Terrorist', noun: 1. Someone my government tells me is a terrorist; 2. Someone my President decides to kill. Glenn Greenwald More Quotes by Glenn Greenwald More Quotes From Glenn Greenwald A lot of these people are Iraqis fighting for control of their own government. Maybe there's an argument to make that outside forces that go in and start bombing that country or invading that country are actually terrorists more so than the people in the country. Glenn Greenwald government fighting country As always, imagine how great the press corps would be if it devoted 1/1000th the energy to dissecting non-sex political wrongdoing Glenn Greenwald political energy sex Having the career of the beloved CIA Director and the commanding general in Afghanistan instantly destroyed due to highly invasive and unwarranted electronic surveillance is almost enough to make one believe not only that there is a god, but that he is an ardent civil libertarian. Glenn Greenwald careers believe directors The government usually announces it killed a Big Terrorist 5 or 6 different times before they're dead - they're almost like cats. Glenn Greenwald cat government different The genius of America's endless war machine is that, learning from the unpleasantness of the Vietnam war protests, it has rendered the costs of war largely invisible. Glenn Greenwald cost war america The domestic NSA-led Surveillance State which Frank Church so stridently warned about has obviously come to fruition. The way to avoid its grip is simply to acquiesce to the nation's most powerful factions, to obediently remain within the permitted boundaries of political discourse and activism. Accepting that bargain enables one to maintain the delusion of freedom - "he who does not move does not notice his chains," observed Rosa Luxemburg - but the true measure of political liberty is whether one is free to make a different choice. Glenn Greenwald nsa powerful moving There's a huge cost to freedom in letting people talk about how you print these plastic guns or letting them say these things about arming for tyranny. There's also a cost to letting the government say these ideas can't be expressed, this is treason. It's difficult. Glenn Greenwald government gun ideas [I]f you want instant, reflexive support for the US government's police and military powers, MSNBC is the place to turn these days. Glenn Greenwald support government military Beyond all the other reasons not to do it, free speech assaults always backfire: they transform bigots into martyrs. Glenn Greenwald assault speech reason Even as considering African-Americans, immigrants and other groups who may be marginalized in different ways, American Muslims are still one of the most marginalized groups. Overt prejudice is probably more acceptable toward American Muslims than any other single group in the U.S. There is still a lot of policies in place that are incredibly effective that don't show any signs of eroding. So, I don't want to overstate the optimism but I think things are headed gradually in the right direction. Just because of the distance between us and 9/11. Glenn Greenwald optimism distance thinking As the American Muslim community gets a little bit freer in terms of not being under the thumb of that kind of oppressive mentality, there is going to be some internal dissent. When you are consciously oppressed, you tend to sort of band together and unite because there's a necessity to do so. And that as that proceeds, some of those difference get more into the fore and I think that's the reason you are seeing some internal dissension as a byproduct of the fact that there is not this kind of immediate urgency to unify against this kind of onslaught because that onslaught is refuted. Glenn Greenwald community together thinking One should be weary of drawing too many inferences from a single poll. You can find wildly disparate results with two different polls. There is no question that American Muslims remain one of the most marginalized and demonized groups in United States. There has been a sustained propaganda campaign against Muslims for over a decade and it doesn't disappear over night. Those attitudes are hardened. But one of the things that polling often doesn't measure is the intensity of opinions. Glenn Greenwald different attitude night Colin Powell speaks regularly to high-ranking U.S. officials, he knows a lot about what's going on in the government. And so he's a powerful person who merits transparency, just like any other powerful people do. Glenn Greenwald government powerful people Many of the most important stories in the history of modern journalism have come from sources who have taken information without authorization. Glenn Greenwald modern-journalism important taken The U.S. media is essentially 100 percent united, vehemently, against Trump, and preventing him from being elected president. Glenn Greenwald politics Such countries are always at the top of the U.S. government and media list of 'Countries To Be Demonized'. Glenn Greenwald top-news There are different ways that kids who are gay take on the rejection and alienation they feel. The way I dealt with it was to say, 'You know what? You're imposing judgments on me and condemnations, but I don't accept them. I'm going to instead turn the light on you and see what your flaws are and impose the same judgmental standards on you.' Glenn Greenwald feel me you light It shouldn't take extreme courage and a willingness to go to prison for decades or even life to blow the whistle on bad government acts done in secret. But it does. And that is an immense problem for democracy, one that all journalists should be united in fighting. Glenn Greenwald democracy government courage life What made Guantanamo such a travesty - and what still makes it such - is that it is a system of indefinite detention whereby human beings are put in cages for years and years without ever being charged with a crime. Glenn Greenwald without human being crime The most important thing my grandfather taught me was that the most noble way to use your skills, intellect and energy is to defend the marginalized against those with the greatest power - and that the resulting animosity from those in power is a badge of honor. Glenn Greenwald me power honor way
