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In reply to the discussion: Re: Attacks on Snowden, Greenwald. How the fuck do people like that sleep at night? [View all]KingCharlemagne
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to the internet to confirm their pre-existing biases. Case in point: no one will ever convince me that Iraq had WMDs for the decade before Bush launched Operation Shocking and Awful. No matter how 'thoughtful,' 'factual,' or well-written the piece is, I simply will not listen to it. I will attack the person writing said piece as a 'liar' and worse. Why? Because I only wish to read material that confirms my existing belief base.
Greenwald actually was a supporter of Bush until he saw the light, at which point he became a vociferous critic of Bush. Many of those who now attack Greenwald, I'm guessing, had very little negative to say about him while he was criticizing Bush. That's when I came to like Greenwald. Now I don't follow every utterance of his religiously, but it seems to me he has stayed unswerving in his criticisms now that President Obama holds power. Don't we value consistency as a virtue any longer? Well, if you come to the internet to find President Obama unfailingly praised, your confirmation bias may lead you to attack Greenwald even if, as I noted, he made very similar criticisms of Bush from, IIRC, about 2004-09.