Greenwald: Why Privacy Matters

[99th_Monkey]

Recent 20 Minute TED Talk by Glenn Greenwald on why it is a canard to say
"I have nothing to hide, so I don't care about my privacy"
http://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters#t-544263

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Oh, you are gonna get sooooo stomped

for posting anything from Satan here.

[KoKo]

6. I don't understand the "Dem" Hatred for Greenwald here...

Never have. And, add Snowden "Hate" into it, also.

What have these two ever done to anyone here to cause such outrage? I never hear an answer except a personal attack and jeers about their lifestyle or personalities. No discussion about how they outed the Bush "Patriot Act" & ever more aggressive extensions of our loss of liberties by the NSA.. and both put their life on the line to do it. Laura Poitras and the other wistleblowers before them.

[Savannahmann]

9. They exposed the dirty dealings of the Government

But they did it when a Democrat was in office, and thus affixing blame on the Democrat for eternity in the History books. That is the sin. If they had exposed the programs and a Republican was in office, the users here would march on Oslo demanding Nobel Prizes for the next decade for the two of them. Instead, it's a Democrat who has been tied to it, and they would gladly march the two onto the Gallows and pronounce them traitors for eternity.

Politics over principle. Style over substance. Image over reality. That is the Democratic Party of today. GOTV man. We're team blue and we are awesome.

[hifiguy]

17. Blammo/

Obama has left the vast majority of the ChimpCo apparatus spying on average Americans completely untouched and in place. Facts are facts.

[Jackpine Radical]

11. They've made Obama Look Bad.

They revealed stuff that the White House didn't want revealed. They made it harder to buy the current Admin's refusal to prosecute war crimes. The Administration wants to hang them; therefore all loyal Democrats are called upon to vilify them.

That's as close to an answer as I can come.

And apparently they have some libertarian connections. Anything a libertarian does is done to injure the nation. Q.E.D.

[Thinkingabout]

20. So if this occurred under the Bush Administration, how does this make the Obama Adminstration?

Oh yea, it was meant to hurt Obama, Libertarian thinks they can crush the Democrats and take over, wont happen with this Democrat.

[Jackpine Radical]

22. In a lot of ways.

The continuation of hostilities, the failure to prosecute war criminals, the effective condonation of torture, the continuation and intensification of surveillance, etc.

[Thinkingabout]

24. If this was not a problem when Bush was in office and being cheered on by

Certain people who then had a come to Jesus moment and started cheering the Libertarian candidate and now it is Obama's problem no, some people might believe this snow job but it does not pass the smell test. Privacy has been invaded and those who have invaded privacy continues to lie, change their story wants to whine about their privacy.

[Jackpine Radical]

25. I sort of wish I understood what you're trying to say in your last sentence.

[Thinkingabout]

26. Is it hard to understand to understand the spy patsy Snowden invaded the

Privacy of the NSA, spied on the agency, has passed information on to unauthorized receivers, told many different stories about why he did such a deed and he has the nerve or others who cheers him on is concerned about privacy, he has violated my privacy by even saying he could listen to anyone anywhere.

[99th_Monkey]

12. Greenwald was all the rage with Lib/Dems

When he was exposing war crimes, etc. of the Bush cabal.

[Corruption Inc]

19. The hatred isn't coming from "Dems"

This place is full of operatives, repukes and sociopaths. They love attacking people rather than issues and playing cop on the internet.

Kudos to you and the few others who do discuss unconstitutional and illegal NSA spying in the faces of our corrupted, brainwashed, propagandized and just plain stupid citizenry.

[Blue_Tires]

2. I'll just let Cesca speak for me here, and see myself out:

http://thedailybanter.com/2014/10/glenn-greenwalds-nothing-hide-challenge-pretty-damn-stupid/

[grasswire]

5. Cesca is a discredited source.

A gossip monger. Nothing more.

Shameful for you to keep citing him.

[99th_Monkey]

8. You cite Mr. Cesca to speak for you ... hmmm

interesting how Cesca lines up in lockstep to defend the surveillance state at every
turn, as he does here in this article trashing James Risen, on Bill Mayer, for refusing to
disclose his sources.

"Once and For All, There’s No Such Thing as “The War on Whistleblowers” and Here’s Why"
http://thedailybanter.com/2014/10/theres-thing-war-whistleblowers-heres/#rrqlTfaFMdsrRAAt.99

[Thinkingabout]

3. When you violate privacy, expect to have your privacy violated also.

[99th_Monkey]

10. Yup. 2 sides 1 coin ~nt~

[woo me with science]

4. Huge K&R

[DisgustipatedinCA]

7. He's nothing but a liar!!!!1!!

im not able to provide even a shred of documentation to back my claim, but the exclamations I used tend to indicate that I'm telling the truth, so there's that.

[Enthusiast]

13. Kicked and recommended a whole bunch!

Thank you, 99th_Monkey.

[navarth]

14. kick

[closeupready]

15. I heart Glenn Greenwald.

K&R

[JDPriestly]

16. K&R. Great Ted talk.

[hifiguy]

18. K& R

[nashville_brook]

21. "i have nothing to hide" is white privilege

[woo me with science]

23. good point