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Tue Aug 8, 2017, 12:16 PM Aug 2017

Wonkette: Oh go fuck yourself, Glenn Greenwald [View all]

https://wonkette.com/621347/oh-go-fuck-yourself-glenn-greenwald


Greenwald, who likes to remind his readers every now and then (constantly) that he really really really really really doesn’t like America, and who is in theory a liberal who embraces liberal values, but totally isn’t, is just not sure whether Donald Trump’s plans to rip healthcare away from millions, deport the fuck out of every brown-skinned person he sees, and so on, are worse than the generals — Mattis, McMaster and Kelly — SUBVERTING TRUMP’S AGENDA by sneakily getting appointed to sweet-ass cabinet and White House positions by Donald Trump, and then sort of trying to rein in some of President Fuck-Bonkers’s most dangerous tendencies.

Oh and he’s mad about the Deep State, because of course he is. Greenwald spends a lot of his column beating a straw man to death, claiming that all the sane people who HAAAAAATE Trump, many of them conservatives who worked tirelessly to keep him from getting elected, and who have been in “COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY, MOTHERFUCKERS” mode since Greenwald’s pals at WikiLeaks and the Russians he is SO IN LOVE WITH (he would deny that accusation, but ya know, actions speak louder than words, and also fuck him) helped Trump get elected, think Greenwald and his weirdo friends are dumb for believing there is a “Deep State.” This is a false construct. We very much know there is a Deep State, and we know it makes Greenwald and Sean Hannity shit the bed, so we make fun of them about it.

But he’s really really confused about which is worse: that Trump is in office and beating the shit out of American institutions and the Constitution, or that the so-called Deep State (normal people refer to them as “career public servants”) is trying its damnedest to protect the Republic from Trump’s damage. The horrors! It reminds us of that thing Anthony Scaramucci whined during his 120-some-odd-hour tenure as White House Communications Director, about how there are some White House staffers who “think it is their job to save America from this president.” It’s almost as if there is a wide consensus among thinking Americans that the traditions we hold dear are in danger, and that we should do something about it. (Also, to all those people, thank you!)

But Greenwald can’t abide that, because how DARE the Deep State Military-CIA-Industrial Complex act all high and mighty like they for real care about protecting America from the authoritarian dipshit in the White House, when it’s very clear that #BothSidesDoIt anyway? How could Donald Trump possibly be more evil than the United States Of America has always been since forever?


See also: "The Alt-Right and Glenn Greenwald vs H.R. McMaster:

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/the-alt-right-and-glenn-greenwald-versus-h-r-mcmaster.html
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Wonkette has a real way with words! 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2017 #1
lol. Greenwald is the most intelligent man onit2day Aug 2017 #19
do you share his belief that career public servants in the federal civil service geek tragedy Aug 2017 #22
Greenwood and Bannon are cut of the same cloth Hamlette Aug 2017 #27
hare-brained maxsolomon Aug 2017 #33
I like hair brained ChubbyStar Aug 2017 #35
Greenwald is a at best a contrarian. He thrives on disruption of systems, progressive or not. haele Aug 2017 #29
I think this sums GG up quite well. n/t bloom Aug 2017 #36
Seems Legit lol. stonecutter357 Aug 2017 #32
No one wants Greenwald on their side Progressive dog Aug 2017 #44
Greenwald can go pound sand as far as I've been concernef for a long time. 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2017 #48
You can keep him on your side. Nt Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #49
Nope. He's not very intelligent and he's not terribly great at his Ninsianna Aug 2017 #62
Holy moly...that made my morning. BootinUp Aug 2017 #2
Greenwald is a Russian agent alcibiades_mystery Aug 2017 #3
Post removed Post removed Aug 2017 #21
I think you're right Progressive dog Aug 2017 #45
K & R SunSeeker Aug 2017 #4
Who cares what Greenwald thinks? Gothmog Aug 2017 #5
Bravo! MineralMan Aug 2017 #6
back in the day, I never could figure out what Greenwald's trip was paulkienitz Aug 2017 #7
Yeah not fooled Aug 2017 #52
K&R ismnotwasm Aug 2017 #8
Love the Wonkette. byronius Aug 2017 #9
I am haunted by that Scaramucci remark about some are in WH to save us from Trump librechik Aug 2017 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author BadgerMom Aug 2017 #14
Excellent takedown. n/t hlthe2b Aug 2017 #11
Greenwald's platform, The Intercept, is also lapucelle Aug 2017 #12
K&R mcar Aug 2017 #13
K & R BadgerMom Aug 2017 #15
K&R Scurrilous Aug 2017 #16
Poor Glenn radical noodle Aug 2017 #17
GreenwaldSnowdenPutin brush Aug 2017 #18
Propaganda. Neither of these two support Putin onit2day Aug 2017 #20
BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Foamfollower Aug 2017 #28
Snowden is supported by Putin and Greenwald helped get him there... brush Aug 2017 #40
Where does Snowden live TO THIS DAY?! uponit7771 Aug 2017 #41
How's the weather in Minsk? BannonsLiver Aug 2017 #42
LOL Scurrilous Aug 2017 #51
They do deal in propaganda, and they're supported BY Putin. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #63
He minimizes, ignores, and lies about Russia's role Bradical79 Aug 2017 #66
I'd pay more attention to the Wonkette if she . . FairWinds Aug 2017 #23
Greenwald is peddling the Breitbart/alt-right myth that a "deep state" geek tragedy Aug 2017 #25
In some cases, it's hard to "overuse obscenities." maddiemom Aug 2017 #31
I wonder if she talks that way in front of her FairWinds Aug 2017 #57
When it gets to the gender shaming, it's clear that the truth hurts. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #64
Of course it goes without saying . . FairWinds Aug 2017 #67
Lol, yep. And I don't think we've yet invented words Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2017 #60
For a while there, maddiemom Aug 2017 #24
I got sick of him years ago. GoCubsGo Aug 2017 #30
yeah - it concerns me - the folks who still follow him (and trust him) :( n/t bloom Aug 2017 #37
I think his name is Jimmy Dore. Kurovski Aug 2017 #38
Sorry; stand corrected. maddiemom Aug 2017 #56
His putin apologism is what lost me with Greenwald rpannier Aug 2017 #50
YES! I totally agree! SkyDaddy7 Aug 2017 #54
Wonkette is one of my go to sites that I check every day. Mickju Aug 2017 #26
Kick. dalton99a Aug 2017 #34
Hate to say I told you so.... Blue_Tires Aug 2017 #39
F**k GG! Tarheel_Dem Aug 2017 #43
Greenwald like Snowden is anti-American! hrmjustin Aug 2017 #46
"Oh go fuck yourself, Glenn Greenwald" orangecrush Aug 2017 #47
K & R . Fabulous, expletive laden takedown of greenwald's assholery ... JHan Aug 2017 #53
Yes, Greenwald and his weirdo friends are dumb. betsuni Aug 2017 #55
Thank you geek saidsimplesimon Aug 2017 #58
Brilliance... Blue_Tires Aug 2017 #59
Those were the days eh Egnever Aug 2017 #61
all 50 of those folks have relocated to the Troll Commune nt geek tragedy Aug 2017 #65
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