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MineralMan

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4. Maybe they heard the speech and can tell us what he said.

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Mon Apr 6, 2015, 01:51 PM

Apr 2015

Could be.

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So What the Heck Did Greenwald Say at a Memorial Lecture for a Pro-Lyncher That's So Secretive? [View all] msanthrope Apr 2015 OP

Hm. I wonder what overly-sensitive Glenn Greenwald supporters on DU have to say about this? BlueCaliDem Apr 2015 #1

Maybe they heard the speech and can tell us what he said. MineralMan Apr 2015 #4

I'd love to hear it...even if it's their version of. eom BlueCaliDem Apr 2015 #9

Glenn hasn't posted it anywhere I can find. I really do want to read what he said about msanthrope Apr 2015 #13

Me, too. One thing we can safely gamble on is, it wasn't anything negative. He'd otherwise BlueCaliDem Apr 2015 #14

I'd be interested in finding out the speaker's fee, too. We read so much msanthrope Apr 2015 #16

Probably something like Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2015 #5

Or something like this: BlueCaliDem Apr 2015 #8

Kick and rec! zappaman Apr 2015 #2

Maybe the speech will show up on YouTube someday... MineralMan Apr 2015 #3

Ironically, it's on Snowden and privacy. nt msanthrope Apr 2015 #6

Hopefully someday the Greenwald and Snowden fans will realize they have been fooled. stevenleser Apr 2015 #7

If John Oliver's brilliant playing of Comrade Eddie didn't convince 'em, nothing will. nt msanthrope Apr 2015 #10

Nope. They'll spin it to make it sound positive, as one poster already has done here on DU. eom BlueCaliDem Apr 2015 #15

Did you guys watch the full episode? JonLP24 Apr 2015 #84

He was reduced to discussing hypothetical dick pic privacy issues BeyondGeography Apr 2015 #102

You think Oliver's point was that Snowden... doesn't have a point? Marr Apr 2015 #35

No, it was that no one cared about the revelations. joshcryer Apr 2015 #39

even the snowden fans don't seem to care much JI7 Apr 2015 #42

Citizen Four was an excellent documentary JonLP24 Apr 2015 #85

I thought it was pretty obvious there that Oliver was criticizing both the apathetic public and our Marr Apr 2015 #64

I don't think it's that simple. Adrahil Apr 2015 #43

I think joshcryer explained it perfectly---Snowden fucked up when he involved Greenwald, msanthrope Apr 2015 #55

I could agree with that. He should have gone to an I.G. or to a white house deputy chief of staff or stevenleser Apr 2015 #57

I blame Greenwald on that point. He was a lawyer....he knew precisely the legal jeopardy Snowden msanthrope Apr 2015 #60

Greenwald definitely knew better but I'm not ready to say Snowden bears no responsibility stevenleser Apr 2015 #63

Well, as joshcryer, and Recursion, and I have all indicated, it's entirely possible that Snowden msanthrope Apr 2015 #65

It was certainly not an endorsement of him revealing international . . . brush Apr 2015 #78

I don't feel "fooled." joshcryer Apr 2015 #40

Greenwald cares about Greenwald. That's it. Adrahil Apr 2015 #45

If either of them had good intentions and were out for "the right thing" their actions would have stevenleser Apr 2015 #47

Will we see the 'FDR Democrats' denounce this? geek tragedy Apr 2015 #11

I love the legal fiction that Sumners was denied a SCOTUS berth because of his opposition to msanthrope Apr 2015 #12

Yet Hugo Black, who also opposed anti-lynching legislation and had belonged to the KKK, was chosen. deurbano Apr 2015 #34

Black was pro-New Deal. I wonder if the 'FDR Democrats' want to claim him as one of their geek tragedy Apr 2015 #51

Black was anti-lynching legislation, but not pro-lynching. Sumners took it farther, justifying msanthrope Apr 2015 #62

Roosevelt actually did choose a Supreme Court Justice who was pro-lynching, someone who didn't deurbano Apr 2015 #92

Indeed...so I wonder if the self-described FDR democrats on this site appreciate msanthrope Apr 2015 #99

Did you? deurbano Apr 2015 #107

I always appreciate information. nt msanthrope Apr 2015 #108

K&R! Tarheel_Dem Apr 2015 #17

Nice hit job! Maedhros Apr 2015 #18

You think he mistakenly signed up for this lecture series? He couldn't msanthrope Apr 2015 #20

You're reporting on where GG is lecturing for Koch money and "hit job" is all they can come up with? Cha Apr 2015 #31

Holy crap, that's weak... SidDithers Apr 2015 #41

So a Greenwald DIDN'T go on Beck, or give that speech? Adrahil Apr 2015 #46

Would love to hear that speech.. mountain grammy Apr 2015 #19

He talked about how mass government surveillance is the antithesis of the 4th Amendment Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #21

Well, as I noted below, we knew it was about Snowden, because GG msanthrope Apr 2015 #22

but, but, wasn't he 'honoring a pro-lynching Congressperson?' bigtree Apr 2015 #27

Greenwald is anti-government. Care to guess which party benefits geek tragedy Apr 2015 #50

simplistic nonsense bigtree Apr 2015 #71

those are all libertarian values too. He never sticks his neck out to urge the government geek tragedy Apr 2015 #72

this is all very interesting, I'm sure bigtree Apr 2015 #74

Well, no, it's also his penchant for engaging in hysterical, shrill attacks against geek tragedy Apr 2015 #75

that's neither the subject of this op, nor, apparently bigtree Apr 2015 #77

"The mainstream view in the United States is that people do not trust the federal government" geek tragedy Apr 2015 #80

again, completely ignoring his revelations about government spying bigtree Apr 2015 #81

I think you mistakenly assume I have some agenda to discredit his NSA revelations. geek tragedy Apr 2015 #82

all of those you list here are certainly important bigtree Apr 2015 #94

Greenwald's larger agenda is to urge progressives to dump the Democrats geek tragedy Apr 2015 #95

I don't care why he 'trotted it out' bigtree Apr 2015 #96

which is all fine and good, but understand there is considerable suspicion of him as far as where geek tragedy Apr 2015 #97

I don't care where he goes with this bigtree Apr 2015 #98

Should be mentioned that Greenwald publically supported several progressive Democrats Chathamization Apr 2015 #100

Now he is sounding like Ted Cruz. This is one of Cruz' favorite things to say: stevenleser Apr 2015 #52

Anti-Greenwalders personalize too much, missing the point. doxyluv13 Apr 2015 #23

Except that many of his "revelations" have been refuted, and it actually does matter msanthrope Apr 2015 #24

I started an OP on refutations of Greenwald/Smowden claims. Result: zilch, nothing. DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2015 #25

well said grasswire Apr 2015 #26

Link? nt msanthrope Apr 2015 #66

Link DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2015 #70

You were given proof after proof.....heck, here I prove he's a liar..... msanthrope Apr 2015 #79

An attorney should have a better grasp of the word proof and its usage. DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2015 #83

Again. ...you've simply dismissed all proof. You think Greenwald wrote msanthrope Apr 2015 #89

No sale. DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2015 #91

I wrote a whole OP disproving a fact Greenwald stated about Anwar Awlaki. msanthrope Apr 2015 #101

Out of all the speakers in this series-including James Carville, Romney, Netanyahu, Erskine Bowles, Chathamization Apr 2015 #44

Those people are wingnut Republicans. You're telling us GG is no different? nt geek tragedy Apr 2015 #48

James Carville is a wingnut Republican? N/T Chathamization Apr 2015 #59

Serpenthead is whatever he wants to be that day. Never forget that. nt msanthrope Apr 2015 #61

O.P.P.O.R.T.U.N.I.S.T. VanillaRhapsody Apr 2015 #28

Wow treestar Apr 2015 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Scrabbleddie Apr 2015 #30

So it's all secret hush-hush what Greenwald was up to at the NCPA? If this were Hillary there would Cha Apr 2015 #32

Same reason I'm disgusted by anyone who's applied for a Fulbright scholarship Chathamization Apr 2015 #33

If this is your rebuttal of Greenwald's reporting, I feel sorry for you. Marr Apr 2015 #36

The "rebuttal" is John Olliver's Snowden interview. joshcryer Apr 2015 #38

That interview did not cast Snowden or his actions in a bad light. Marr Apr 2015 #67

Well, the messenger does change the reporting. For example, Greenwald's reporting on Anwar Awlaki msanthrope Apr 2015 #58

So true whatchamacallit Apr 2015 #90

I know what you mean. And Little Green Footballs?! Charles Johnson & his posters have been stalking deurbano Apr 2015 #93

Probably some weaselly libertarian claptrap. joshcryer Apr 2015 #37

I've never been to a memorial lecture when the lecturer did not mention the person being honored.... msanthrope Apr 2015 #68

Recommended. H2O Man Apr 2015 #49

Kick. riqster Apr 2015 #53

Video or transcripts might just spoil the fun. n/t Orsino Apr 2015 #54

I find it funny that a talk on the NSA/Snowden wasn't mentioned by GG, and there are no msanthrope Apr 2015 #56

Followup: Glenn Beck and Glenn Greenwald Agree on Pretty Much Everything Blue_Tires Apr 2015 #69

People who get involved with Greenwald end up exiled or in prison, but he doesn't.... Hekate Apr 2015 #73

So no one knows? zappaman Apr 2015 #76

I must have stumbled into the Muckraker's Ball whatchamacallit Apr 2015 #86

The Greenwald hero-worship is amusing YoungDemCA Apr 2015 #87

You'd Think He Was The Brave Whistle Blower Or Something ProfessorGAC Apr 2015 #109

K&R one_voice Apr 2015 #88

Photo: Blue_Tires Apr 2015 #103

I wonder if GG retweeted it. nt msanthrope Apr 2015 #104

He's too busy running damage control for the Oliver interview Blue_Tires Apr 2015 #105

His shit on Oliver just proves he's one of the clickbaiters. joshcryer Apr 2015 #106