Glenn Greenwald
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I'm not that convinced. I don't like people being unjustly accused or punished.
As you know, but not necessarily to an El Salvador in prison.
As you know, but not necessarily to an El Salvador in prison.
As you know, but not necessarily to an El Salvador in prison.
Sure. I mean, first of all, I've been defending free speech as probably my most important value, not just as a journalist, but as a lawyer for 30 years. I remember being inspired by what the ACLU did in Skokie, Illinois, where they defended the right of American Nazi party members to march through Skokie, which was a town of...
Sure. I mean, first of all, I've been defending free speech as probably my most important value, not just as a journalist, but as a lawyer for 30 years. I remember being inspired by what the ACLU did in Skokie, Illinois, where they defended the right of American Nazi party members to march through Skokie, which was a town of...
Sure. I mean, first of all, I've been defending free speech as probably my most important value, not just as a journalist, but as a lawyer for 30 years. I remember being inspired by what the ACLU did in Skokie, Illinois, where they defended the right of American Nazi party members to march through Skokie, which was a town of...
Holocaust survivors wearing Nazi uniforms, even though the lawyers who did that were Jewish lawyers and they had Jewish donors, it was a very overwhelmingly Jewish group. And they still defended the right of free speech of the people who are Nazis, who only 30 years before had tried to exterminate Jews from the earth. Because I think the principle is so important.
Holocaust survivors wearing Nazi uniforms, even though the lawyers who did that were Jewish lawyers and they had Jewish donors, it was a very overwhelmingly Jewish group. And they still defended the right of free speech of the people who are Nazis, who only 30 years before had tried to exterminate Jews from the earth. Because I think the principle is so important.
Holocaust survivors wearing Nazi uniforms, even though the lawyers who did that were Jewish lawyers and they had Jewish donors, it was a very overwhelmingly Jewish group. And they still defended the right of free speech of the people who are Nazis, who only 30 years before had tried to exterminate Jews from the earth. Because I think the principle is so important.
I've seen many times people say they believe in the principle when it comes to their own allies and then suddenly start finding ways to justify censorship by saying it's incitement or it's something else when it comes to the views they most disagree with.
I've seen many times people say they believe in the principle when it comes to their own allies and then suddenly start finding ways to justify censorship by saying it's incitement or it's something else when it comes to the views they most disagree with.
I've seen many times people say they believe in the principle when it comes to their own allies and then suddenly start finding ways to justify censorship by saying it's incitement or it's something else when it comes to the views they most disagree with.
And I think that's what is important to recognize here is the Trump campaign, the Trump administration made very clear that they intend to go after and punish in a lot of ways people who are protesting the Israeli war in Gaza or Israel itself because the Trump administration are strong supporters of Israel.
And I think that's what is important to recognize here is the Trump campaign, the Trump administration made very clear that they intend to go after and punish in a lot of ways people who are protesting the Israeli war in Gaza or Israel itself because the Trump administration are strong supporters of Israel.
And I think that's what is important to recognize here is the Trump campaign, the Trump administration made very clear that they intend to go after and punish in a lot of ways people who are protesting the Israeli war in Gaza or Israel itself because the Trump administration are strong supporters of Israel.
So we have to recognize the people they're going after have views that the Trump administration vehemently disagrees with. In the case of Mahmoud Khalil specifically, I've heard a lot of accusations about him, that he is a supporter of Hamas, that he engaged in intimidation of violence. There's no evidence of that.
So we have to recognize the people they're going after have views that the Trump administration vehemently disagrees with. In the case of Mahmoud Khalil specifically, I've heard a lot of accusations about him, that he is a supporter of Hamas, that he engaged in intimidation of violence. There's no evidence of that.
So we have to recognize the people they're going after have views that the Trump administration vehemently disagrees with. In the case of Mahmoud Khalil specifically, I've heard a lot of accusations about him, that he is a supporter of Hamas, that he engaged in intimidation of violence. There's no evidence of that.
It is true that some of the protesters at Columbia engaged in bad acts, but you can't impute those to Mahmoud Khalil. I don't know if you saw, there was a Wall Street Journal reporting yesterday about who Khalil is. And a lot of the Jewish students at Columbia who are part of these encampments, part of these protests, and they did have a ton of American Jewish students as part of them.