GLENN GREENWALD IS A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR

[Better Believe It]

GLENN GREENWALD IS A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR
By: Rick Moran
January 2, 2009

I used to make great sport of Salon’s 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, he’ll 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

[baldguy]

1. K&R

"Progressives" who attack people like Greenwald do the far right's work.

[DirkGently]

2. Greenwald's but one of the "professional left" declared fair game. The Enemies List is long.

[Better Believe It]

3. And growing every day. Who's next? What groups are next?

[FarLeftFist]

4. And many of the attacks on Lefty posters who support Obama would make the Tea Party BLUSH.

EXCUSE US for being on a site called DEMOCRATICUNDERGROUND and supporting the Democratic President.

[Renew Deal]

6. But that's the thing

Many of the people involved in that behavior do not support Obama or Democrats. They just don't admit it.

[girl gone mad]

8. Supporting the President means constantly trashing any writers who have policy disagreements?

Is it worth it?

[FarLeftFist]

10. I'm confused. I can't voice my opinion about someone else's opinion?

I agree with Glenn on some things and disagree with him on others. Same way I feel about Obama. It's not black and white, there's PLENTY of gray area as well.

[girl gone mad]

13. Who's stopping you from voicing your opinions?

[joshcryer]

17. Oh yes, calling progressives "simple minded" is a "policy disagreeement."

[girl gone mad]

18. Who called a progressive simple minded?

[joshcryer]

19. GG?

[girl gone mad]

20. Link?

[tabatha]

5. False equivalency.

Edit: Deleted a comment by a liberal on other site, because it is not correct.

Different people can dislike a person for different reasons.

To lump all of those people together into one group, and sneer at people who are liberal objecting to Greenwald, is a very low blow. If a person had a valid criticism of someone, then they should not be smeared just because there are other people who criticize him.

And why are you using caps?

[Better Believe It]

7. "why are you using caps?" Because the caption was posted in caps on the website.

[bhikkhu]

9. Looking at all the controversy, I'm relieved to have no idea who the guy is

Whether he is supposed to have some indispensable opinion about something or other, or whether he has some opposition that is dedicated to refuting his indispensable opinion...I've done well enough thinking for myself, I think.

[Fumesucker]

11. If both the left and the right hate someone..

They must be a very bad person..

[tledford]

27. Actually, if both the right and the left hate someone, it *might* mean ...

... that said "someone" is on to something and the truth hurts.

Sometimes Obama could even be considered this "someone" along with uncountable others.

[Fumesucker]

32. Oh, but the left loves Obama..

Haven't you heard? 83% of liberal Democrats approve of the job Obama is doing..

[bertman]

12. Greenwald calls 'um like he sees 'um. Most of the time, I agree. nt

[SidDithers]

14. Why are you posting the ramblings of right-wing loons at DU?...

Sid

[kenny blankenship]

22. To preempt you.

[stillwaiting]

23. Well played! nt

[SidDithers]

26. Weak sauce...

you can do better than that.

Sid

[Union Scribe]

29. Boom

goes the dynamite. Well done.

[banned from Kos]

15. Right Wing Nut House must be where he visits Ron Paul n/t

[Dewey Finn]

16. Not at

all interesting. DF

[HangOnKids]

34. Yet you replied.

Sigh.

[Dewey Finn]

36. Uh-huh.

Sigh. It's not as if there's a wealth of smart stuff to read after logging on here. Not recently, anyway. Sigh.

[DeathToTheOil]

21. All on the front page of GD right now. Do you see the futility?

[NorthCarolina]

24. K&R

[bvar22]

25. "very similiar in tone"

...Closer to Word for Word Reproductions.

Great Find!
K&R

Uh-Oh… Here comes a flock of Waaaa-Waaaaas

[Matariki]

28. Unrec. Give it a rest.

[Bobbie Jo]

30. Time is money...

When you have a job to do.

[MjolnirTime]

31. Are you Greenwald??

You seem to hold as much of a vendetta against Obama.

[Puregonzo1188]

33. If you replace Bush with Obama in that screed it reads just like most of the attacks against him on

DU.


People sure to get in a huff when someone says something mean about their favorite politician.

[Weisbergkevin]

35. I love Greenwald

He does not defend one party or the other 100% of the time. It would be unnatural for anyone t defend a party 100% of the time, yet some people defend one party 100% of the time. And by 100% I am not using hyperbole.