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> Glenn Greenwald has always been actually on the left Over the last couple of years, he has consistently supported Trump, down to echoing Parler administrator
by microtherion 6y ago
> Glenn Greenwald has always been actually on the left
Over the last couple of years, he has consistently supported Trump, down to echoing Parler administrators' easily disproven talking points that none of their users were involved in the Capitol riots.
It's entirely consistent with his earlier positions that Greenwald opposed Obama/Clinton-era drone warfare, but from his writings, you'd have a difficult time learning how much drone strikes have expanded under Trump.
And finally, since 2016, Greenwald (as well as Assange and Snowden) have essentially turned into full blown instruments of Putinist propaganda (In Greenwald's case including the denial that Russia engaged in Novichok attacks against critics). This is neither a "leftist" nor an "anti-war" position, he simply favors a different bunch of war mongers.
- pohl 6y agoThe through line over that whole period, including the present piece, is the pattern of bending over backwards to align with Putin’s messaging goals.