re: #2 Charles Johnson

Greenwald has an incredibly verbose article up in which he makes the point that you can support free speech without posting bigoted cartoons — and he posts a bunch of bigoted and antisemitic cartoons to prove it. This guy has a screw loose.

He actually goes out of his way to declare Carlos Latuff “NOT bigoted or antisemitic.” Right. This is the hateful loon who won first place in Iran’s Holocaust denial cartoon contest.

I don’t know how anyone can read an entire Greenwald column like this without falling into a stupor.

Just reading that and I am wondering if he was being sarcastic when he wrote this:

And here are some not-remotely-blasphemous-or-bigoted yet very pointed and relevant cartoons by the brilliantly provocative Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff

reminiscent of the descriptions given to Charlie Hebdo?

after the posted (very offensive) cartoons he writes:

Is it time for me to be celebrated for my brave and noble defense of free speech rights? Have I struck a potent blow for political liberty and demonstrated solidarity with free journalism by publishing blasphemous cartoons? If, as Salman Rushdie said, it’s vital that all religions be subjected to “fearless disrespect,” have I done my part to uphold western values?

Yes, as usual, even when making a valid point about much of the media jumping to post Charlie Hebdo cartoons as an obligation, he manages to put off those who might otherwise agree with him on some points, at least, in principle.