Andrew Sullivan, terrorism, and the art of distortion | Glenn Greenwald

Challenging the conventional western narrative on terrorism produces unique amounts of rage and bile. It's worth examining why

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Everyone who participates in political debates sometimes has their arguments publicly misrepresented. Like many writers, if I noted and refuted every case where that happened to me, I would have time for nothing else. But sometimes the distortions are so fundamental and obvious - as well as pernicious - that they are worth examining. I had intended to wr...