Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@jackiemccaffrey @dmarusic @shadihamid By "civil" I just mean engaging arguments as they exist in good faith, without distortion, and avoiding cheap tactics like screaming over people or hurling dumb insults. But good discussions entail frank and direct criticisms of the other person's views. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Any venue that allows discussion and debate of complex issues to be removed from the social media cauldron of deliberate distortion and context-free point-scoring is so valuable. Really enjoyed this 90 minute Ukraine debate, spirited but civil, with @dmarusic and @shadihamid: — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

From 2019, by the @ADL, that well-known pro-Putin center for Kremlin propaganda: https://t.co/JNlzZmUMQA — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

That the Azov Battalion and other similar groups in Ukraine were a serious neo-Nazi threat was commonly discussed in the Western press -- until about 3 weeks ago when it became taboo. I wrote about it in 2015 when James Clapper wanted to send arms there: https://t.co/4sQqXR28D1 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@dbogdanov8 @IAPonomarenko Shitting on independent journalists while getting paid is what *you're* doing. I'm pointing out that someone who has recently become a beloved celebrity in the West has repeatedly and explicitly professed his love and affection for a neo-Nazi milita. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@RolandB3 What you're doing is actual neo-Nazi apologia. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@fox_viewer Do you know what the Azov Battalion is? It's not all Ukrainians. It's one heavily armed militia in Ukraine with ties to the military and government. I wrote about them 7 years ago. It's not controversial to say they're neo-Nazis. https://t.co/4sQqXRjJuz — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@fox_viewer I don't call "everyone" in Ukraine an associate of neo-Nazis. I called one person that based on his repeated expression of love, affection and brotherhood with a self-described neo-Nazi militia. https://t.co/7BscTGIaki — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

RT @lwoodhouse: How dare the pharmaceutical industry continue providing medicine to Russian children with leukemia https://t.co/jkURNfCjZk — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Yes, @IAPonomarenko may have explicitly and repeatedly proclaimed his "brotherhood" with an actual heavily armed neo-Nazi militia, but he seems nice, and at least he's not Russian. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

US discourse, writ large: https://t.co/oX01EjV8JZ — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Trumpsocilism I know it's sad to have to accept, but the US Government isn't able -- as in: doesn't have it within its power -- to fix every horrible crisis in the world; oftentimes, when it claims it's trying, it makes it worse: due to bad motives and/or incompetence. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

If you say that only a Kremlin agent or a pro-Putin apologist would care about such consequences of emotionally cathartic policies, these questions will blissfully disappear. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

I wonder where the enormous amounts of weapons flooding into Ukraine might end up? Do you think it will be with the nice, moderate forces, or the most extremist forces such as those nice neo-Nazi gentlemen in the Azov? Might this cause problems in the future: Syria & Afghanistan? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Yes, this is what's happening. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

RT @chrispavlovski: Here is a CEO exercising their power and telling you what you should and shouldn't read. 🙄 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@GrapefruitGals @IlhanMN @CoriBush @SethAMandel I can't speak for them, but based on the arguments they made for joining 15 Republicans in voting against sanctions on Russian gas/oil, their concerns seem to be (a) severe costs imposed on US working class and poor and (b) risk of escalation. Not applicable to BDS/Israel. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ChuckRossDC I'd bet anything most NPR reporters barely know what the Durham investigation is. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @theintercept: U.S. and NATO’s unprecedented weapons transfers to Ukraine could prolong the war https://t.co/ytGkVW4O60 by @jeremyscahill — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@aaronjmate @IAPonomarenko If they really believe their accusations, they should be enraged with the Biden DOJ for allowing so many of us to commit the crime of accepting secret payments from the Kremlin without disclosing that. Why would Merrick Garland be so tolerant of this, unless.... 🤔🤔🤔🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Rattleclaw1 West has voted for the Green Party in the past, as he explains there. But he sees Trump as such an unprecedented threat, an actual fascist etc. etc., that he believes it's now obligatory to vote for Dems despite how hideous and morally bankrupt he acknowledges they are. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@BonSader @aaronjmate @IAPonomarenko Right now people are caught up in exciting, pulsating war fever. The DC/media messaging has been in lockstep and relentless. Not surprising people say now that they're willing to sacrifice for Ukraine. We'll see once the real "sacrifice" begins how enduring that willingness is. — PolitiTweet.org

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@aaronjmate @IAPonomarenko Hope that the sanctions regime on Russia hasn't interrupted your income stream too badly in rubles. How many times have you heard that over the last month? How many of them are newly created egg-avatar accounts?🇷🇺 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Rattleclaw1 Yes, in that passage, he's explaining his shared views and his differences not with Tucker so much but with me: specifically his demand that no matter how much one recognizes the evils of neoliberal Dems, one should still vote for them, at least now, to stop Trump. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@ssmnfg Justify it however you want. Soon as you saw my criticism of the decision to elevate someone who *explicitly declares his love and support for a neo-Nazi militia*, you rose up in anger. I'm glad you're in a position to minimize the dangers of well-armed neo-Nazi battalions. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@ssmnfg You call yourself "ss" and are defending a "reporter" who declared himself brothers-in-arms with a neo-Nazi militia. It's not hard to figure out the source of your animosity toward me. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Two members of the Squad -- @IlhanMN and @CoriBush -- voted with 15 Republicans to oppose US sanctions on Russian gas/oil. It passed with an overwhelming bipartisan majority, but finally some glimmers of dissent from the left, led -- as usual -- by Omar. https://t.co/bPJlhdzUt1 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

West also explains what he sees as the similarities between the populist left and the populist right, including Tucker Carlson, as well as the differences he has: https://t.co/VxLQwNC2Ia — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

In a typically interesting interview, this one with the @NewYorker, @CornelWest explains his views on the war in Ukraine, and how many Westerners are using it to exonerate themselves from their similar crimes: "You can't see yourself in the mirror": https://t.co/9MmoykXLlQ https://t.co/oHUWYwQpeI — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Needless to say, the reporter in that clip is being celebrated by liberals for her integrity and courage -- despite working for Fox -- all because she demands that evidence-free Pentagon assertions be treated as unquestioned fact. It's a time for patriotism, not skepticism.🇺🇸 — PolitiTweet.org