Glenn Greenwald takes out of context the words of an American professor named Omar Encarnación, whom Greenwald tendentiously introduces as a "left-wing scholar." In the excerpt highlighted by him, there is talk of the aggressiveness of the courts in dealing with former Brazilian presidents. However, what the article does is not a unilateral condemnation of the electoral courts in Brazil, as the shameless summary composed by our gentleman suggests, but a comparison of the American and Brazilian systems, with their different strengths and vulnerabilities. And, in fact, the article concludes, based on the words of this same professor, that the Brazilian system may be more effective in dealing once and for all with the challenge presented by demagogic political campaigns that spread disinformation:

Mr. Encarnación said that, despite its problems, Brazil’s democratic system can provide a model on how to fight new anti-democratic threats.

“Democracies basically are fighting misinformation and God knows what else with very antiquated institutions,” he said. “We do need to upgrade the hardware. I don’t think it was designed for people of the likes these countries are facing.”

Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20230701113545/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/world/americas/trump-bolsonaro-brazil-us.html

As someone who used to follow Glenn Greenwald's work since before the Edward Snowden saga and admired him until less than two years ago, I'm always dumbfounded by this man's ability to argue in bad faith. For years I bickered on Twitter with liberals and Democrats in defense of this guy's honor, but all along they've been right, and I couldn't see that because I thought this manlet was someone of principle just because he said things I agreed with...

Link to his tweet: https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1675129734882115586

Seems right up his alley to go after BIG TECH Twitter, especially the accusations against his buddy Matt Taibbi, but he's quiet on the matter. Anyone have any insight on this?