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Normally I can't stand Greenwald because even though he's usually right imho, he has to drama everything up so hard and force everything into a simplistic moral
by slurry 13y ago
Normally I can't stand Greenwald because even though he's usually right imho, he has to drama everything up so hard and force everything into a simplistic moral narrative that it's usually not even worth reading him.
But in this case, deciding when to strategically leak things, a little theatricality goes a long way, and a metric ton of theatricality goes even longer. And the machine for spinning and glossing over this stuff is so quick and vast that a handy cheap morality play might be all that stands between awareness and total effective oblivion.
So, thank FSM for Glenn Greenwald being insufferably obnoxious.
- detcader 13y ago>FSM His ripping of the New Atheists got to you?
- slurry 13y agoNot actually a big fan of the New Atheists. Don't recall reading Greenwald's ripping of them but I'd probably agree with most of it. Other than Citizens United, I can't recall an issue where I've thought Greenwald was wrong on principle. I can recall a lot where I thought he was naive, annoying or obtuse. Sort of like RMS. And in this case, it's a very good thing that he's over the top and naive. Someone who was understated and pragmatic probably wouldn't publish this at all or get as much attention if they did.
- detcader 13y agohere it is http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/03/sam-harris-muslim-animus http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/03/sam-harr...
- ankitml 13y agoApart from attacking the author personally, do you have any stronger argument. Usually stronger argument focuses on the content of article shared.
- slurry 13y agoShorter me: "I think Greenwald is annoying but he's doing a good job with this." Not sure why you'd fix in on "Greenwald is annoying".