Glenn Greenwald's political views are consistent

[sabrina 1]

73. Well, I never wrote anything much about Ronald Reagan either, UNTIL he died and I saw the

spectacle of the week-long mourning with all the accolades that the man did not deserve. So I wrote about the people of Central America who had a very different view of this 'hero' whose life was being celebrated endlessly here with no references at all to all the harm he had done in his life. Was that disrespectful? Probably but I thought it was extremely disrespectful to flaunt this man's life when there were still so many people alive who suffered so much because of his policies.

When I later read some interviews with victims of his policies in Central America, I was glad I had at least tried to offer a tiny token of respect by adding some facts to the whole sordid affair by mentioning the victims who as far as this country goes, may as well never have existed. But they did and do and their lives will be forever affected by what Reagan did to them.


Before that though, I never felt compelled to write anything about Reagan. Events prompt people to react and for me, Reagan's death reminded of the victims. What prompted Greenwald to write about Hitchens? Probably something that struck him in a similar way.