Glenn Greenwald, a renowned journalist and author, dives into the war on information and how moral narratives shape a polarized society. He discusses the challenges of defending free speech against rising censorship and emphasizes the need for open dialogue. The conversation also explores the evolution of civil liberties post-9/11, the balance between liberty and fear of censorship, and the interplay of truth and spirituality in modern life. Ultimately, Greenwald argues for personal responsibility amidst the societal battle between good and evil.
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Obama's War on Terror Critique
Glenn Greenwald became a vocal critic of the Obama administration for continuing and expanding Bush-era War on Terror policies.
Many on the left switched their views on these policies overnight, but Greenwald's did not.
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First Amendment Defense
Greenwald discussed his early legal career defending First Amendment rights, including representing a neo-Nazi denied bar admission.
He viewed censorship as a tool of the establishment used to silence marginalized voices.
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Free Speech and Monitoring
Peterson argues that suppressing fringe voices is dangerous because it prevents observation of their activities.
Open dialogue allows for monitoring and understanding of potentially destabilizing elements.
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Dr. Jordan B Peterson sits down with author, journalist, and political commentator Glenn Greenwald. They discuss the war on information: how social moralism, religious rhetoric, conceptual safety, and false compassion have been used and propagandized to reshape the western world into a good versus bad, red versus blue polarity. They also explore the human need for meta narratives, the basis of morality, and the case for God in a world that offers nihilism.
Glenn Greenwald is a journalist, author, and former constitutional law attorney. His original hit blog was a springboard into writing for Salon and the Guardian with a focus on national security issues. In 2013, he published the now iconic Snowden documents detailing global government surveillance by the U.S. and British governments. In 2019 Greenwald again broke leaked documents, this time for “Operation Car Wash,” which shone a spotlight on the corruption of the Brazilian judicial system. He would later detail his work in a series of books such as Securing Democracy: My Fight for Press Freedom and Justice in Brazil and No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State.
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