Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@corintxt @WillOremus LOL. So it's one person, Elon Musk? That doesn't sound to me like a "crowd" of free speech advocates abandoning their principles to support Musk's bans, which was the original claim. So I'll ask you: who composes this "free speech crowd" that is doing this? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@WorstPlace I've repeatedly done exactly that which you claim I'm too cowardly to do: state the exact principles I think should govern. I did it here on my show: I think social media companies should voluntarily follow free speech law and only ban what's illegal. https://t.co/2TnO59oFmh — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

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Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

An anti-trust bill from @amyklobuchar would be a serious step toward limiting the monopoly abuses of FB and Google, whose lobbyists are pouring huge money to stop it. The bill has bipartisan support. But Chuck Schumer - whose 2 daughters work for FB and Amazon - is impeding it: — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@WillOremus Who specifically is doing that? Give me names. I see huge numbers of your scummy corporate media colleagues who spent years cheering Big Tech censorship regimes doing a complete 180: CNN, NYT, WPost institutionally. Who are the free speech advocates doing what you claim? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@bescofield I didn't say every conservative on the planet would apply free speech principles consistently. I said that one would see far more principled objections from conservative journalists than one ever saw from liberal journalists (close to zero), and that's exactly what is happening. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@redbirdhaus There's no need to choose. My brain can handle doing more than one thing at once. I've repeatedly said these bans resemble the arbitrary censorship regime Musk vowed to reverse, but the grotesque lack of principles among corporate journalists is also important and noteworthy. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

I said last night I'd bet anything that conservatives would be far more consistent than in condemning these bans on free speech grounds and that's exactly what happened. This is the point.👇 Can't recall a single liberal journalist who objected pre-Musk: https://t.co/m1HMW4CpBO — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@enuminous You're the one who completely switches sides on your views about censorship based on who it affects. I'm the consistent one: https://t.co/4ud9fQgZ7t — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@oringordon Either way, I'm not going to take lectures about how to condemn censorship properly from people who spent years cheering it and demanding it because they thought it'd be reserved only for their enemies. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@oringordon I said that banning liberal journalists en masse resembles the old censorship regime that Elon vowed to end and that liberal journalists spent years cheering, and even if one assumes this is doxing - and the rules now define it that way - it deserves a warning, not a suspension. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

CNN and NYT journalists and executives: "Wait. When we were demanding more of this, we didn't mean that this should be done to *us*! This was supposed to be used only against right-wing cretins, conservative journalists, and other species of peasants -- not against **us**." — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@oringordon I already said that 5 times last night. You just own't be happy until I equate Elon with Hitler and demand his execution. That's why I don't try to appease pathetic liberals. It's just all performative for you - i.e., empty and worthless. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

I'd be genuinely happy if this were a transformative moment: where liberals who've spent years demanding online censorship now see its evils since it's directed at them and their friends. But of course it's not that: they're complaining because they think *they* should be exempt. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Every *genuine* free speech advocate I've ever known has tried to convince people to object to censorship *on principle*. But knowing many are bereft of principles - eg liberal journalists - we try the tactical approach: this regime is bad because it will be used against you. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Watching the same liberal corporate journalists who explicitly agitated for a regime of social media censorship suddenly and righteously wrap themselves in the flag of free speech is simultaneously nauseating and hilarious - but also encouraging and inspiring. Welcome, indeed!🙏 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Libersomethin LOL. I got done with my own live show at 8:30 pm, got home at 9, and my name was already mini-trending from people complaining I hadn't denounced this before I had a chance to see it let alone understand anything that happened besides some random video dunce having been banned. https://t.co/2pHLMkFzG4 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Musk's claim for these bans is they linked to sites showing his plane's movements, which he regards as doxing and endangers his family. Even if true, should be a warning at most. Permanent bans of multiple journalists looks like the old censorship regime liberals long cheered. https://t.co/3oGYv5HOmO — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

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Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

I'll bet anything conservative journalists - like this - will be infinitely more consistent and principled in their objection to censorship of liberal journalists than liberal journalists ever were. Liberals cheer censorship of their enemies, whine when it's their friends. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Auchstvell Are you sure bro? https://t.co/0Ssf5CBBim — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@JustMunford I'm sorry that you're dumb and can't understand basic points no matter how simply they're presented: https://t.co/iAvgVBoxHZ — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

For slow liberals struggling to understand the point: I already devoted a full show to critiquing Musk's inconsistent free speech practices. What I won't take are liberals who spent years defending censorship now whining because their friends are banned. https://t.co/2TnO59oFmh — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Justin_Higgins2 I know. I just did a full show critiquing Musk for failing to adhere to free speech principles. That's become I'm consistent. What I won't take are pathetic liberals who spent years defending censorship now whining because their friends are banned. https://t.co/2TnO59oFmh — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

What happened to: -- Private companies have the right to disassociate themselves from anyone they want. -- Have you ever heard of "Terms of Service?" -- If you don't like how Twitter does content moderation, start your own social media site. Remember all those arguments? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@jstarmx @bescofield @SystemUpdate_ @RepNancyMace @Esqueer_ I just devoted an hour long show to critiquing Musk's failure thus far to adhere to his "free speech absolutism" principles as he defined them -- in other words, doing exactly that which you just I would never do. How does this make you feel inside? https://t.co/2TnO59oFmh — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Starting in 3 minutes: tonight's @SystemUpdate_, with our in-depth look at a surreal aspect of corporate journalism, starring @NatashaBertrand and @JeffreyGoldberg. Then, our wide-ranging interview with @RepNancyMace: https://t.co/woL5lzQSmp — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Based on today's revelations by @Cliff_Sims on the deliberate lying of @NatashaBertand before the 2020 election, we also examine one surreal aspect of corporate journalism: the more you lie for power centers, the more you thrive. Live tonight, 7pm ET: https://t.co/woL5lzQSmp — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

For tonight's @SystemUpdate_ program, we have a wide-ranging interview with @RepNancyMace, focusing on her exceptionally potent interrogation on Monday of @Esqueer_, somehow dubbed an "online safety expert" warning about hateful rhetoric despite constantly spewing it. A preview: https://t.co/ZYfreq4O6K — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

That's what made @RepNancyMace's questioning of the "online safety expert" @Esqueer_ so masterful and important: it exposed the rotted intent at the heart of this tactic. Mace will be with us tonight on @SystemUpdate_, starting 7 pm ET. Last night's show: https://t.co/fe6AIwtkHA — PolitiTweet.org