Glenn Greenwald Co-Opts MLK to Attack the US

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On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Mighty Glenn Greenwald wasted no time trying to co-opt the legacy of MLK for his anti-US propaganda campaign: MLK’s Vehement Condemnations of US Militarism Are More Relevant Than Ever.

The subtitle, in case you missed the animus: “His vital April 4, 1967 speech is a direct repudiation of the sophistry now used to defend US violence and aggression.”

This is the MLK quote Greenwald wants you to hear:

But Dr. King also said some other things that bear directly on Greenwald’s pet agenda. For example, in his Letter From a Birmingham Jail:

I hope you are able to see the distinction I am trying to point out. In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law, as would the rabid segregationist. That would lead to anarchy. One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty. I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.

You’re not likely to hear those quotes from Glenn Greenwald, because they beautifully illustrate the cowardice and dishonesty of Greenwald’s hero, Edward Snowden.

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1 Pie-onist Overlord  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:15:52am

HURR HURR GLENN GREENWALD & ED SNOWDEN ARE JUST LIKE MLK & ROSA PARKS BUT EVEN MOAR HEROIC HEROES IF U DON’T AGREE THEN UR JUST A DROOLING FASCIST JACKBOOTED OBAMABOT HURR HURR HURRRRRRR!!!1!!!11!!!!

2 Targetpractice  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:18:30am

And Dr. King surrendered himself to the authorities, cooperated with them, and allowed the injustice of his imprisonment work against the system. He didn’t run to another country and declare that he would not allow himself to be jailed for a crime he refused to recognize as legitimate. Nor did his supporters say that he was right to run because the authorities would have him killed.

3 makeitstop  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:20:05am
You’re not likely to hear those quotes from Glenn Greenwald, because they beautifully illustrate the cowardice and dishonesty of Greenwald’s hero meal ticket, Edward Snowden.

FTFY

4 CriticalDragon1177  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:20:42am

Charles Johnson,

Not just Greenwald, who has co-opted king for their own agenda and taken his words out of context. It seems to be pretty common now. On the bright side, its a sign of how far we’ve come and how much respect America has for him now. However, it also shows either massive dishonesty or an unwillingness to do any research on the part of a large number of people.

5 CriticalDragon1177  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:21:43am

re: #1 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR GLENN GREENWALD & ED SNOWDEN ARE JUST LIKE MLK & ROSA PARKS BUT EVEN MOAR HEROIC HEROES IF U DON’T AGREE THEN UR JUST A DROOLING FASCIST JACKBOOTED OBAMABOT HURR HURR HURRRRRRR!!!1!!!11!!!!

Someone has to teach me how to do the “moonbat” text.

6 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:22:42am

re: #4 CriticalDragon1177

Charles Johnson,

Not just Greenwald, who has co-opted king for their own agenda and taken his words out of context. It seems to be pretty common now. On the bright side, its a sign of how far we’ve come and how much respect America has for him now. However, it also shows either massive dishonesty or an unwillingness to do any research on the part of a large number of people.

It shows both and its not a new thing. Nuance doesn’t fare well on Twitter and dishonesty isn’t a problem if the people you’re writing for don’t want to hear the truth.

7 makeitstop  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:24:48am

re: #5 CriticalDragon1177

Someone has to teach me how to do the “moonbat” text.

Same as the ‘wingnut’ font.

[-moonbat-] Your Moonbat text here. [-/moonbat-]

Remove hyphens.

8 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:25:00am

re: #5 CriticalDragon1177

Someone has to teach me how to do the “moonbat” text.

That font is actually “dudebro” and its done the same as “wingnut’ font. You put the word ‘dudebro’ between brackets [ ] to signify where you want the font to start and use the word again with a slash in front of it [/ ] to end use of the font.

9 BooksAndChocolate  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:25:22am

And yet has he ever said a word about stop and frisk? Hundreds of black and Hispanic people who are stopped and searched in NYC yet metadata is HORROR UPON HORROR!!!!!!!11111111!

I did a Google search and apparently found a Tweet back in October 2012 about this.

And his cult just continues to eat this up. : /

10 Eclectic Cyborg  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:27:01am

It’s a wingnut thing. Selective quoting.

MLK. Obama. Hilary Clinton. The Bible.

The source doesn’t matter.

11 darthstar  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:29:24am
12 Targetpractice  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:30:08am

re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg

It’s a wingnut thing. Selective quoting.

MLK. Obama. Hilary Clinton. The Bible.

The source doesn’t matter.

“This passage agrees with my personal beliefs.”
“But that passage is out of context.”
“Yes, well the context doesn’t really matter.”
“It actually makes the passage you’re using mean the exact opposite.”
“SHUT UP! IT SAYS WHAT I THINK IT SAYS!!!”

13 Charles Johnson  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:30:10am
14 CriticalDragon1177  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:30:21am

re: #7 makeitstop

Thanks, but that doesn’t seem to work.

[moonbat] This bat will fly to the moon [/moonbat]

Fly to the moon and you will fall to a pit of lava in Hell

15 CriticalDragon1177  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:31:30am

re: #8 Dark_Falcon

That font is actually “dudebro” and its done the same as “wingnut’ font. You put the word ‘dudebro’ between brackets [ ] to signify where you want the font to start and use the word again with a slash in front of it [/ ] to end use of the font.

Okay.

that works

Thanks

16 makeitstop  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:33:02am

re: #8 Dark_Falcon

That font is actually “dudebro” and its done the same as “wingnut’ font. You put the word ‘dudebro’ between brackets [ ] to signify where you want the font to start and use the word again with a slash in front of it [/ ] to end use of the font.

Oops. I went with ‘moonbat,’ not even thinking about it.

What Dark says. ‘Dudebro,’ not ‘moonbat.’

17 Targetpractice  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:33:49am

re: #11 darthstar

[Embedded content]

How many times have we heard wingnuts declare “If he were white, he wouldn’t have been elected/reelected”? They can take their bitching about the “race card” and cram it.

18 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:35:35am

If Greenwald wanted to look at injustice, he might start here. But he won’t, because reporting on problems within Brazil would rapidly get him in trouble, since Latin American countries don’t take criticism from Americans very well.

19 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:38:46am

re: #17 Targetpractice

How many times have we heard wingnuts declare “If he were white, he wouldn’t have been elected/reelected”? They can take their bitching about the “race card” and cram it.

Obama should be held up by any conservative with integrity as proof that race does not matter: someone from a non-priveleged background (note choice of words, not “underpriveleged”, just not as priveleged as the scions of political families like the Bushs, Kennedys, Romneys or Gores), who worked hard and succeded, becoming editor of the Harvard Law Review in college before entering politics.

But the vitriol that has been spewed at thim shows how superficial those convictions are when they are put to the test.

20 Eclectic Cyborg  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:40:44am

Russians seeking black widows as possible Olympic games threat

A possible female suicide bomber may have already made it past the ring of security for the Sochi Olympic Games, according to reports from ABC News and NBC News.

21 Pie-onist Overlord  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:41:48am

re: #5 CriticalDragon1177

Someone has to teach me how to do the “moonbat” text.

[ Dudebro ] [ / Dudebro ]

Remove the spaces.

22 Pie-onist Overlord  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:42:10am

HURR HURRRRRR!!!1!!

23 Charles Johnson  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:43:39am

Right wing blogs are just overflowing with overt racism today. Rebranding continues apace.

24 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:45:32am

re: #20 Eclectic Cyborg

Russians seeking black widows as possible Olympic games threat

It’s a serious risk. The Islamist will be doing whatever they can to murder those who believe differently from their reactionary interpretation of Islam.

25 Pie-onist Overlord  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:46:05am

HURR HURRRRR!!!!11!! BUT DEMOCRATZ IS TEH RACISTS!!!11!!!!

26 Eclectic Cyborg  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:46:33am

re: #24 Dark_Falcon

What worries me in this case is the geographic proximity between Russia and a number of heavily Islamic states.

27 Political Atheist  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:48:01am

re: #21 Pie-onist Overlord
or whomever may know what all we have….

Do we have a sarc font? That’s italics leaning the other way.

28 Lidane  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:48:11am

re: #19 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)

If Barack Obama was a white man named Barron Oberlin, conservatives would have rushed out to saint him. He is everything they claim to love.

Raised by a single mother and his grandparents in fairly modest means. Worked his way up to Columbia University. Became president of the Harvard Law Review. Taught Constitutional law at the University of Chicago. Successful attorney. Successful author. Charismatic speaker. Pragmatic and rational instead of a fire-breathing ideologue. Raised non-religious, but became a Christian by choice. Faithfully married to a successful, independent woman and father of two beautiful daughters.

Problem is, he’s the wrong race and belongs to the wrong party, so the RWNJs have to be bigoted morans when it comes to him.

29 Pie-onist Overlord  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:48:41am

re: #27 Political Atheist

or whomever may know what all we have….

Do we have a sarc font? That’s italics leaning the other way.

//

30 Targetpractice  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:48:48am

re: #19 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)

Obama should be held up by any conservative with integrity as proof that race does not matter: someone from a non-priveleged background (note choice of words, not “underpriveleged”, just not as priveleged as the scions of political families like the Bushs, Kennedys, Romneys or Gores), who worked hard and succeded, becoming editor of the Harvard Law Review in college before entering politics.

But the vitriol that has been spewed at thim shows how superficial those convictions are when they are put to the test.

If the President were a Republican, he’d be hailed as the very embodiment of the success of “conservatism,” that he worked hard and made something of himself from humble beginnings, rather than being the scion of a political dynasty who is running more on his family name or influence than his own proposals.

31 Political Atheist  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:50:15am

re: #29 Pie-onist Overlord

Yeah, but hey since we got real fonts for fun stuff, what the heck why not inquire.

32 Pie-onist Overlord  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:50:26am

DUMBFUCK:

33 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:51:06am

Commercial shows how guide dogs can help military vets with PTSD (VIDEO)

Youtube Video

A quote on the video’s description reads, “We not only help people who cannot see, but also those who have seen too much.”

34 Lidane  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:51:25am

re: #32 Pie-onist Overlord

DUMBFUCK:

[Embedded content]

Oh hey. More right-wing economic illiteracy. Must be a day that ends in y.

35 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:52:40am

re: #34 Lidane

Oh hey. More right-wing economic illiteracy. Must be a day that ends in y.

and government-backed mortgages led to the 2008 collapse, remember?

36 Eclectic Cyborg  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:53:06am

It amuses me that so many of these “no handouts”/”You are not entitled to what I’ve earned” types have absolutely NO PROBLEM handing 10% of their income to a church every other week.

37 Eclectic Cyborg  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:53:45am

re: #35 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)

and government-backed mortgages led to the 2008 collapse, remember?

And if we want to prevent another collapse, we must clearly deregulate all banks.

38 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:53:47am

re: #24 Dark_Falcon

It’s a serious risk. The Islamist will be doing whatever they can to murder those who believe differently from their reactionary interpretation of Islam.

You probably need at least the word “radical” added into that sentence in the appropriate spot. Otherwise your brush is just a bit too wide for comfort.

39 Pie-onist Overlord  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:54:13am

re: #36 Eclectic Cyborg

It amuses me that so many of these “no handouts”/”You are not entitled to what I’ve earned” types have absolutely NO PROBLEM handing 10% of their income to a church every other week.

I doubt that they actually tithe.

40 darthstar  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:56:07am

birdapillar

41 Eclectic Cyborg  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:56:39am

re: #39 Pie-onist Overlord

Or if they do, it’s not the full 10%

42 Eclectic Cyborg  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:57:06am

re: #40 darthstar

Looks like something from a Star Trek show.

43 The War TARDIS  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:57:29am

re: #39 Pie-onist Overlord

Yeah, that’s what my parents saw in Colorado Springs.

Part of the reason they are going to Dallas.

Dad is there already.

44 Lidane  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:58:03am
45 Pie-onist Overlord  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:58:57am
46 Pie-onist Overlord  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 10:59:26am
47 Pie-onist Overlord  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 11:00:04am

BRYAN FISCHER!

48 Lidane  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 11:00:43am

re: #45 Pie-onist Overlord

49 Eclectic Cyborg  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 11:02:18am

re: #44 Lidane

I first misread that as “co opt Milk” and was like “what the heck does that mean?”

50 Pie-onist Overlord  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 11:03:21am

[DELETED COMEDY CENTRAL AUTO PLAY]

51 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 11:03:58am

re: #45 Pie-onist Overlord

[Embedded content]

Here we have a Tweeted photo of Sarah Palin in front of a ‘green screen’:

Lets have some fun with a question: What would you put as the background image behind Sarah Palin?

52 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 11:04:40am

re: #45 Pie-onist Overlord

Nothing says ‘end the racial divide’ like a white woman asking a black man to ‘quit playing the race card’.

People who complain about people complaining about people playing the race card are the real racists…

53 Pie-onist Overlord  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 11:04:43am

re: #51 Dark_Falcon

Here we have a Tweeted photo of Sarah Palin in front of a ‘green screen’:

[Embedded content]

Lets have some fun with a question: What would you put as the background image behind Sarah Palin?

54 Pie-onist Overlord  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 11:06:58am
55 Flying Squirrel Girl  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 11:11:46am

re: #40 darthstar

Nature really has a way of warning “Stay the fuck away from me!” doesn’t it?

56 kirkspencer  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 11:13:49am

re: #13 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

photoshop

57 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 11:14:18am

re: #55 Flying Squirrel Girl

Nature really has a way of warning “Stay the fuck away from me!” doesn’t it?

Yes, and it also has a sense of saying “I’m not what you think I am!” (look again, closely, fooled me too at first glance.

58 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 11:14:58am

re: #53 Pie-onist Overlord

[Embedded content]

Loves it! Please repost that on the new thread, as I’ve reposted the original photo there.

59 Flying Squirrel Girl  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 11:16:05am

re: #57 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)

Aha! After living in Costa Rica for 5 years, I automatically think “DANGER!” when I see something that colorful! :)

60 Lancelot Link  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 1:13:18pm

Glenn Greenwald has given his time and professional efforts to support the violent white supremacist cause. He should really shut up today.

61 BusyMonster  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 1:58:06pm

re: #2 Targetpractice

And Dr. King surrendered himself to the authorities, cooperated with them, and allowed the injustice of his imprisonment work against the system. He didn’t run to another country and declare that he would not allow himself to be jailed for a crime he refused to recognize as legitimate. Nor did his supporters say that he was right to run because the authorities would have him killed.

In other words, displayed a courage and a willingness to live with the consequences that Snowden never could.

I’m still pretty much going with the story that Snowden, full of his own dudebro hero-narrative bullshit, was suckered by the FSB into taking a shit-ton of data out of the US, and has just been played like the biggest tool of the 21st century. And Greenwald is ALSO one of the biggest tools of the 21st century.

Comparing themselves to a man who was murdered for his courageous stand, is a joke. Snowden isn’t even willing to do prison time …

62 Good Morning  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 2:08:40pm

“I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law”

Snowden did exactly what MLK suggested, only he did it after jurisdiction shopping and finding Russia to be offering a comparatively good deal.

Why its even got 2 Wikipedia pages explaining it all so it must be legit:

en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org

63 No Country For Old Haters  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 2:27:32pm

re: #22 Pie-onist Overlord

64 petesh  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 2:46:24pm

Many of you will know most of what’s in this, but Sean Wilentz on the political views (some of them going back a while) of Snowden, Greenwald & Assange is well worth a look.

65 CriticalDragon1177  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 4:07:26pm

re: #21 Pie-onist Overlord

[ Dudebro ] [ / Dudebro ]

Remove the spaces.

Dark Falcon already covered it, but thanks anyway.

66 Ryan King  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 6:32:40pm

re: #62 Good Morning

“I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law”

Snowden did exactly what MLK suggested, only he did it after jurisdiction shopping and finding Russia to be offering a comparatively good deal.

Why its even got 2 Wikipedia pages explaining it all so it must be legit:

en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org

Dude?

Jim Crow south = NSA surveillance/metadata of mostly non-US persons?

You’re a fucking moron.

67 Ryan King  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 6:34:49pm

like because MLK fighting the power and cuz Russia is teh awesomes, and nevermind about Putin acting like Brian Fischer

68 Ming  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 8:54:10pm

re: #11 darthstar

As someone who loves America, it’s very sobering, and saddening, to reflect on the fact that Sarah Palin got 46% of the vote in 2008. I believe that reflecting on this is worthwhile. I’m not happy about it, but it’s shows something about America that’s TRUE. Precisely what it shows, I’m not sure.

And yes, the tweet you quoted is right-on. Sarah Palin is a remarkably crummy human being. For better or worse, at least she’s open about who she is. The Real Sarah is no secret; she’s been all over the airwaves for years.

69 Ming  Mon, Jan 20, 2014 9:18:13pm

re: #39 Pie-onist Overlord

I doubt that they actually tithe.

I wonder if Mitt Romney refused to release more than 2 years of tax returns, because he in fact had not tithed 10% of his income to the Mormon Church, even though he told the Mormon Church (this was on the honor system) that he had in fact tithed.


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