Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@hiSociety__ Why is there nobody willing to state this accusation with their real name so that it can finally be tested in court? Is there a single courageous left-liberal anti-fascism warrior willing to accuse me of pedophilia under their real name? https://t.co/q5SSF8iGP2 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

I have updated my profile to reflect that I, too, am now on online safety expert. As an online safety expert, I am here to assure everyone that those of us in marginalized groups will find a way to survive even if Musk allows people disliked by Media Matters to be heard online✊ https://t.co/pNhWvPZ5qj — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

That free speech is murder - that many will die if we have just one social media platform not controlled by liberal journalists and academics - is inherently laughable. That they refuse to quote anyone disagreeing with this inanity shows their real function: not journalism. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Over the last 48 hours, multiple liberal outlets (including the WPost) equated free speech with mass murder, and blamed @ElonMusk for large numbers of people soon to die -- without including a single person who disagreed with this insanity. This person was their main source:👇 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@thedumb_bumb @MarcoZapatista https://t.co/m9wPEPr1Qr — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@MarcoZapatista @buckbreaker47 @craigunger @libsoftiktok I've been traveling to the US every year since I moved to Brazil in 2005, with the exception of an 11-month period in 2013 during the Snowden reporting when the US Govt was threatening subpoenas or arrests. But great: let's find a trustworthy 3rd party and do this bet.💸 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@MarcoZapatista @buckbreaker47 @craigunger @libsoftiktok So you're claiming that I was able to travel freely to the US throughout the last 16 years, but now, the next time I try to enter, I'll be arrested for money laundering? Do you want to place a bet on whether your prediction is correct? It will be tested very soon. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@MarcoZapatista @buckbreaker47 @craigunger @libsoftiktok I traveled to the US 8 different times in 2022 alone for various speeches, interviews, events and family visits. How does this make you feel in light of your claim that I'm barred from ever stepping foot in the US again? https://t.co/09Vj5EcNGj — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

What these people demand is a caste system: nothing more or less than that. They demand a system where they are free to spew the most hateful, inciting attacks against whomever they deem their adversaries. But nobody can criticize them: that's "harassment," incitement, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Every one of these media liberals demanding censorship to prevent "hatred" against the marginalized regularly spew vile, enraged insult at me, and against so many others. I'm fair game: I sought a public platform. But they can't be "hateful." Only their political enemies can be. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Caraballo is insinuating Mormons and Republicans are likely to produce non-binary mass murderers. Imagine the potential that has to incite violence toward Mormons. But they think their hatred, their attacks and calumnies, are noble. Hateful insults by The Enlightened are sacred. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The most-quoted person over the last 48 hours by liberal media outlets demanding more censorship on Twitter - and demanding Google and Apple remove them if they don't obey - is the trans activist @Esqueer_, one of the most relentlessly hateful people on this site. Look at this: https://t.co/HXse5ijcY7 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The leading agitators for online censorship insist it's needed to prevent hateful messages from circulating, since those incite rage and violence. Just go check what they tweet all day. It's a never-ending flow of vicious hatred against their enemies, deliberately inciting rage. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@buckbreaker47 @MarcoZapatista @craigunger @libsoftiktok As I've said many times, I've warred with pretty much every political faction, in many countries, over the last 17 years of doing journalism. By far the most frequent use of anti-gay tropes and stereotypes comes from the US liberal-left. Not even Bolsonaristas weaponized it more. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@ListenHereTwerp @Chicken_Sedan Yeah, I think Twitter fosters the worst in all of us. I've talked about this often. It's why I use other platforms most frequently to do my journalism. But I don't see myself having problems with obtaining reach and influence, and "nice" isn't always the optimal approach. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Chicken_Sedan @ListenHereTwerp If journalists only respond to famous people, they're elitist. But if you respond to random people, you're accused of being thin-skinned and hateful. I've always used the interactive model of journalism - I respond to critics. I don't judge people's worth by follower counts. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@ListenHereTwerp @Chicken_Sedan The job of a journalist is to aggressively critique and expose, and serve as an oppositional force, to powerful institutions and those who work within them. Whether you see someone doing that or being "hateful" likely depends on your view of the specific institutions they oppose. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@ListenHereTwerp @Chicken_Sedan How are you competent to assess my life? I'm married to the same person for 17 years and more in love than ever. We're raising 3 incredible kids. I do the work I love, the way I want. We have 25 rescue dogs and 2 NGOs, one a community center in the favela my husband grew up, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

RT @ejrosetta: Right, I’m done. 3 months ago, I was tasked with writing an article detailing “20 Transphobic JK Rowling Quotes We’re Done… — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@MarcoZapatista @craigunger @libsoftiktok No. It was hundreds of millions. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@bittentosize You think this means that Ben won't be hearing from me anymore? You follow 1,000 people on the planet -- out of hundreds of millions on Twitter -- meaning I'm of great interest to you. Why pretend that I'm not? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Chicken_Sedan Why are you monitoring my tweets so closely when you don't follow me? You obviously are very interested so you might as well click follow. And why would you spend your time offering me unsolicited life advice while hiding behind a fake name, given my life seems to be going well? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@BlakeLaPierre You no longer have to if you don't want to, but you *can* if you do want to, and since in Ben's case I do want to see it, I will continue to, so I'm not really sure what he thinks he's accomplishing. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Anyway, I do want to take this opportunity to express my deepest gratitude to Ben Collins for all the risks he takes and the hard work he does in protecting us marginalized folk. Can't imagine how we could survive or be safe without people like him offering their noble Allyship. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Seems kind of like a paradox to claim that you monitor all the dangerous extremists online while you then go around blocking all the dangerous extremists.🤷‍♂️ I've always found it bizarre when "journalists" block people and then continue to malign them. Seems . . . cowardly? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

How can Ben Collins do his important and dangerous work of covering toxic extremists online if he now blocked me? How can Ben - Supreme White Male Ally-Protector of the Marginalized - monitor all the people I endanger? Unless this is about blocking me from reporting on him? https://t.co/UqO2EKuq1w — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Collins has denied it's him, saying it's another Ben Collins. https://t.co/WNzO5V9soO — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Can we get an answer from NBC or @oneunderscore__ if this is true? Seems like an obvious and serious ethical breach if it is. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Anyway, to quote what I always heard from liberal censorship advocates: Twitter is a private company. If you don’t like how they censor, go start your own social media company (and hope AOC doesn’t get Google/Apple to destroy it), or go figure out how to join a Mastadon instance. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@SBMcCallister You think fast food and service industry workers - those who labor in restaurants and hotels - don’t see the dark side of worker exploitation and who pays for things to be “cheap”? Glad you never had to endure any of that. — PolitiTweet.org