Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@doctorcherokee She fled Czech Communism, alone, at the age of 18 by defecting to the US, at great risk to herself and her family. Her politics are shit-liberalism now - the Trump syndrome: Russiagate, insurrection, etc. etc. - but she mostly stood for individuality and the right of dissent. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Abe_Ramos @SInow @BillieJeanKing The Martina/Chris-Evert rivalry was one of the top 5 greatest rivalries in the history of professional sports, and is largely responsible -- after BJK -- for the immense popularity and financing of women's sports generally but definitely professional women's tennis. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@sanewman1 Martina Navratilova did more to risk and sacrifice to advance the cause of LGBT equality and visibility than "Stuart Newman" could do in 1,000 lifetimes. That you cheer her silencing reveals your misogynistic and homophobic hatred for anyone you can't control. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

In 2018, we signed with Reese Witherspoon to produce a film on Martina's unique life. Once she said the science couldn't establish the fairness of allowing trans women to compete, we couldn't get a director. They turned a brave pioneer into an outcast. https://t.co/7Z96a7IowL — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

On the question of fairness in women's pro sports, there are few people with more credibility - or investment - to opine. But it's not enough to say she's wrong; she must be silenced. One can never win debates or change minds by silencing dissent, only engaging it and persuading — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Martina is #19 on @SInow's 100 Greatest 20th Century Athletes. After @BillieJeanKing, she was the leading pioneer of women's pro sports. One of the only openly gay celebrities of her era, she hired a trans coach in 1983: a huge gain for trans visibility. Now: off-limits poison. https://t.co/4VG5vGFqlb — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Martina is #19 on @SI 100 Greatest 20th Century Athletes. After @BillieJeanKing, she was the leading pioneer of women's pro sports. One of the only openly gay celebrities of her era, she hired a trans coach in 1983: an enormous gain for trans visibility. Now: off-limits poison. https://t.co/bVDFzDyrAl — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

A spokeswoman for an LGBT group "urged" NYT's @powellnyt, when reporting on trans women in female sports, not to "platform" (ie quote) Martina Navratilova -- easily one of the top 5 most important female/lesbian athlete-pioneers of the 20th Century -- because she has wrong views. https://t.co/xyekxp0X6G — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The moment when the credibility of public health experts collapsed was when they spent 4 months decreeing everyone stay home, shaming all who didn't "grandma killers," then suddenly switched, urging all to go to densely packed street protests they liked: https://t.co/D47sl455Dt — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

In June, 2020, NYT's Ben Smith wrote that top media editors were leaving the city, renting large houses in the Hamptons and other places "in the country." How one experienced lockdowns obviously shaped one's views of them, and thus media coverage: https://t.co/ny9Cl6vZh4 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Anyone with kids could see the severe harms of sustained school closures, but otherwise, the lockdown harms were mostly class-based. Wealthy people with resources left the city, hired private tutors, etc. All others were locked in small apartments/houses. NYT, March, 25, 2020: https://t.co/9ZTfj6D2uT — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Obviously, COVID merited reasonable public health limits. But like so much now in our public discourse, COVID restrictions assumed religious-like overtones with no cost-benefit balancing: only maximalist restrictions. We're paying the enduring price now. https://t.co/aaMBBQThUw — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

In April, 2020 - when quarantines were t be a few months ("flatten the curve") - I interviewed 2 mental health experts (Andrew Solomon & @johannhari101) who warned: sustained closures would severely exacerbate already spiraling mental health pathologies: https://t.co/YA3gZVXPvH — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

A rational defense of lockdown policies would've been: the severe harms they cause are outweighed by the benefits. Instead, it was taboo even to note harms of COVID policies. Any attempt to argue against maximalist restrictions resulted in accusations of COVID denialism. Thus... — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

RT @davidmirandario: Final de semana com meu amor https://t.co/O71zNWoTCq — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@PAXAVGVSTVS @KevinRobertsTX https://t.co/gYxI2TAK4i — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

As for Bill Kristol and Liz Cheney's inspiring patriotism, ethical compass, and love of the rule of law, here's a 2010 ad produced by their group, Keep America Safe. Entitled "the Al Qaeda 7," it insinuates that DOJ lawyers who represented GITMO detainees are secret terrorists:😍 https://t.co/a8nn3qNTCU — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

While Dems march behind neocon officials like Victoria Nuland (running Ukraine for the Biden State Dept as she did for Obama), all the Lincoln Project ghouls and the Frum/Kristol cadre, here's the head of Heritage, @KevinRobertsTX, on why he realized neoconservatism is so toxic: https://t.co/Zk2FPkcuJk — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

With the way things are going, I would be legitimately and unironically unsurprised if both Dick and Liz Cheney speak at the 2024 Democratic National Convention to wild cheers: a standing ovation. https://t.co/jI1AzJ4pYv https://t.co/GwbJ1VSuPD — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Meanwhile, a major point of this @Atlantic article written by a liberal-turned-neocon - which many Dems like @McFaul are praising - is that Cheney was right all along about wanting to destroy Russia, but Bush 41 was too much of a cautious wimp to do it. https://t.co/DRuMzsl5Pg https://t.co/aLGJdpDp8F — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

That the political survival of the Cheney family in Wyoming and Washington depends on Democrats rallying to Liz Cheney's cause and doing everything possible to keep her in Congress is pretty much all you need to know about current-day Democrats. https://t.co/oGROiWD0sB https://t.co/ZBynOPsygn — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Two weeks ago in Miami, @mtaibbi and I did a panel discussion, moderated by @DavidSacks for the @theallinpod, on "the new political divide," how political labels are now weaponized, and what this all reflects about the dynamics of Trump-era politics: https://t.co/09Vj5DVchJ — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

While fights are raging over school curricula, I'd like to offer my own proposal: events be taught in History Class other than Germany's invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1938 so that Americans understand not every event can be understood through its prism: https://t.co/MhIWren2C1 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@ianbremmer Do you feel that if a settlement is something along the lines of: Russia keeps Crimea (at least everyone recognizes the status quo remains) plus significant independence from Kyiv for regions in the east, Moscow will view it as largely a success in terms of strategic outcomes? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@ianbremmer I have no doubt Russia was hoping and still is to replace this pro-west government with one closer to Moscow. The US and Russia have been battling over what kind of government Ukraine will have since 2013 at least. I think the "true" military goals at the start remain unclear. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Sturgeons_Law @tronotape I would disagree with this. I think people who can't or don't want to believe that there's more anti-interventionist sentiment on the right need to assert that the right will be more supportive of military action against China. I think it will be very bipartisan. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@zIucky I'll bravely stick a Ukrainian flag in my Twitter bio and even get a blue and yellow tattoo on my leg to immunize myself from such McCarthyite attacks on my patriotism and loyalties.🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@ianbremmer The West needs a narrative that it won and Russia lost, so everything will be defined that way. Putin's pre-invasion statement was about independence for 2 regions in E. Ukraine. Russia's actions in W. Ukriane/Kyiv were used to claim they wanted all of Ukraine: a huge leap. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Yesterday's WPost article on how Ukrainian volunteers/recruits are fleeing their positions, surviving on 1 potato a day, then getting arrested for speaking to media about their reality, is horrific. The only moral course is seeking a diplomatic solution: https://t.co/xoz2IrAtpk — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Western media all but refused to acknowledge Russian advances for the first 3 months of this war, bombarding everyone with a relentless narrative about feisty Ukrainians kicking their ass. Now reality is emerging, as it eventually does with war, the propaganda slowly eroding: — PolitiTweet.org