Glenn Greenwald: "The Cynical and Dangerous Weaponization of the 'White Supremacist' Label"
(greenwald.substack.com)
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It's quite nice to have someone like Greenwald say what we have long known.
I also think that GG believes that Floyd was actually killed. The overwhelming majority of people do, even of critical thinkers.
I agree GG probably believes that Floyd was killed, since, as of now, I generally trust him to say what he really thinks. But he didn't have to write it here. It's not important to his thesis, and he must know it's controversial in some quarters, yet he consciously decided to phrase it this way in this piece.
So, my speculation was that this was a signal to other liberals that he's still one of them. Otherwise (GG thinks) they might dismiss him as far-right.
I doubt he knows it's 'controversial' in respectable circles. It mostly isn't. He probably (ironically) thinks that it's just racist white nationalists who think that. The difference between him and the rest of the crowd is that if someone he knows is respectable makes that claim, he'll listen rather than concluding that you are a racist white supremacist.
Tons of stuff are there to provide context, which nearly everyone knows.