Glenn Greenwald ain't no Libertarian, Part 2: Wall Street

[madfloridian]

15. He posted his stances that are FAR from libertarian in nature. Here they are..

Greenwald tried to defend himself, but it's made no difference here. The same 5 or 6 keep on repeating over and over and over that he's a libertarian.

It annoys the hell out of me. It's childish. He may not be especially likable, he may be critical of Obama....but he is not a libertarian.

Here are some of his views that a libertarian would not have... in his own words.

here are views I've publicly advocated. Decide for yourself if the "libertarian" label applies:

* opposing all cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid (here and here);

* repeatedly calling for the prosecution of Wall Street (here, here and here);

* advocating for robust public financing to eliminate the domination by the rich in political campaigns, writing: "corporate influence over our political process is easily one of the top sicknesses afflicting our political culture" (here and here);

* condemning income and wealth inequality as the by-product of corruption (here and here);

* attacking oligarchs - led by the Koch Brothers - for self-pitying complaints about the government and criticizing policies that favor the rich at the expense of ordinary Americans (here);

* arguing in favor of a public option for health care reform (repeatedly);

* criticizing the appointment of too many Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street officials to positions of power (here, here and here);

* repeatedly condemning the influence of corporate factions in public policy making (here and here);

* using my blog to raise substantial money for the campaigns of Russ Feingold and left-wing/anti-war Democrats Normon Solomon, Franke Wilmer and Cecil Bothwell, and defending Dennis Kucinich from Democratic Party attacks;

* co-founding a new group along with Daniel Ellsberg, Laura Poitras, John Cusack, Xeni Jardim , JP Barlow and others to protect press freedom and independent journalism (see the New York Times report on this here);

* co-founding and working extensively on a PAC to work with labor unions and liberal advocacy groups to recruit progressive primary challengers to conservative Democratic incumbents (see the New York Times report on this here);

So just bring it on. I have decided that if I want to continue to post here after 12 years of doing so responsibly I will have to accept that some here will pick apart every word, every source, every link. Some will continue to watch for my every post to rip it apart. Some will tolerate no criticism of the president, which is a dangerous thing for this country.

My usual disclaimer...my late hubby and I worked for, donated to, and campaigned for Obama in 2008 and 2012.

I do not approve of some of his policies at all. I will say so. So you will just have to nitpick.