Greenwald: The American character

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2. I really don't like greenwald. I really don't respect him

I know that borders on sacrilege for some here, but that first gratuitous line says it all for me. And he continues to sneer at Zakaria even as he quotes large portions of what Zakaria said.

Here's the thing: I often agree with greenwald. Of course he's right about the surveillance state, and it can surely be argued that that is the single most important issue of this election year, but Zakaria actually puts it far more eloquently than greenwald and he does so in a manner that gets more serious attention and thought than greenwald whose screech- for lack of a better term- deafens people to what he's saying.

I think I understand the impulse that drives greenwald to his use of language as a bludgeon, but I don't admire it. And I think he's often grossly unfair and makes generalizations when he shouldn't, but it's his gratuitous hatefulness that really pushes me away.