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In reply to the discussion: Right on cue, Glenn Greenwald turns an ISIS atrocity into an anti-Obama screed... [View all]frazzled
(18,402 posts)I actually exchanged words with the then-Senator (at a backyard campaign event in NH during the early stages of the primary race, in 2003.)
But no, he's not a charlatan because his work is (and has been for many decades) in the area of foreign policy. I don't have to agree with someone to respect their right to voice a wrong opinion.
But I do have to respect someone before I consider their opinion. I completely dismiss the machinations of some ex-lawyer, ex-blogger turned self-styled publicity hound opinionator (no, not a journalist by any stretch of the imagination) who spouts opinions about US policy out of some circus of a failed media outlet bankrolled by some crackpot billionaire libertarian, from the beaches of Copacabana, the "Outlaw's Paradise."* He has the right to his opinions ... but I have the right to say he is blowing them out of his bunda.
* Have a fun read at http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/06/opinion/vanessa-barbara-brazil-the-outlaws-paradise.html?_r=0