march 7, 2013: glenn greenwald gave a lecture at suny brockport today. what a brilliant, incisive and energetic mind. he discussed civil liberties, the implications of perpetual war, the targeting of a marginalized muslim minority and the slow but steady erosion of everyone’s rights. he mentioned a “2008 CIA report fretting about growing anti-war sentiment in western europe and concluding that the best weapon to safeguard against its continuation would be the election of obama.” he quoted frederick douglass: “find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them…” the quote goes on: “…and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. the limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.” i shook his hand and told him he was a point of reference for us, at a time when we r surrounded by propaganda. i wanted to thank him personally for his work.
