Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@JillFilipovic @jeremymstamper You're such a partisan joke. It was barely a decade ago when both Obama and Hillary had this same position, but you would never have the courage to say it made them immoral bigots. Single-handedly getting Florida's ban on same-sex adoption rescinded isn't some minor act. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@DomaiForeman @sporkboot You're claiming Gaetz is hiding his real reason for voting NO. You claim that his argument about federalism is just a pretext, but his real motive is that he opposes gay marriage. What possible motive would he have for hiding his real reason? Why wouldn't he just say that? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@976monkey You stupid anonymous irony DNC leftists can't even avoid contradicting yourself in one tweet. If his base hates the gays, why wouldn't he just say that he voted NO because he thinks gay marriage is wrong? Why would he need to invent a pretext about federalism? You make no sense. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@jeremymstamper @JillFilipovic Extremely privileged straight people like Jill often dismiss same-sex marriage as a trivial annoyance, and thus think that one's views of it have no bearing on their character or values. That's privilege speaking. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@DomaiForeman @sporkboot It's the standard liberal view. But let's assume you don't think that. Questions still stands: If Gaetz voted NO because he's against same-sex marriage, why wouldn't he just say that? Why would he need to invent a federalism excuse? And why did he get the adoption ban rescinded? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@T_Slothrop_Esq @mattgaetz You didn't just "comment" on it. You stated as fact that he's guilty of these crimes. Does it concern you that the Biden DOJ seems to be allowing someone who pays minors for sex to walk free on the street? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@DomaiForeman @sporkboot If Republicans are all Nazis who want to murder gays and all minorities, why wouldn't Matt Gaetz just say that he voted NO because he thinks gay marriage is immoral perversion? Why would he need to invent an excuse about federalism? Why did he get the adoption ban rescinded? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@JillFilipovic I know you have the luxury and privilege of viewing same-sex marriage as some trivial, symbolic side show that allows you to dismiss it in this manner, but that's not true for many of us, and the fact that a majority of Republicans support it might actually be relevant. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@sporkboot A majority of Republicans support same-sex marriage. I just explained to you Matt Gaetz is the reason the ban on gay adoption in Florida was finally rescinded. But the media has rotted your brain so much that you think Republicans want to mass-murder gays in concentration camps. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@T_Slothrop_Esq @mattgaetz That's a pretty serious crime. Has he been arrested or indicted for it? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The last Gallup poll shows 70% of Americans (a majority of GOP) support gay marriage. Blake Masters said in the WP today he "teared up" at Peter Thiel's wedding. The vital (and politically risky) role Gaetz played in rescinding the Florida ban is ignored. People aren't cartoons. https://t.co/dnO2XqTIf5 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Yesterday, Gaetz was one of the House Republicans to vote against codification of Obergefell (same-sex marriages). That NO vote wasn't due to opposition to marriage equality but to his view that individual states have always regulated marriage, not the federal government. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

In 2015, Florida banned adoptions by same-sex couples. The bill in the lower house to rescind that ban was sponsored by then-State Rep. @mattgaetz. It passed the Senate only because he convinced his father, a powerful GOP Senator, that the ban was wrong. https://t.co/tQgu8RpCZC — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

This article covers the obscenity of the new military budget but the bulk of it describes how progressive rhetoric and sloganeering have been adeptly re-purposed over the last decade to convert millennial Democrats into full-scale supporters of the neocon project: — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Crime, Incarceration, and "Reform" Prosecutors: a Debate Our ongoing exchange between @BenSpielberg and @lwoodhouse on America's massive rate of incarceration and how it should, and should not be, addressed: https://t.co/z7SuD4HNdU — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@TheRamb04617528 I know. It's just a sore spot for me because I hate when people say "the Ukraine" -- a comedian I really like says it every time he mentions this war and it drives me insane -- and I noticed the mistake after I posted it and was hoping nobody would notice: totally realistic 😂. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@nothng2sumthng That's not really what politicians do, and it's not really what they should do -- otherwise we would just have referenda on everything -- but polls show Americans overwhelmingly support same-sex marriage: up to 70% last year. https://t.co/6sYokGh1Nu — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Jon44444444 What I find notable is some on the right insist - often validly - that accusations of racism and other forms of bigotry are overblown or invented, yet have the most sensitive hair-trigger regarding Israel, where any criticisms, no matter how mild, are proof of anti-Semitism. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@tristradamus Yep: it's rare to find people at such high levels of politics as honest and decent as he is just from a human perspective, regardless of how vehemently one might disagree with his ideology and politics. And sadly, that's what made it even easier to malign him the way they did. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@childofeternity There is nothing and nobody that could ever get me to vote for or otherwise support the Labour scumbags and their media allies who did that to him. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@MDFfigy Corbyn is about 1,000 times more principled than Bernie. When Bernie thought he had no chance of winning in 2016, he said what he believed; when he thought he could win in 2020, he morphed every day. The only time I saw Corbyn do that was on Brexit, but that was complicated. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

This is a coward reply from Rubio. It doesn't take any more time or less time to vote yes or no. It's one thing to oppose this bill being brought to the floor, but since it is being brought to the floor for a vote, Rubio should either vote yes or no and then explain his vote. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

I know many people, especially outside the UK, will be confused by this, but Corbyn was the victim of one of the most dishonest, manipulative, and sustained campaigns of defamation and demonization I've ever seen. It will take awhile to realize, but he's not who you think he is. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The report also documents what was even more obvious: British centrists cynically weaponized accusations of anti-Semitism for cheap advantage. Can't count how many times I watched non-Jew Blairites smear Jewish leftists as anti-Semites: behavior as dangerous as it is immoral. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Centrists and Blairites in the Labour Party spent years purposely undermining their own party because they preferred to lose to the Tories than win with Corbyn. It was obvious in real-time and this new report adds to that. Yet the left will keep pledging its loyalty to Labour.🤷‍♂️ — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

I love that Mother Jones believes this video it "unearthed" of Blake Masters as a college senior in a talent show is both scandalous and damaging. It's also ironic given that one of the magazine's heroes formally and falsely claimed Native American status well into adulthood: — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

RT @Julio_Rosas11: DC journalists getting scared over elderly people waving American flags is peak DC journalists. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@davidmirandario ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@TheRamb04617528 I originally wrote "the war in Ukraine" but removed it because I didn't have space for the tweet and accidentally left in "the". I've tweeted about Ukraine thousands of times in the last year and never once called it "the Ukraine." — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@ItsSixthSamurai Ask a friend to explain to you what a proxy war is. — PolitiTweet.org