Attacking Greenwald over Brazil is ignorant and insensitive

[Prism]

Whenever Greenwald is up for debate, there is usually some denigrative sneering about the fact he lives in Brazil. This go around is no different.

So, for the umpteenth time, Greenwald lives in Brazil because U.S. immigration policy discriminates against LGBTers and our families. Greenwald's partner is Brazilian.

Please stop blaming the victim of second class citizenship just because you don't care for his or her politics.

It's ignorant, demeaning, and insulting to the LGBTers who are dealing with similar circumstances. It's just damn hateful.

Thanks much.

[LittleBlue]

1. K&R

[The Link]

2. Rec.

[quinnox]

3. wow, how low can they go, reminds me of freepers talking trash about "them foreigners"

[Monkie]

4. wow, you know this has not been mentioned ONCE in the UK press that i have seen

no mention at all of his living in brazil.
no mention at all of his being a gay man.
no mention at all because it has no relevance to the issue at hand?
so i will K&R this thread.

[rhett o rick]

5. Rec. An example would have helped a lot. nm

[Prism]

8. I don't want to call out specific posters

I've seen it used against him here and there, but a pretty nasty one from today that accused him of "hiding" there motivated this OP.

[rhett o rick]

9. I understand. I probably didnt see it because I probably have the poster on ignore. nm

[Bluenorthwest]

11. It is a recurring theme, used by several on DU, not just in this instance but

going back years.

[Nye Bevan]

6. Am I the only DUer who did not have the slightest idea that he lived there? (nt)

[redqueen]

7. Nope. nt

[el_bryanto]

10. I didn't know and I've been reading him for years

Until he went to the Guardian I guess.

Even listened to the awful interviews he did for Salon Radio - he is a great writer, but a pretty terrible interviewer in my opinion (he tries to hard to shape the narrative).

Bryant

[el_bryanto]

18. It might be better with someone like Chomsky

He is a good speaker - just not a good interviewer. Two different skills.

If I had to guess I'd say what makes Glenn Greenwald a good speaker is that he organizes his thoughts clearly into a well constructed thesis and lays it out. He's not as a good an interviewer because he organizes his thoughts clearly into a well constructed thesis and tries to get his subject to lay it out.

Bryant

[Politicub]

23. No - I had no idea

I haven't seen any posts like that OP is referring to.

[Hissyspit]

26. I've known it for years.

I've known lots of factual stuff for a long time about Greenwald that have allowed me to be debunk the lies, misrepresentations about him here, because Greenwald has written about it.

He is a U.S. citizen living mostly in Brazil. If I'm not mistaken, he still maintains a residence in the U.S., too.

[Skittles]

30. I didn't know he was gay either

[Enrique]

12. admit it, he's a spy for Brazil

he's in a Brazilian palace petting a capybara.

[Junkdrawer]

14. DUzy

[ReRe]

17. ;-) Duzy!

[progressoid]

29. Was that Tuttle or Buttle?

[Smarmie Doofus]

15. Bang. Zoooooom. K and R n/t

[Divine Discontent]

16. ugh.. what horrible flip flops they are wearing in their photo online. lol... n/t

[meegbear]

19. He's been attacked here since 2008 ...

he wrote an article in Salon about how Keith Olbermann and Markos Moulitsas criticized Hillary for supporting FISA and then later praised Obama for supporting it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/27/keith-olbermann-glenn-gre_n_109572.html

I expected the same treatment of him on this as well.

[ReRe]

20. K&R

He's an international kind of guy.

Seriously, it's quite small-townish thinking. If you leave a small town in America, they won't ever let you go back there. They treat you as a foreigner, a traitor of sorts. Kind of like you have the plague.
Actually, it's winger thinking.

It's childish, immature, hurtful and frankly, not very (ooooooh, am I going to get it...) INTELLIGENT!

[xchrom]

21. Du rec. Nt

[DeSwiss]

22. K&R

[frylock]

24. +brazilian

[etherealtruth]

27. !

[WillyT]

25. K & R !!!

[etherealtruth]

28. I knew he lived in Brazil ....

... but, I (stupidly) assumed he lived there (solely) because he like it