwash	Oct 2014	#70
LOL!!!	Capt. Obvious	Oct 2014	#94
lol	Marr	Oct 2014	#123
GG is a dumba$$ winger and his fans can't handle that.. so they try using what they think are	Cha	Oct 2014	#43
$$$$$$$$$GG$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$	sheshe2	Oct 2014	#53
I do too, she.. and you can tell how effective she was by	Cha	Oct 2014	#56
Glad to see DU is returning to its Democratic roots. ;-)	BlueCaliDem	Oct 2014	#81
"Nothing in this post goes against Democrats and the Alerter, clearly a GG fan, needs to grow a	Cha	Oct 2014	#82
You know me too well, Cha.	BlueCaliDem	Oct 2014	#83
I didn't know	Cha	Oct 2014	#84
the whole "controversy" is like Benghazi	JI7	Sep 2014	#20
Your hatred of GG has warped your thinking	AZ Progressive	Sep 2014	#23
he is the guy we bombed, right? Greenwald is claiming there was no terrorist threat or need	geek tragedy	Sep 2014	#24
GG's hate is warping his thinking.	Cha	Oct 2014	#62
Greenwald claims Obama invented this guy?	progressoid	Sep 2014	#26
Greenwald is saying this was a scam, sham, concoction, and fake by the US government.	geek tragedy	Sep 2014	#27
Your story changes and changes the further one reads down the thread.	DisgustipatedinCA	Sep 2014	#29
Greenwald is saying there was no terrorist threat in that area. that Obama's claim that there were	geek tragedy	Sep 2014	#31
Greenwald said there was no terrorist threat in that area?	DisgustipatedinCA	Sep 2014	#33
"The Fake Terror Threat Used To Justify Bombing Syria" was the title	geek tragedy	Oct 2014	#36
no terrorist threat "in that area"	Laughing Mirror	Oct 2014	#86
Where the US bombed "Khorosan"--he referred to Khorosan as a "fake terror threat"	geek tragedy	Oct 2014	#92
A fake terror threat for whom?	Laughing Mirror	Oct 2014	#115
I'm noticing that as well. nt	Union Scribe	Oct 2014	#74
So the title of your OP is also a concoction.	progressoid	Sep 2014	#32
Greenwald is denying that there was any kind of terrorist threat in the area.	geek tragedy	Sep 2014	#34
Perhaps that should be the title of the thread	progressoid	Oct 2014	#45
Not what he said at all.	Marr	Oct 2014	#125
No, he doesn't. n/t	cui bono	Oct 2014	#77
Good research and find on Al-Fadhli	flamingdem	Oct 2014	#59
Why the lie?	quakerboy	Oct 2014	#72
It's all they've got.	Scuba	Oct 2014	#87
he said there was no terror threat, period	geek tragedy	Oct 2014	#95
No. You're still factually wrong.	DisgustipatedinCA	Oct 2014	#99
+1	leftstreet	Oct 2014	#107
O/U for Rec's for this thread is 27.5	Capt. Obvious	Oct 2014	#93
Considering the post has been up for 11 hours with 25 recs	davidpdx	Oct 2014	#102
Bottom line is	Andy823	Oct 2014	#105
The facts are all over the thread	LondonReign2	Oct 2014	#127
No those are "your" facts	Andy823	Oct 2014	#129
Oh Goody!!!!	bvar22	Oct 2014	#130
OK	Andy823	Oct 2014	#138
LOL	LondonReign2	Oct 2014	#137
Official Meta Statistician	Bobbie Jo	Oct 2014	#108
kick for truth	Blue_Tires	Oct 2014	#106
Email Glenn Greenwald at this address:	MineralMan	Oct 2014	#121
Greenwald and his naive fans never let facts get in the way	tabasco	Oct 2014	#132
Who doesn't care about facts?	Marr	Oct 2014	#135
nice summation	Vattel	Oct 2014	#136
Yep.	QC	Oct 2014	#139

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