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In which Greenwald turns his agenda all the way up to eleven (Original Post) Blue_Tires May 2015 OP
Glenn Greenwald's agenda! truebluegreen May 2015 #1
Indeed! eom Purveyor May 2015 #2
But I like this one.. Blue_Tires May 2015 #3
Hate to break it to ya (OK, no I don't) truebluegreen May 2015 #4
Whose is, then? Blue_Tires May 2015 #5
GCHQ’s Rainbow Lights: Exploiting Social Issues for Militarism and Imperialism bemildred May 2015 #6
Greenwald has expended more effort criticizing Western pro-GLBT efforts than he geek tragedy May 2015 #7
 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
1. Glenn Greenwald's agenda!
Mon May 18, 2015, 02:11 PM
May 2015

bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <gasp> <wheeze> gah

Methinks you need a different hobby.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
3. But I like this one..
Mon May 18, 2015, 02:26 PM
May 2015

Not only that, I've become damned adept at exposing GG's hypocrisy and binary ideology... Why on Earth would I ever give up this hobby?

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
5. Whose is, then?
Mon May 18, 2015, 02:52 PM
May 2015

Almost every DUer knew who I am, what I am, and what I'm about a LONG-assed time before I made this OP...I'm probably the easiest DUer to 'read', and I've never concealed anything about myself or my intentions...

So do tell exactly what is being 'exposed' about me?

bemildred

(90,061 posts)
6. GCHQ’s Rainbow Lights: Exploiting Social Issues for Militarism and Imperialism
Mon May 18, 2015, 03:19 PM
May 2015

Over the weekend, the British surveillance agency GCHQ — the most extremist and invasive in the West — bathed its futuristic headquarters with rainbow-colored lights “as a symbol of the intelligence agency’s commitment to diversity” and to express solidarity with “International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.” GCHQ’s public affairs office proudly distributed the above photograph to media outlets. Referring to Alan Turing, the closeted-and-oppressed gay World War II British code-breaker just memorialized by an Oscar-nominated feature film, Prime Minister David Cameron’s office celebrated GCHQ’s inspirational lights:

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/18/exploitation-social-issues-generate-support-militarism-imperialism/

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
7. Greenwald has expended more effort criticizing Western pro-GLBT efforts than he
Mon May 18, 2015, 04:13 PM
May 2015

has in criticizing anti-GLBT* persecution in Russia and Iran.

Yes, pinkwashing is a real thing, but so what? It's a sign of cultural progress.

*Iran is better with transpeople than Russia is, but it compensates by forcing gays and lesbians into sex change operations.



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